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Ch. 405
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 405
(House Bill 1076)
AN ACT concerning
Lobbyist Ethics - Registration and Reporting Requirements
FOR the purpose of exempting certain communications on behalf of a professional or
trade association association, trade association, or certain federally tax exempt
entities, by a member certain members of the association or entity from the
criteria that require registration as a regulated lobbyist; exempting certain
communications by students from the criteria that require registration;
exempting certain communications made in the capacity as an of a certain
officer, director, or employee of certain entities from the criteria that require
registration; increasing the threshold amount of certain expenses or
compensation above which an entity that makes certain communications must
register as a regulated lobbyist; increasing the threshold amount of certain
compensation paid by an entity to one or more lobbyists, above which the entity
shall be deemed a regulated lobbyist; clarifying a provision that sets a threshold
amount of compensation above which an entity that makes certain
communications must register as a regulated lobbyist; exempting from certain
lobbyist registration requirements a person who seeks to secure a business
grant or loan for the purpose of locating, relocating, or expanding a business in
or into the State; specifying that, under certain circumstances, and official or
employee may not accept a gift from an individual who is exempt from
registration as a regulated lobbyist; requiring the State Ethics Commission to
adopt certain regulations authorizing a regulated lobbyist to serve on a State
board or commission under certain circumstances; specifying that the restriction
on a regulated lobbyist serving on a State board or commission may not be
enforced until a certain date; altering the standard for a certain prohibited act of
a regulated lobbyist; clarifying the threshold amount over which certain
campaign contributions made by certain fiduciaries or subsidiaries of certain
entities must be reported; clarifying the threshold amount over which a
campaign contribution made by certain fiduciaries of certain entities at the
suggestion or direction of the entity must be reported; requiring the State Ethics
Commission Board of Elections to adopt certain regulations to clarify campaign
contribution reporting requirements for an officer of a nonprofit entity; making
this Act an emergency measure; providing for the effective date of certain
provisions of this Act; and generally relating to lobbyist ethics and disclosure of
campaign contributions.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 33 - Election Code
Section 14-102(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
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