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Section 5-601 – Individuals Required to File Statement

    (a)    Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and subject to subsections (d) and (e) of this section, each official and candidate for office as a State official shall file a statement as specified in §§ 5–602 through 5–608 of this subtitle.     (b)    Financial disclosure by a judge of a court under Article […]

Section 5-602 – Financial Disclosure Statement — Filing Requirements

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a statement filed under § 5–601, § 5–603, § 5–604, or § 5–605 of this subtitle shall:         (1)    be filed electronically with the Ethics Commission;         (2)    be filed under oath;         (3)    be filed on or before April 30 of each year;         (4)    cover the calendar year immediately preceding the year of filing; […]

Section 5-603 – Appointee Filling Vacancy

    An individual who is appointed to fill a vacancy in an office for which a statement is required by § 5–601(a) of this subtitle, and who has not already filed a statement under § 5–602 of this subtitle for the preceding calendar year, shall file the statement within 30 days after appointment.

Section 5-604 – Official Leaving Office

    (a)    Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, an individual who, other than by reason of death, leaves an office for which a statement is required by § 5–601(a) of this subtitle shall file the statement within 60 days after leaving the office.     (b)    The statement shall cover:         (1)    the calendar year immediately preceding the year […]

Section 5-605 – Candidates for Office

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a candidate who is required by § 5–601(a) of this subtitle to file a statement shall file the statement each year beginning with the year in which the candidate files a certificate of candidacy through the year of the election.     (b)    This section does not require the […]

Section 5-606 – Public Record

    (a)    (1)    (i)    Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Ethics Commission and the Joint Ethics Committee shall maintain the statements submitted under this subtitle and, during normal office hours, make the statements available to the public for examination and copying.             (ii)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Ethics Commission and the […]

Section 5-607 – Content of Statements

    (a)    A statement that is required under § 5–601(a) of this subtitle shall contain schedules disclosing the information and interests specified in this section, if known, for the individual making the statement for the applicable period.     (a–1)    An individual who is required to disclose the name of a business under this section shall disclose any other names […]

Section 5-608 – Interests Attributable to Individual Filing Statement

    (a)    The following are deemed to be interests of the individual under § 5–607(b), (c), (d), (j), and (k) of this subtitle:         (1)    an interest held by a spouse or child of the individual, if the interest was controlled, directly or indirectly, by the individual at any time during the applicable period;         (2)    an interest held, at any […]

Section 5-609 – Certain Board Members — Modified Requirements

    (a)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a member of a board who is described in § 5–601(d) of this subtitle shall file the statement required by § 5–601 of this subtitle.         (2)    The member shall be required to disclose the information specified in § 5–607 of this subtitle only as to those interests, gifts, compensated […]

Section 5-610 – Judicial Branch — State Officials and Candidates

    (a)    In accordance with its administrative authority over the Judicial Branch under the Maryland Constitution, the Court of Appeals shall adopt and administer rules that require each individual specified in § 5–601(b) of this subtitle to file a statement periodically that discloses, as a public record, the information concerning the individual’s financial affairs that the court […]

Section 5-611 – Disclosure by Other Personnel and Appointees

    (a)    An individual who is not an official shall disclose information annually if designated under subsection (b) of this section.     (b)    For disclosure under this section:         (1)    the Governor, by executive order, may designate:             (i)    an employee of an executive unit; or             (ii)    a noncompensated appointee of the Governor;         (2)    the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, by order, may […]