PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 533

session after each gubernatorial election. Subject to further action of that branch of the
legislature, that investigating committee shall function during and between sessions
throughout each year of the term and until a new investigating committee is created.

[(2)](B) At the beginning of each regular session, the presiding officer by
order shall appoint the members of the investigating committee from the members of that
branch of the legislature. If it is considered inappropriate by the presiding officer for any
member of the investigating committee to consider a particular matter, the presiding
officer shall appoint a substitute member for the purposes of that matter.

[(3)](C) The investigating committee thus created and constituted shall
perform the functions assigned under this [section] PART II and consider such other
matters relating to that branch of the legislature as may be assigned to it by the presiding
officers acting jointly or by the presiding officer of that branch with the approval of the
minority leader of that branch. The [Committee] INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE shall
perform no other function.

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

PART III. SPECIFIC GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.
15-523. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
(A) DEFINITIONS.

(1)     IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2)     "FACULTY CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES" MEANS POLICIES
ADOPTED BY A GOVERNING BOARD AND APPROVED:

(I)      BY THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; AND

(II)    AS TO CONFORMITY WITH THIS SECTION, BY THE ETHICS
COMMISSION.

(3)     "GOVERNING BOARD" HAS THE MEANING PROVIDED IN § 10-101 OF
THE EDUCATION ARTICLE.

(4)     "EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION" MEANS A PUBLIC SENIOR HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTION AS DEFINED IN § 10-101 OF THE EDUCATION ARTICLE.

(5)     "RELATIONSHIP" INCLUDES ANY:

(I)      INTEREST;

(II)     SERVICE;

(III)   EMPLOYMENT;

(IV)   GIFT; OR

(V)     OTHER BENEFIT OR RELATIONSHIP.

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