Ch. 533                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2. Capital stock of any corporation with a cumulative value of
$10,000 or more; and

(ii) Any interest in a partnership.

(4)     Details of any contractual relationship with the State or a State agency,
including the subject matter and the consideration.

(5)     Details of any transaction with the State involving a monetary
consideration, excluding those enumerated by the JOINT ETHICS Committee in the
guidelines established pursuant to [this Title J § 2-706 OF THIS ARTICLE.

[(g)] (B) All reports filed under [subsection (f)] THIS SECTION shall be a matter
of public record.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 40A, § 3-102(f) and (g).

In subsection (a)(5) of this section, the reference to "§ 2-706 of this article" is
added for clarity.

[3-102.] 15-514. JOINT COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE ETHICS — ADVISORY
FUNCTIONS.

[(h) (1)] (A) A legislator in doubt as to the propriety of any action proposed to
be taken by the legislator and involving a possible violation of applicable standards of
ethical conduct for legislators established by law or rule may request in writing that the
JOINT ETHICS Committee render an advisory opinion on the facts. The advisory opinion,
with deletions and changes necessary to protect the legislator's identity, shall be filed with
the presiding officer of the legislator's branch of the legislature for recordation with the
Clerk of the House of Delegates or Secretary of the Senate. In addition, the JOINT
ETHICS Committee on its own motion may render advisory opinions as it deems
necessary. Each advisory opinion shall be kept and indexed in relation to the subject
matter for the purpose of building a body of case law.

[(2)](B) Either presiding officer may refer any question of propriety
relating to the use of expense funds governed by duly adopted guidelines to the JOINT
ETHICS Committee for recommendation.

•REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 40A, § 3-102(h).

[3-102.] 15-515. SAME — ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF ETHICAL STANDARDS.

[(i)] Any person may file with the JOINT ETHICS Committee a written statement,
accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the facts upon which the statement is based, or
the JOINT ETHICS Committee on its own may prepare a statement, alleging that a
member may have violated standards of ethical conduct for legislators established by law
or rule.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 40A, § 3-102(i).

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