Ch. 617

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

circumstances; providing for the inclusion of certain information in the reports;
altering certain provisions relating to the reporting by regulated lobbyists of gifts to
officials and employees; providing for a delayed effective date; and generally
relating to the disclosure of certain gifts by regulated lobbyists under the Maryland
Public Ethics Law.

BY renumbering repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 15-704(d) 15-704
to bo Section 15-704(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter____ (H.B. 12) of the Acts of the General Assembly of

1995)

BY adding to

Article—State Government

Section 15-704(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1991 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter____ (H.B. 12) of the Acts of the General Assembly of

1995)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That Section(s) 15-704(d) of Article - State Government of the

Annotated Code of Maryland (as enacted by Chapter____ (H.B. 12) of the Acts of the

General Assembly of 1995) be renumbered to be Section(s) 15-704(e).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

15-704.

(a) (1) A regulated lobbyist shall file with the Ethics Commission, under oath
and for each registration, a separate report concerning the regulated lobbyist's lobbying
activities:

(i) by May 31 of each year, to cover the period from November 1 of
the previous year through April 30 of the current year; and

(ii) by November 30 of each year, to cover the period from May 1
through October 31 of that year.

(2) If the regulated lobbyist is not an individual, an authorized officer or
agent of the regulated lobbyist shall sign the report.

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