3030                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                         Ch. 587

legislator's employer, employees, and partners in business and
professional enterprises; corporations in which the legislator
owns 10 percent or more of the outstanding capital stock; and
corporations in which the legislator is an officer, director, or
agent.

(3) Soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept any
gift, loan, or payment of a significant value from a person who
would be affected by or has an interest in an enterprise which
would be affected by the legislator's vote on proposed
legislation.

(c)  The disqualification arising under this section is
suspended if a legislator with an apparent conflict files with
the Committee a sworn statement which describes the circumstances
of the apparent conflict and the legislation to which it relates
and asserts [he] THE LEGISLATOR is able to vote and otherwise
participate in legislative action relating thereto, fairly,
objectively, and in the public interest. Whenever a legislator
files a statement for the suspension of the disqualification, the
Committee on its own motion may issue a statement concerning the
propriety of the legislator's participation in the particular
legislative action, with reference to the applicable ethical
standards of this matter.

(d)  The   suspension of the disqualification by the filing of
the statement   is subject to further action by the Committee if
the question of conflict comes before it as to the same
circumstances and the same legislator.

(e)   Ml sworn statements filed under subsection (c) shall
be a matter of public record.

(f)  A legislator who enters into any of the listed
transactions shall report in writing to the Committee and the
presiding officer of his branch of the legislature for
recordation with the Clerk of the House of Delegates or Secretary
of the Senate, at the times and in the manner required by the
Committee:

(1)   If representing a person for compensation before
a State agency, except in a judicial proceeding or in a
quasi-judicial proceeding, the name of the person represented,
the services performed, and the consideration[; provided,
however, that the]. THE Committee may adopt procedures to keep
confidential the name of the person represented if that
information is privileged or confidential pursuant to any
provision of law governing proceedings before that State agency.

(2)   If representing a State agency for compensation,
the name of the agency, the services performed, and the
consideration.

(3)  The name of any business enterprise subject to
regulation by a State agency in which [he, his spouse, and his