WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

S.B. 524

individual who assists an executive agency from participating in the procurement. The bill
would also prohibit a person from being employed as a registrant for compensation
dependent on the outcome of any executive action relating to the solicitation or securing
of a procurement contract.

House Bill 1467, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 26,
1994, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign Senate
Bill 524.

Sincerely,

William Donald Schaefer

Governor

Senate Bill No. 524

AN ACT concerning

Ethics Law - Revision

FOR the purpose of revising the definition of "lobbyist" in the Maryland Public Ethics
Law to include certain persons engaged to influence executive action on certain
procurement contracts; altering a certain definition; providing a certain exception;
establishing that certain persons who assist if an individual assists an executive
agency in the preparation of certain procurement related documents are public
officials for purposes of the conflicts of interest provisions of the ethics law and
are, the individual or a person that employs the individual is precluded from
engaging in certain activities; prohibiting a person from being employed as a
registrant for compensation dependent on the outcome of certain executive actions;
making a technical change; and generally relating to revision of the State ethics law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law
Section 1-201(t) and (dd) and 5-104
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law
Section 3-101 (c) 3-110
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume)

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

1-201.

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