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Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

4-102.

(a) (1) Each official holding an office set forth in §
4-101 above shall file under oath or affirmation with the
Commission, on or before the 30th day of April of each year
during that person's term in office, the statement required by
this title, for the calendar year immediately preceding each such
year in office. A person, who has not filed the statement
required by this title and who is appointed to fill a vacancy in
an office set forth in § 4-101, shall file that statement within
30 days after appointment to that office.

(2) (i) Any official who leaves an office set forth
in § 4-101 for any reason, except the official's death, shall
file under oath or affirmation with the Commission, within 60
days of leaving, the statement required by this title, for the
calendar year immediately preceding, unless a statement has
previously been filed for that year, and any portion of the
current calendar year during which that official held that
office.

(ii) If an official leaves one office to become
an official in another office for which a statement is required
to be filed, and the scope and nature of the information required
to be included in that statement are at least as extensive as
those required by subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the
official may not be required to file the statement provided for
in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.

(b) Except for an official who has filed a statement
pursuant to subsection (a) above for the same year or portion of
the same year for which a statement otherwise would be required
to be filed by this subsection, each candidate for nomination
for, or election to, an office set forth in § 4-101 shall file
under oath or affirmation with the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws, or the appropriate local board of election
supervisors, together with his certificate of candidacy and the

statement required by this title, for the calendar year

immediately preceding.

(c) If the certificate of candidacy is filed prior to
January 1 of the year in which the election is held, the
candidate, ON OR BEFORE APRIL 30 OF EACH YEAR OF CANDIDACY PRIOR
TO THE YEAR OF THE ELECTION, AND; on or before the 30th day of]
April 30 of the year of the election or the last day for the
withdrawal of candidacy, whichever is earlier, shall file under
oath or affirmation a statement for the IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
calendar year [immediately preceding the election] AND FOR EACH
YEAR OF CANDIDACY; and if he fails to do so, after written notice
of his obligation, given at least 20 days prior to the last day
for the withdrawal of candidacy, he shall be deemed to have
withdrawn his candidacy.