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(F)     "BUSINESS ENTITY" MEANS:

(1)      A SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP;

(2)      A CORPORATION;

(3)      A PARTNERSHIP; OR

(4)      A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

(G)     "CANDIDATE" MEANS A CANDIDATE FOR THE BOARD WHO BECOMES A
MEMBER OF THE BOARD.

(H) "CONTRIBUTION" MEANS THE PAYMENT OR PROMISE OF PAYMENT OF
MONEY OR PROPERTY, OR THE INCURRING OF A LIABILITY, TO A CANDIDATE OR A
TREASURER OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE.

(I) "PARTNERSHIP" INCLUDES A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP, A LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, A LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, OR A JOINT VENTURE.

(J) "PARTY OF RECORD" MEANS A PERSON THAT PARTICIPATED IN A
PROCEEDING ON AN APPLICATION BEFORE THE BOARD BY APPEARING AT A PUBLIC
HEARING OR FILING A STATEMENT IN AN OFFICIAL RECORD.

(K) "PENDENCY OF THE APPLICATION" MEANS ANY TIME BETWEEN THE
ACCEPTANCE OF A FILING OF AN APPLICATION BY THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE EXPIRATION OF 30 DAYS AFTER:

(1)      THE BOARD HAS TAKEN FINAL ACTION ON THE APPLICATION; OR

(2)      THE APPLICATION IS WITHDRAWN.

(L) "POLITICAL COMMITTEE" MEANS A COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY CREATED
TO PROMOTE THE CANDIDACY OF A BOARD MEMBER WHO IS RUNNING FOR AN
ELECTIVE OFFICE.

(M) "TREASURER" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 1-101 OF THE ELECTION
LAW ARTICLE.

15-861.

(A)     AN APPLICANT MAY NOT MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO A BOARD MEMBER
DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE APPLICATION.

(B)     EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION, AFTER AN
APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED, A BOARD MEMBER MAY NOT VOTE OR PARTICIPATE
IN ANY WAY IN THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE APPLICATION IF THE MEMBER OR THE
TREASURER OR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE MEMBER RECEIVED A
CONTRIBUTION FROM THE APPLICANT DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE
APPLICATION.

(C)     NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, A BOARD MEMBER
MAY PARTICIPATE IN A COMPREHENSIVE ZONING OR REZONING PROCEEDING.

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