(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the chief administrative officer of a county shall transmit each financial disclosure statement of a commissioner or appointed applicant to the executive director of the appropriate bicounty commission.
(2) In Montgomery County, the county council shall transmit each financial disclosure statement of a commissioner or appointed applicant to the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission to the executive director of the commission.
(b) The executive director and the chief administrative officer shall retain the statement for the entire term of office of the commissioner.
(c) (1) Within 15 days after an appointment to a bicounty commission has become final, the county council and the chief administrative officer of the county involved shall return to each applicant who is not appointed the original and all copies of the statement submitted by that applicant.
(2) On notification by the chief administrative officer of the county involved that an applicant was not appointed, the Ethics Commission shall promptly delete the statement electronically filed by the applicant.