(A) (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OR (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, A FILED CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OR A MEMBER-ELECT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY NOT
RECEIVE EARNED INCOME FROM:

(I) AN EXECUTIVE UNIT; OR

(II) A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.

(2) THE JOINT ETHICS COMMITTEE MAY EXEMPT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM
THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION IF THE EARNED INCOME IS
FOR:

(I) EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION PROVIDED BY THE MEMBER,
CANDIDATE, OR MEMBER-ELECT; OR

(II) A POSITION THAT IS SUBJECT TO A MERIT SYSTEM HIRING

PROCESS;

(III) A HUMAN SERVICES POSITION; OR

(II) (IV) A CAREER PROMOTION, CHANGE, OR PROGRESSION THAT
IS A LOGICAL TRANSITION FROM A PRE-EXISTING RELATIONSHIP AS DESCRIBED IN
PARAGRAPH (3)(I1) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

(3) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO COMPENSATION TO A
MEMBER, CANDIDATE, OR MEMBER-ELECT PURSUANT TO:

(I) EMPLOYMENT AS A NONELECTED LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER OR A FIRE OR RESCUE SQUAD WORKER; OR

(II) A TRANSACTION OR RELATIONSHIP THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO:

1. THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY FOR
ELECTION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT A TIME WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT
AN INCUMBENT MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; OR

2. IN THE CASE OF A MEMBER WHO WAS APPOINTED TO FILL
A VACANCY, THE DATE OF THE APPOINTMENT.

(b) A legislator [who enters into any of the listed transactions] shall report
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION 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) [unless the representation is prohibited under subsection (a) of this
section,] if representing a person for compensation before a State OR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT 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.