PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 552

(1)     the official or employee or a qualifying relative of the official or
employee has an interest in the matter and the official or employee knows of the interest;
or

(2)     any of the following is a party to the matter:

(i) a business entity in which the official or employee has a direct
financial interest of which the official or employee reasonably may be expected to know;

(ii) a business entity, INCLUDING A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
OR A LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP, of which any of the following is an officer,
director, trustee, partner, or employee:

1.       the official or employee; or

2.       if known to the official or employee, a qualifying relative of
the official or employee;

(iii) a business entity with which any of the following is negotiating or
has arranged prospective employment:

1.       the official or employee; or

2.       if known to the official or employee, a qualifying relative of
the official or employee;

(iv) if the contract reasonably could be expected to result in a conflict
between the private interest and the official State duties of the official or employee, a
business entity that is a party to a contract with:

1.       the official or employee; or

2.       if known to the official or employee, a qualifying relative of
the official or employee;

(v) a business entity, either engaged in a transaction with the State or
subject to regulation by the official's or employee's governmental unit, in which a direct
financial interest is owned by another business entity if the official or employee:

1.       has a direct financial interest in the other business entity;
and

2.       reasonably may be expected to know of both financial
interests; or

(vi) a business entity that:

1.       the official or employee knows is a creditor or obligee of the
official or employee, or of a qualifying relative of the official or employee, with respect to
a thing of economic value; and

2.       as a creditor or obligee, is in a position to affect directly and
substantially the interest of the official, employee, or qualifying relative.

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