HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     3037

(e)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the
contrary, following the filing of a complaint, and unless and
until the matter is referred for prosecution or a finding of a
violation has been made, the proceedings, meetings, and
activities of the Commission and its employees in connection with
the complaint shall be conducted in a confidential manner. The
Commission, its staff, the complainant, and the respondent shall
not disclose any information relating to the complaint, including
the identity of the complainant and the respondent, except that
the Commission may release any information at any time if the
release has been agreed to in writing by the respondent, and the
identity of the complainant shall be disclosed to the
respondent, at the request of the respondent, at any time.

(f)  The Commission shall provide to the Commission on
Judicial Disabilities or the Committee such information or
assistance as either may request and which is not prohibited by
law.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 655

(House Bill 779)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Public Ethics Laws - Candidate - Statement Required

FOR the purpose of requiring candidates who file a certificate of
candidacy for office as State officials to file the
statement required by the Maryland Public Ethics Law for
each year of candidacy prior to the year of the election;
clarifying language; altering provisions relating to a
candidate's falure failure to file a statement; and
generally relating to the candidate statement requirements
of the Maryland Public Ethics Law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

Section 4-102

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: