Ch. 533                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Defined terms: "Bicounty commission" § 15-102
"Commissioner" § 15-818
"County" § 1-101
"Ethics Commission" § 15-102

15-826. LOBBYING REGULATIONS REQUIRED FOR BICOUNTY COMMISSIONS.

(A) IN GENERAL.

EACH BICOUNTY COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS RELATING TO
LOBBYING OF THAT BICOUNTY COMMISSION.

(B) SIMILARITY TO STATE STANDARDS.

AT A MINIMUM, THE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY A BICOUNTY COMMISSION
SHALL BE SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE 7 OF THIS TITLE.

(C)     COPY TO ETHICS COMMISSION.

EACH BICOUNTY COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION A
COPY OF ITS REGULATIONS RELATING TO LOBBYING.

(D)    ANNUAL REPORT.

EACH BICOUNTY COMMISSION SHALL:

(1)     PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE LOBBYING OF THE
BICOUNTY COMMISSION AND REGULATION BY THE BICOUNTY COMMISSION; AND

(2)      SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH COUNTY
IN WHICH THE BICOUNTY COMMISSION CONDUCTS ITS OPERATIONS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 40A, § 6-302(a) and (b).

In subsections (a), (b), and (d) of this section, references in the former law to
"lobbying in" the commission are changed to "lobbying of the commission for
clarity.

Former Art. 40A, § 6-302(c), which required a hearing and adoption of
regulations required by "December 1, 1981", is deleted as obsolete.

Defined terms: "Bicounty commission" § 15-102
"Ethics Commission" § 15-102
"Lobbying" § 15-102

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