PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 533

15-809. RESERVED.

15-810. RESERVED.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

Former Art. 40A, § 6-501(b), which allows the Ethics Commission to grant
extensions of time to comply with this Part I, is transferred without substantive change to
the Session Laws and remains effective.

PART II — LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION.

15-811. SCOPE.

THIS PART II GOVERNS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STANDARDS, FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS, AND LOBBYING REGULATIONS OF SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 40A, §§ 6A-101(a), 6A-201(a), and 6A-301(a).
References in those former sections to the scope of coverage are revised
elsewhere in this Part II.

Defined terms: "Lobbying" § 15-102
"School system" § 15-102

15-812. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

(A)     ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS.

A SCHOOL BOARD MAY ADOPT CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGULATIONS
APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TO OFFICIALS AND
EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.

(B)     SIMILARITY TO STATE ETHICS LAW.

THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY A SCHOOL BOARD
UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS
OF SUBTITLE 5 OF THIS TITLE, BUT MAY BE MODIFIED TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY
TO MAKE THE REGULATIONS RELEVANT TO THE PREVENTION OF CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST IN THAT SCHOOL SYSTEM.

(C)     APPLICABILITY OF COUNTY PROVISIONS.

UNLESS A SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS AND MAINTAINS CONFLICT OF INTEREST
REGULATIONS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, THE PROVISIONS ENACTED BY THE COUNTY
UNDER § 15-804 OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL APPLY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD AND TO OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THAT SCHOOL SYSTEM.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 40A, § 6A-101(b) and (c).

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