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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 4 – Advisory Opinions">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-1" heading="Request for opinion.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Requester’s right.">At the written request of a person who is subject to &lt;cite data-path="|8"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Ethics Board must provide an advisory opinion, in a timely fashion, on the article’s application to that person under the circumstances described in the request.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Board’s discretion.">At the written request of any person not within the scope of subsection (a) of this section, the Ethics Board may provide that person with an advisory opinion on the article’s application to the circumstances described in the request.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="4-2" heading="Executive Director’s assistance.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Requester’s right.">The Executive Director must assist any person who needs or asks for help in preparing a written request under §4-1(a) {“Request for opinion: Requester’s right”} of this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Director’s discretion.">The Executive Director may assist any person who needs or asks for help in preparing a written request under §4-1(b) {“Request for opinion: Executive Director’s discretion”} of this subtitle.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Executive Director	§2-11</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="4-3" heading="Publication.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Each advisory opinion of the Ethics Board must be:<para num="(1)">in writing; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">subject to the redactions required by subsection (b) of this section, filed and made available for public inspection.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Confidentiality.">
      <para num="(1)">Neither the Ethics Board nor its staff may reveal the identity of the person that is the subject of an advisory opinion.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Before an advisory opinion is made public, the Ethics Board must delete:<para num="(i)">the name of the person that is the subject of the opinion; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">to the fullest extent possible, any other information that might identify that person.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="4-4" heading="Reliance on opinion.">
    <text>Any person subject to &lt;cite data-path="|8"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; is entitled to rely on an advisory opinion of the Ethics Board that:</text>
    <para num="(1)">is reasonably applicable to that person’s circumstances; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">has not been:<para num="(i)">overruled by a later opinion of the Ethics Board; or</para>
      <para num="(ii)">superseded by an amendment to the applicable provisions of &lt;cite data-path="|8"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; or of the rules and regulations adopted under it.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
