PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 533

Defined terms: "Ethics Commission" § 15-102
"Joint Ethics Committee" § 15-102
"State official" § 15-102

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

Former Art. 40A, § 2-104(d), which relates to reliance on the advisory opinions of
defunct ethics regulation entities, is transferred without substantive change to the Session
Laws and remains effective.

SUBTITLE 4. PROCEDURES FOR COMPLAINT OF VIOLATION OF TITLE.

15-401. COMPLAINTS - JURISDICTION.

(A)     COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION.

(1)      ANY ENTITY MAY FILE WITH THE ETHICS COMMISSION A WRITTEN
COMPLAINT ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE.

(2)      A COMPLAINT FILED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE:

(I)       SIGNED; AND

(II)     MADE UNDER OATH.

(B)     SAME — ON MOTION OF ETHICS COMMISSION.

THE ETHICS COMMISSION ON ITS OWN MOTION MAY ISSUE A COMPLAINT
ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE.

(C)     COPY TO RESPONDENT.

THE ETHICS COMMISSION PROMPTLY SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE RESPONDENT A
COPY OF THE COMPLAINT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 40A, § 2-105(a).

Defined terms: "Entity" § 15-102
"Ethics Commission" § 15-102
"Respondent" § 15-102

15-402. COMPLAINTS - REFERRALS.

(A) GENERALLY.

FOR FURTHER ACTION AFTER THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT, THE ETHICS
COMMISSION PROMPTLY SHALL REFER THE COMPLAINT TO:

(1)      THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES, IF THE COMPLAINT
CONCERNS A JUDGE OF A COURT ESTABLISHED UNDER ARTICLE IV, § 1 OF THE
MARYLAND CONSTITUTION;

(2)      THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE, IF THE COMPLAINT CONCERNS:

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