PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 533

15-836. RESERVED.
15-837. RESERVED.

[Subtitle 7.] PART V. REGIONAL DISTRICT — SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR

Montgomery County.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

The Ethics Law Code Revision Committee has chosen to leave former Art. 40A,
Title 6, Subtitle 7 essentially unrevised, making only renumbering and minor stylistic
changes.

The revised Maryland Public Ethics Law contains general definitions, applicable to
the entire revised Title 15, that are derived with some alteration from the general
definitions of former Art. 40A. The Ethics Law Code Revision Committee does not
intend that the revised definitions be applied to this Part V in such a way as to affect the
meaning of this Part.

[6-701.] 15-838.

(a)     In this [subtitle] PART V the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     (1) (i) "Applicant" means an individual or business entity that is:

1.       A title owner or contract purchaser of land that is the subject
of an application;

2.       A trustee who has an interest in land that is the subject of an
application, excluding trustees described in a mortgage or deed of trust; or

3.       A holder of 5 percent or greater interest in a business entity
who has an interest in land that is the subject of an application.

(ii) "Applicant" includes, if the applicant is a corporation, the
directors and officers of the corporation which actually holds title to the land, or is a
contract purchaser of the land which is the subject of an application.

(2) "Applicant" does not include:

(i) A financial institution that has loaned money or extended
financing for the acquisition, development, or construction or improvements on the land
that is the subject of an application;

(ii) A municipal or public corporation;

(iii) A public authority;

(iv) A public service company acting within the scope of Article 78 of
the Code; or

(v) A person who is hired or retained as an accountant, attorney,
architect, engineer, land use consultant, economic consultant, real estate agent, real
estate broker, traffic consultant, or traffic engineer.

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