Ch. 121

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

Section 4-101

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

4-101.

(a)  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection, all officials and candidates for office as State
officials, except those who file pursuant to § 4-105, are
required to file the statements provided for in this title.

(2) However, a member of a board or commission, who
receives as compensation less per annum than 25 percent of the
annual salary of an employee classified as grade [18] 16, base
level, of the State employee pay scale, shall, with respect to
the requirements of paragraphs (a) through (i) of § 4-103, be
required to disclose the required information about only those
interests, gifts, compensated positions, and liabilities which
may create a conflict, as defined in Title 3 of this article,
between the member's personal interest and his duties as a member
of that board or commission.

(b)  The Commission shall specify by regulation, subject to
the approval of the AELR Committee, the information required to
be filed under subsection (a)(2) of this section and the
circumstances under which it shall be filed.

(c)  The regulations promulgated under subsection (b) of
this section shall be based on the experience of the Commission
in opinion-writing and enforcement under Title 3 of this article
and in disclosure review under this title.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 2, 1988.

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