Ch. 591                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - State Government

15-513.

(A) (1) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
A LEGISLATOR MAY NOT REPRESENT A PERSON FOR COMPENSATION BEFORE A
STATE AGENCY IN ANY MATTER INVOLVING:

(I)      PROCUREMENT; OR

(II)    THE ADOPTION OR IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATIONS.

(2) PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO AN
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 10,
SUBTITLE 2 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE (ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
ACT - CONTESTED CASES).

[(a)](B) A legislator who enters into any of the listed transactions shall report in
writing to the Joint Ethics Committee and the presiding officer of his branch of the
legislature for recordation with the Clerk of the House of Delegates or Secretary of the
Senate, at the times and in the manner required by the Joint Ethics Committee:

(1)     [If] UNLESS THE REPRESENTATION IS PROHIBITED UNDER
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, IF representing a person for compensation before a
State agency, except in a judicial proceeding or in a quasi-judicial proceeding, the name
of the person represented, the services performed, and the consideration. The Joint
Ethics Committee may adopt procedures to keep confidential the name of the person
represented if that information is privileged or confidential pursuant to any provision of
law governing proceedings before that State agency.

(2)     If representing a State agency for compensation, the name of the agency,
the services performed, and the consideration.

(3)     The name of any business enterprise subject to regulation by a State
agency in which the legislator and a member of the legislator's immediate family (spouse
and children living with the legislator), together or separately, have:

(i) The lesser of:

1.       10 percent or more of the capital stock of any corporation; or

2.       Capital stock of any corporation with a cumulative value of
$10,000 or more; and

(ii) Any interest in a partnership.

(4)     Details of any contractual relationship with the State or a State agency,
including the subject matter and the consideration.

(5)     Details of any transaction with the State involving a monetary
consideration, excluding those enumerated by the Joint Ethics Committee in the
guidelines established pursuant to § 2-706 of this article.

[(b)](C) All reports filed under this section shall be a matter of public record.

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