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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 7 – Financial Disclosure">
  <container prefix="Part" num="I" heading="General Provisions">
    <section prefix="§" num="7-1" heading="“Business with the City” defined.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, “business with the City” means any 1 or combination of sales, purchases, leases, or contracts:<para num="(1)">that are made:<para num="(i)">to, from, or with the City or an agency of the City; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">to, from, or with another person in connection with or in furtherance of a contract that is being negotiated or has been entered into by the other person with the City or an agency of the City; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)">involve consideration of $5,000 or more on a cumulative basis.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Determining consideration.">For purposes of this section, the total consideration committed to be paid as of the award or execution of a contract or lease, to the extent then ascertainable, is included, regardless of the period over which payments are to be made.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-267</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-307</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-1.1" heading="Required agency assistance.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Agencies to identify those required to file.">
        <para num="(1)" heading="Newly-created or vacant positions.">Prior to filling a newly-created or vacant position:<para num="(i)">each agency head must identify whether the position will be required to file a statement under this subtitle; and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">if the agency head identifies the position as being required to file a statement under this subtitle, each agency head must:<para num="(A)">include a disclosure of the financial disclosure requirement in any advertisement or job listing seeking applicants for that position; and</para>
            <para num="(B)">provide the Board with the appointee’s name and position number within 10 days of filling that position.</para>
          </para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)" heading="Annual reporting.">On or before January 1 of each year, each agency head must provide to the Ethics Board, with a copy to the Director of Human Resources, the names and position numbers of all public servants in that agency who are required to file statements with the Ethics Board under:<para num="(1)">§ 7-7 { “Elected officials and staff”};</para>
          <para num="(2)">§ 7-8 {“Agency officials and staff”}; or</para>
          <para num="(3)">§ 7-9 {“Procurement, legislative liaison, and enforcement personnel”}.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="HR supplemental list.">On or before February 1 of each year, the Director of Human Resources must provide to the Ethics Board the names and position numbers of all public servants who:<para num="(1)">hold positions of the types described in &lt;cite data-path="|8|§7-9"&gt;§ 7-9 {“Procurement, legislative liaison, and enforcement personnel”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">are not identified on any of the agency lists submitted under subsection (a) of this section.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Entities doing business with City.">On or before February 1 of each year, the Finance Department must post on its website a searchable list of all persons that did business with the City for the calendar year immediately preceding the current calendar year.</para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Registered lobbyists.">On or before February 1 of each year, the Ethics Board must post on its website a searchable list of all lobbyists who have registered with the Board for the calendar year immediately preceding the current calendar year.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-822</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-307</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-375</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-585</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-287</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business entity	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business with City	§2-5</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Official	§1-21</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Ordinance 19-287 amended subsection (b)’s former annual reporting deadline from “March 15” to “February 1”, effective February 25, 2020.</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Ordinance 19-287 amended paragraph (a)(2)’s former annual reporting deadline from “February 28” to “January 1”, effective February 25, 2020.</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Paragraph (a)(1) of this section was added by Ordinance 19-287, effective February 25, 2020.</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-2" heading="General filing requirements.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="Annual filing required.">
        <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">Except as otherwise specified in this subtitle, each statement must be filed with the Ethics Board on or before April 30 of each year.</para>
        <para num="(2)" heading="Elected officials.">Elected officials must file the statement required by this subtitle on or before January 31 of each year.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Reporting period; information.">Except as otherwise specified in this subtitle:<para num="(1)">each statement must cover the calendar year immediately preceding the filing; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">disclose for that year all of the information required by Part III {“Contents of Statements”} of this subtitle.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Form.">Each statement must be:<para num="(1)">filed on the form the Ethics Board provides; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">signed under oath or affirmation, subject to the penalties of perjury.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-328</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Elected official	§2-8</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-3" heading="Statement by official of proposed action.">
      <text>An official must disclose employment and interests that raise a potential conflict of interest in connection with a specific proposed action by the official.  The disclosure must be made sufficiently in advance of the action to provide adequate disclosure to the public.</text>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-484</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Interest	§2-19</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Official	cf. §2-21</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Board Regulation R 07.03 sets out how and to whom the disclosure required by this section must be made.</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-4" heading="Public inspections.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
        <para num="(1)">Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the Ethics Board shall allow a person to inspect a financial disclosure filed by a public servant under this subtitle.</para>
        <para num="(2)">The Ethics Board may not provide public access to a portion of a statement that is filed on or after January 1, 2019, and that expressly identifies an individual’s home address.</para>
        <para num="(3)">The Ethics Board may not provide public access to information related to consideration received from:<para num="(i)">the University of Maryland Medical System;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">a governmental entity of the state or a local government in the state; or</para>
          <para num="(iii)">a quasi-governmental entity of the state or a local government in the state.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Record of inspections.">The Executive Director must:<para num="(1)">require each person who inspects a statement filed under this subtitle to identify him- or herself; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">record:<para num="(i)">the inspecting person’s name, address, telephone number, and organization represented; and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">the name of the person whose statement was inspected.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-484</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-585</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-239</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-332</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Executive Director	§2-11</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-5" reserved="true" />
  </container>
  <container prefix="Part" num="II" heading="Who Must File">
    <section prefix="§" num="7-6" heading="Definitions.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this Part II, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="“Non-clerical employee”.">“Non-clerical employee” means any public servant who:<para num="(1)">is compensated for his or her services; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">is not employed solely in a secretarial, clerical, or custodial capacity.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-7" heading="Persons required to file – Elected officials and staff.">
      <text>The following elected officials and their employees must file the financial disclosure statements required by this subtitle:</text>
      <para num="(1)" heading="Mayor’s Office.">
        <para num="(i)">Mayor.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Mayors.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Chief of Staff.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All non-clerical employees of Mayor’s Office.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Council President’s Office.">
        <para num="(i)">President of City Council.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Chief of Staff.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Director of Legislative Affairs.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Director of Fiscal Affairs.</para>
        <para num="(v)">Director of Operations/Office Manager.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">All non-clerical employees of President’s Office.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="City Council.">
        <para num="(i)">Councilmembers.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Executive Secretary.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Chief Clerk.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Journal Clerk</para>
        <para num="(v)">Parliamentarian.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">Director of Council Services.</para>
        <para num="(vii)">All non-clerical employees of Council Services.</para>
        <para num="(viii)">All non-clerical employees of Councilmembers.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Comptroller’s Office.">
        <para num="(i)">City Comptroller.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy City Comptroller.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Executive Assistant to Comptroller.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">City Auditor.</para>
        <para num="(v)">Real Estate Officer.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">Director of Communication Services.</para>
        <para num="(vii)">All non-clerical employees of Comptroller’s Office.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Elected official	§2-8</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Employee	§2-9</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Non-clerical employee	§7-6</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-8" heading="Persons required to file – Agency officials and staff.">
      <text>The following officials and employees must file the financial disclosure statements required by this subtitle:</text>
      <para num="(1)" />
      <para num="(2)" heading="Architectural and Engineering Awards Commission.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Auction Advisory Board.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3a)" heading="Baltimore Children and Youth Fund and Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, Inc.">
        <para num="(i)">All members of Board of Directors.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All non-clerical employees.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Baltimore Development Corporation.">
        <para num="(i)">All members of the Board of Directors.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All officers of the Corporation.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees of the Corporation.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(5)" heading="Civilian Review Board.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Board Administrator.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(6)" heading="Community Relations Commission.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board of Commissioners.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(6a)" heading="Community Reinvestment and Reparations Commission.">
        <para num="(i)">Members the Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All non-clerical employees.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(6b)" heading="Consumer Protection and Business Licensing Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Director of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Members of the Business Licensing Board.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees of the Department.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(7)" heading="Convention Complex.">
        <para num="(i)">Convention Complex Director.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Director.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Baltimore Arena Manager.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Convention Center Manager.</para>
        <para num="(v)">Director, Client Services.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">Director, Sales and Marketing.</para>
        <para num="(vii)">Director, Building Services.</para>
        <para num="(viii)">Director, Human Resources.</para>
        <para num="(ix)">Director, Public Safety and Loss.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(8)" />
      <para num="(9)" heading="Electrical Examiners and Supervisors, Board of.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(10)" heading="Enoch Pratt Free Library.">
        <para num="(i)">Executive Director of Enoch Pratt Free Library.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All Directors and Assistant Directors.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All Managers.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(11)" heading="Environmental Control Board.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Executive Director.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Deputy Director.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All hearing examiners.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(12)" heading="Ethics Board.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Executive Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(12a)" heading="Finance Board.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of the Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All non-clerical employees of or assigned to the Board.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(13)" heading="Finance Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Director of Finance.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Finance Director.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All Bureau Heads and Division Chiefs of Department.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Treasury Management.</para>
        <para num="(v)">City Purchasing Agent.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">Risk Manager.</para>
        <para num="(vii)">All non-clerical employees of Department.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(14)" heading="Fire Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board of Fire Commissioners.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Chief of Fire Department.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Assistant Chiefs.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Fire Marshal.</para>
        <para num="(v)">Shift Commanders.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">Battalion Chiefs.</para>
        <para num="(vii)">Fire Inspectors.</para>
        <para num="(viii)">Public Safety and Health Officers.</para>
        <para num="(ix)">Public Information Officers.</para>
        <para num="(x)">Emergency Medical Services Manager.</para>
        <para num="(xi)">Emergency Medical Services Billing Supervisor.</para>
        <para num="(xii)">Fiscal Supervisor.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(15)" heading="General Services Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Director of General Services.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Director of General Services.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All Bureau Heads, Division Chiefs, and Assistant Division Chiefs.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All General Superintendents.</para>
        <para num="(v)">All inspectors.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(16)" heading="Health Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Commissioner of Health.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All Deputy Commissioners of Health.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All Assistant Commissioners.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All Directors,</para>
        <para num="(v)">All Chiefs.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">All Inspectors.</para>
        <para num="(vii)">All members of the Animal Hearing Panel.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(17)" heading="Historical and Architectural Preservation Commission.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Executive Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(18)" heading="Housing Authority of Baltimore City.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board of Commissioners.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Executive Director.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Deputy Executive Directors.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Associate Deputy Directors.</para>
        <para num="(v)">Division Directors.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">Section Chiefs.</para>
        <para num="(vii)">Housing managers.</para>
        <para num="(viii)">Housing Inspectors.</para>
        <para num="(ix)">All attorneys.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(19)" heading="Housing and Community Development Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Commissioner of Housing and Community Development.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Commissioners.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Assistant Commissioners.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All Bureau Heads, Directors, and Division Chiefs of Department.</para>
        <para num="(v)">Members of Human Services Commission.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">All non-clerical employees of the following programs or units of the Department:<para num="1.">Administrative Direction and Control.</para>
          <para num="2.">Construction and Building Inspection.</para>
          <para num="3.">Finance and Development.</para>
          <para num="4.">Neighborhood Services.</para>
          <para num="5.">Property Acquisition and Relocation.</para>
          <para num="6.">Property Disposition.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(20)" heading="Human Resources Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Civil Service Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director of Human Resources.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Deputy Director of Human Resources.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All Bureau Heads and Division Chiefs of Department.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(21)" heading="Information Technology, Office of.">
        <para num="(i)">Chief of Information Technology.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Information Systems Division Manager.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Systems Programming Manager.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">Client Server Systems Administrator.</para>
        <para num="(v)">All Division Chiefs.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(22)" heading="Inspector General, Office of.">
        <para num="(i)">Inspector General.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Assistant Inspectors General.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees of Office.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(23)" />
      <para num="(24)" heading="Labor Commissioner, Office of.">
        <para num="(i)">Labor Commissioner.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Labor Commissioner.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(25)" heading="Law Department.">
        <para num="(i)">City Solicitor.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy City Solicitor.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All attorneys and investigators.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(26)" heading="Legislative Reference Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Director.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Director.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All bill drafters.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(27)" heading="LGBTQ Affairs, Office of.">
        <para num="(i)">Director.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Members of the LGBTQ Commission.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(27a)" heading="Local Development Council, South Baltimore Video Lottery Terminal.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of the Council.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All non-clerical employees of or assigned to the Council.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(28)" heading="Municipal and Zoning Appeals Board.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Executive Secretary.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees of Board.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(29)" heading="Older Adult Affairs and Advocacy, Office of.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of the Commission on Aging, Resources, and Empowerment.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director of the Office.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All Bureau Heads, Division Chiefs, and Administrators of the Office.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All non-clerical employees of the Office.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(30)" />
      <para num="(31)" heading="Parking Authority.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board of Directors.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Executive Director.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees of Authority.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(32)" heading="Pawnbrokers Review Board.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(32a)" heading="Pimlico Community Development Authority.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of the Authority.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All non-clerical employees of or assigned to the Authority.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(33)" heading="Planning Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Planning Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director of Planning.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Deputy Director of Planning.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All non-clerical employees of Department.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(33a)" heading="Police Accountability Board.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of the Board.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Members of the Administrative Charging Committee.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Director.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All non-clerical employees assigned to the Board or the Committee.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(34)" heading="Police Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Commissioner.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Commissioners.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Commanding Officers.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All officers with rank of Captain or above.</para>
        <para num="(v)">All civilian employees serving as Section Directors or above.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(35)" heading="Public Art Commission.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(36)" heading="Public Works Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Director of Public Works.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Director of Public Works.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All Bureau Heads, Division Chiefs, and Assistant Division Chiefs.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All General Superintendents.</para>
        <para num="(v)">All inspectors.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(37)" heading="Recreation and Parks Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Director of Recreation and Parks.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All Division Chiefs and Assistant Division Chiefs.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All inspectors.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(38)" heading="Retirement Systems and Retirement Savings Plan.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of the Boards of Trustees of:<para num="(A)">the Employees’ Retirement System;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">the Retirement Savings Plan.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">Executive  Directors and Deputy Directors of these Systems and Savings Plan.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Members of the staffs of these Systems and Savings Plan, as designated by their respective Executive Directors.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(38a)" heading="Re-Entry Action Council">
        <para num="(i)">Director.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Members of the Re-Entry Action Council.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(38b)" heading="South Baltimore Gateway Community Impact District Management Authority.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of the Board of Directors.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Administrator.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees assigned to the Commission.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(39)" heading="Sustainability, Commission on.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All non-clerical employees assigned to the Commission</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(40)" heading="Transportation Department.">
        <para num="(i)">Director.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Deputy Director.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All Division Chiefs and Assistant Division Chiefs.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">All General Superintendents.</para>
        <para num="(v)">All Inspectors.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(41) - (42)" />
      <para num="(43)" heading="Wage Commission.">
        <para num="(i)">Members of Commission.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">Director.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">Program Compliance Officers.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(44)" heading="Water-Customer Advocacy and Appeals, Office of.">
        <para num="(i)">Office Administrator.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">All Customer Advocates.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">All non-clerical employees of or assigned to the Office.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 05-174</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-489</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-063</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-272</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-520</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-307</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-375</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-509</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-063</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-332</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-336</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-363</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-028</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-124</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-146</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 23-249</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 23-264</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Employee	§2-9</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Non-clerical employee	§7-6</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Official	    §2-21</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" />
      <annotation type="History" />
      <annotation type="History" />
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-9" heading="Persons required to file – Procurement, legislative liaison, and enforcement personnel.">
      <text>The following public servants must file the financial disclosure statements required by this subtitle:</text>
      <para num="(1)" heading="Procurement employees.">All non-clerical employees whose functions include:<para num="(i)">the drafting, development, or issuance of specifications, invitations for bids, requests for proposals, requests for qualifications, or other related documents for the procurement of supplies, materials, or services;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the review or evaluation of bids, proposals, qualifications, or contracts for the procurement of supplies, materials, or services; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the inspection, monitoring, or other enforcement of contract standards and specifications.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Legislative liaisons.">All public servants whose functions include the influence of legislative action, as defined in &lt;cite data-path="|8|§8-1"&gt;§ 8-1 of this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Enforcement personnel.">All other public servants whose official duties include enforcement of (including inspections to assure compliance with) laws, rules, or regulations that affect the rights of the public or the procedures available to the public.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-375</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Non-clerical employee	§7-6</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-10" reserved="true" />
    <section prefix="§" num="7-11" heading="Persons vacating position.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, an individual who, other than by reason of death, vacates a position for which an annual statement is required must file a departure statement with the Ethics Board.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="When to be filed.">The departure statement must be filed within 60 days after vacating the position.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Scope of statement.">The departure statement must:<para num="(1)">be in the form and contain all of the information required for an annual statement; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">cover a reporting period that includes:<para num="(i)">the calendar year immediately preceding the date of vacating the position, unless the individual already has filed an annual statement for that year; and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">the part of the current calendar year during which the individual served.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Exceptions.">A departure statement need not be filed if:<para num="(1)">an individual vacates a position to assume another position for which an annual statement is required under this subtitle; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">the disclosure requirements of the new position are at least as extensive as those of the former position.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-12" heading="Persons filling vacancy.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, an individual who is appointed to fill a vacancy in a position for which an annual statement is required must file an entry statement with the Ethics Board.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="When to be filed.">The entry statement must be filed within 30 days after the appointment.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Scope.">The entry statement must:<para num="(1)">be in the form and contain all of the information required for an annual statement; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">cover the calendar year immediately preceding the appointment.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Exceptions.">An entry statement need not be filed if:<para num="(1)">while in another position, the individual already filed an annual statement for the preceding calendar year; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">the disclosure requirements of the former position were at least as extensive as those of the new position.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-13" heading="Candidates for office.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a candidate for an elected office for which an annual statement is required must file a statement annually:<para num="(1)">beginning with the year in which the candidate files a certificate of candidacy; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">continuing through the year of the election.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Exception.">This section does not require the filing of a statement for any full year that is already covered by a statement the individual has otherwise filed under this subtitle.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Filing requirements — Place.">The statement required by this section must be filed with the Baltimore City Board of Elections.</para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Filing requirements — Time.">
        <para num="(1)">The initial statement required by this section must be filed no later than with the filing of the certificate of candidacy.</para>
        <para num="(2)">In each subsequent year, through and including the year of the election, the statement must be filed on or before the earlier of:<para num="(i)">April 30; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">the last day for the withdrawal of a candidacy under &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gel|5-502"&gt;State Election Law Article, § 5-502&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(e)" heading="Filing requirements – Contents.">The disclosure requirements applicable to a candidate filing under this section are the same as those applicable to an incumbent holding the office involved.</para>
      <para num="(f)" heading="Filing prerequisite to candidacy.">The Board of Elections may not accept a certificate of candidacy of a candidate covered by this section unless the candidate has filed the initial statement required by subsection (d)(1) of this section.</para>
      <para num="(g)" heading="Subsequent failure to file.">If a later statement required by this section is overdue and is not filed within 20 days after the candidate receives from the Board of Elections written notice of the failure to file, the candidate is considered to have withdrawn his or her candidacy.</para>
      <para num="(h)" heading="Forwarding to Ethics Board.">Within 30 days after receiving a statement, the Board of Supervisors of Elections must forward the statement to the Ethics Board.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-124</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-14" heading="Designees of Mayor or President.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Individuals designated under this section, other than elected officials, may also be required to disclose information annually.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Designations — by Mayor.">By executive order, the Mayor may designate for disclosures under this section:<para num="(1)">any employee of an executive agency; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">any uncompensated appointee of the Mayor.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Designations — by City Council President.">By written order, the President of the City Council may designate for disclosures under this section:<para num="(1)">any employee of the City Council; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">any uncompensated appointee of the President.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Contents.">An individual filing a statement under this section must include the relevant information that the applicable designating authority specifies.</para>
      <para num="(e)" heading="Statement a public record.">A statement filed under this section is a public record.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Elected official	§2-8</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Employee	§2-9</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-15" reserved="true" />
  </container>
  <container prefix="Part" num="III" heading="Contents of Statements">
    <section prefix="§" num="7-16" heading="In general.">
      <text>The statement required to be filed under this subtitle must include schedules that disclose the information and interests specified in this Part III, as directly applicable to the public servant or attributable to the public servant for the reporting period for which the statement is required.</text>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Board Regulation 07.16 authorizes board members who are not otherwise officials or employees required to file disclosure statements to file a modified, more limited statement provided by the Ethics Board.</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-17" heading="Attributable interests.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">For purposes of &lt;cite data-path="|8|§7-21"&gt;§ 7-21 {“Real property”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; and &lt;cite data-path="|8|§7-22"&gt;§ 7-22 {“Business entities”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, the following interests are attributable to and must be reported by the public servant.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Certain interests held by spouse, etc.">An interest is attributable to the public servant if, at any time during the reporting period, it was:<para num="(1)">held by a spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the public servant; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">directly or indirectly controlled by the public servant.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Interests held by certain business entities.">
        <para num="(1)">An interest is attributable to the public servant if, at any time during the reporting period, it was held by:<para num="(i)">a business entity in which an equity interest of 10% or more was held by or otherwise attributable under this section to the public servant;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">a business entity in which a business entity described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph held a 25% or greater interest;</para>
          <para num="(iii)">a business entity in which a business entity described in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph held a 50% or greater interest; and</para>
          <para num="(iv)">a business entity in which a public servant directly or indirectly, through an interest in 1 or a combination of other business entities, holds a 10% or greater interest.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)">This subsection does not limit:<para num="(i)">the requirements of &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 24-368" data-path="|8|§7-21"&gt;§ 7-21 {“Real property”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; to disclose real property interests held by entities in which the public servant holds an interest; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">the requirements of &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 24-368" data-path="|8|§7-22"&gt;§ 7-22 {“Business entities”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; to disclose certain entities in which the public servant holds an interest.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Interests held by certain trusts.">An interest is attributable to the public servant if, at any time during the reporting period, it was held by a trust or estate in which the public servant:<para num="(1)">held a reversionary interest;</para>
        <para num="(2)">was a beneficiary; or</para>
        <para num="(3)">if a revocable trust, was a settlor.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-287</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business entity	§2-4</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Child	§2-6</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Interest	§2-19</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Ordinance 19-287 amended paragraph (c)(1), effective February 25, 2020, to expand the reference to an equity interest “held” by the public servant to encompass an equity interest “held by or otherwise attributable under this section to” the public servant.</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-18" heading="Blind trusts.">
      <text>For purposes of any of the disclosures required by this subtitle, interests held by a blind trust are not considered interests of the public servant making the statement if:</text>
      <para num="(1)">the blind trust is approved by the Ethics Board in accordance with rules and regulations adopted under &lt;cite data-path="|8"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the blind trust is operated in compliance with those rules and regulations.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Ethics Board	§2-10</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Interest	§2-19</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-19" heading="Business Entity Names.">
      <text>An individual who is required to disclose the name of a business entity under this section shall disclose any other names that the business entity is using for trading or doing business.</text>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-20" reserved="true">
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-21" heading="Real property.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The statement must include a schedule of each interest in real property that, at any time during the reporting period, was held by or, under &lt;cite data-path="|8|§7-17"&gt;§ 7-17 {“Attributable interests”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, was attributable to the public servant, including each interest held in the name of a partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, or other unincorporated entity in which an interest was held by or attributable to the public servant.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Required specifics.">For each interest subject to this section, the schedule must include:<para num="(1)">the nature of the property;</para>
        <para num="(2)">the property’s location by street address, mailing address, or legal description;</para>
        <para num="(3)">the nature and extent of the interest held, including any conditions to and encumbrances on the interest;</para>
        <para num="(4)">the identity of each other person with an interest in the property;</para>
        <para num="(5)">the date and manner in which the interest was acquired;</para>
        <para num="(6)">the identity of the person from which the interest was acquired;</para>
        <para num="(7)">if the interest was acquired by purchase, the nature and amount of the consideration given for the interest;</para>
        <para num="(8)">if the interest was acquired in any other manner, the fair market value of the interest when acquired;</para>
        <para num="(9)">if any interest was transferred, in whole or in part, at any time during the reporting period:<para num="(i)">a description of the interest transferred;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">the nature and amount of the consideration received for the interest; and</para>
          <para num="(iii)">the identity of the person to which the interest was transferred.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Interest	§2-19</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-22" heading="Business entities.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The statement must include a schedule of each interest in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or any other business entity, whether or not that entity does business with or is regulated by the City, if, at any time during the reporting period, the interest was held by or, under &lt;cite data-path="|8|§7-17"&gt;§ 7-17 {“Attributable interests”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, was attributable to the public servant.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Required specifics.">For each interest subject to this section, the schedule must include:<para num="(1)">the name and address of the principal office of the business entity;</para>
        <para num="(2)">subject to subsection (c) of this section, the nature and amount of the interest held, including any conditions to and encumbrances on the interest;</para>
        <para num="(3)">except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, if any interest was acquired during the reporting period:<para num="(i)">the date and manner in which the interest was acquired;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">the identity of the person from which the interest was acquired;</para>
          <para num="(iii)">if the interest was acquired by purchase, the nature and amount of the consideration given for the interest; and</para>
          <para num="(iv)">if the interest was acquired in any other manner, the fair market value of the interest when it was acquired; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(4)">if any interest was transferred, in whole or in part, during the reporting period:<para num="(i)">a description of the interest transferred;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">the nature and amount of the consideration received for the interest; and</para>
          <para num="(iii)">if known, the identity of the person to which the interest was transferred.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Reporting equity interests.">
        <para num="(1)">For an equity interest in a corporation, the reporting requirements of subsection (b)(2) of this section may be satisfied by reporting, instead of a dollar amount:<para num="(i)">the number of shares held; and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">unless the corporation’s stock is publicly traded, the percentage of equity interest held.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)">For an equity interest in a partnership, limited liability company, or any other business entity, the reporting requirements of subsection (b)(2) of this section may be satisfied by reporting, instead of a dollar amount, the percentage of equity interest held.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Reporting dividend reinvestments, etc.">For purposes of the reporting requirements of subsection (b)(3) of this section, only the manner of acquisition need be disclosed if:<para num="(1)">the interest was acquired by dividend or dividend reinvestment and consists solely of additions to existing, publicly traded corporate interests; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">the total value of the acquisition is less than $500.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business entity	§2-4</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business with City	§2-5</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Interest	§2-19</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-23" heading="Gifts.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="“Significant gift” defined.">
        <para num="(1)">In this section, “significant gift” means, except as specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection:<para num="(i)">any gift with a value of more than $20; and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">any gift in a series of gifts with a cumulative value of $100 or more given by or on behalf of the same person during the reporting period.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)">“Significant gift” does not include any of the following, regardless of value:<para num="(i)">a gift from a spouse, parent, child, or sibling;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">a campaign contribution that is otherwise reported as required by law; or</para>
          <para num="(iii)">tickets or free admission given to an elected official to attend a specific charitable, cultural, or political event, if given by the person sponsoring or conducting the event as a courtesy or ceremony to the office.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="In general.">The statement must include a schedule of each significant gift that was, at any time during the reporting period:<para num="(1)">accepted by the public servant or by any other person at the direction of the public servant; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">given by or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person that the public servant knows or has reason to know was:<para num="(i)">a lobbyist;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">a person regulated by the City;</para>
          <para num="(iii)">a person doing business with the City; or</para>
          <para num="(iv)">an association or an entity acting on behalf of an association that is engaged only in representing counties or municipal corporations.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Required specifics.">For each gift subject to this section, the schedule must include:<para num="(1)">the nature and value of the gift; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">the identity of the person from whom, or on behalf of whom, directly or indirectly, the gift was received.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Section not an authorization.">Neither this section nor any disclosure made under it authorizes any gift that is not otherwise allowed by law.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-267</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-484</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business with City	§2-5</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Child	§2-6</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Elected official	§2-8</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Gift	§2-17</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-24" heading="Offices, employment, etc.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The statement must include a schedule of each office, directorship, salaried employment, and other similar interest not otherwise disclosed that was, at any time during the reporting period:<para num="(1)">held by the public servant, by the public servant’s spouse or child, or, if known to the public servant, by the public servant’s parent or sibling,</para>
        <para num="(2)">in any business entity that was:<para num="(i)">a lobbyist,</para>
          <para num="(ii)">regulated by the City, or</para>
          <para num="(iii)">doing business with the City.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Directorships held by the public servant.">In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the statement must include each directorship held by the public servant in any business entity.</para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Required specifics.">For each position or interest subject to this section, the schedule must include:<para num="(1)">the name and address of the principal office of the business entity;</para>
        <para num="(2)">the title and nature of the position or interest;</para>
        <para num="(3)">the date when the position or interest began;</para>
        <para num="(4)">if applicable, the name of each agency with which the entity is doing business, by which it is regulated, or in connection with which it is a lobbyist;</para>
        <para num="(5)">if applicable, the nature of the entity’s relationship to the City, which at a minimum must refer to the applicable criteria listed in subsection (a)(2) of this section; and</para>
        <para num="(6)">if the position or interest is held by someone other than the public servant, the identity of the individual who held the position or interest.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-287</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business entity	§2-4</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business with City	§2-5</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Child	§2-6</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Interest	§2-19</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
      <annotation type="Editor's Notes">Subsection (b) was added by Ordinance 19-287, effective February 25, 2020.</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-25" heading="Indebtedness.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as specified in subsection (c) of this section, the statement must include a schedule of each debt that was, at any time during the reporting period, owed:<para num="(1)">by the public servant or, if the public servant was involved in the transaction giving rise to the debt, by the public servant’s spouse, parent, child, or sibling,</para>
        <para num="(2)">to any business entity that was:<para num="(i)">a lobbyist;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">regulated by the public servant’s agency; or</para>
          <para num="(iii)">doing business with the public servant’s agency.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Required specifics.">For each debt subject to this section, the schedule must include:<para num="(1)">the identity of the person to whom the debt was owed;</para>
        <para num="(2)">the date the debt was incurred;</para>
        <para num="(3)">the amount owed at the end of the reporting period;</para>
        <para num="(4)">the terms of payment;</para>
        <para num="(5)">the extent to which the principal was increased or decreased during the reporting period; and</para>
        <para num="(6)">any security given.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Exceptions.">This section does not apply to:<para num="(1)">a retail credit account;</para>
        <para num="(2)">a retail installment sales account; or</para>
        <para num="(3)">a utility account.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-239</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business entity	§2-4</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business with City	§2-5</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Child	§2-6</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-26" heading="Family employed by City.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The statement must include a schedule of any spouse, parent, child, or sibling who was, at any time during the reporting period, employed by the City in any capacity.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Required specifics.">For each family member subject to this section, the schedule must include:<para num="(1)">the individual’s name and relationship to the public servant; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">the agency and position in which the individual was employed.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Child	§2-6</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-27" heading="Sources of income - Earned income.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The statement must include a schedule that lists, for the public servant and for each of the public servant’s spouse and children:<para num="(1)">each place of compensated employment at any time during the reporting period; and</para>
        <para num="(2)">each business entity:<para num="(i)">of which the public servant, spouse, or child was a sole or partial owner; and</para>
          <para num="(ii)">from which, at any time during the reporting period, he or she received earned income.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Required specifics.">
        <para num="(1)">For each source of income subject to this section, the schedule must include:<para num="(i)">the name and address of the place of salaried employment or business entity;</para>
          <para num="(ii)">for each family member, that individual’s name and relationship to the public servant; and</para>
          <para num="(iii)">if the individual’s spouse is a lobbyist, any entity that has engaged the spouse for lobbying purposes.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)">The statement may not include a listing of a minor child’s employment or a listing of 1 or more business entities of which the child is a sole or partial owner, unless the place of employment or business entity:<para num="(i)">is subject to the regulation or authority of the agency that employs the individual; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">has contracts in excess of $10,000 with the agency that employs the individual.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-239</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">19-328</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business entity	§2-4</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Child	§2-6</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-28" heading="Sources of income - Substantial interests of elected officials.">
      <para num="(a)" heading="“Substantial interest” defined.">In this section, “substantial interest” means holding an equity interest of 30% or more in a business entity.</para>
      <para num="(b)" heading="Scope of section.">This section only applies to payments received from any person that the elected official knows or should know was:<para num="(1)">a lobbyist;</para>
        <para num="(2)">a person regulated by the City; or</para>
        <para num="(3)">a person doing business with the City.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(c)" heading="Disclosure of certain payments.">
        <para num="(1)" heading="Substantial interest in single entity.">If the elected official or the elected official’s spouse has a substantial interest in a business entity, the statement must include the name and address of any person described in subsection (b) of this section who, during the reporting period, paid that entity:<para num="(i)">$1,000 or more in the aggregate; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">an amount that in the aggregate constitutes 5% or more of the gross income of that entity, if the gross income of that entity is less than $20,000.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(2)" heading="Substantial interest in multiple entities.">If the elected official or the elected official’s spouse has a substantial interest in multiple business entities, the statement must include the name and address of any person described in subsection (b) of this section, who during the reporting period, paid those entities:<para num="(i)">$1,000 or more in the aggregate; or</para>
          <para num="(ii)">an amount that in the aggregate constitutes 5% or more of the gross income of those entities, if the gross income of those business entities is less than $20,000.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(d)" heading="Confidential information.">Nothing in this section is meant to require the disclosure of any information that is otherwise confidential by law.</para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-328</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business entity	§2-4</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Business with City	§7-1</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Substantial interest	§7-28</annotation>
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-29" heading="Relationships with University of Maryland Medical System, state or local government, or quasi-governmental entity.">
      <para num="(a)">The statement shall include a schedule of any financial or contractual relationship with:<para num="(1)">the University of Maryland Medical System;</para>
        <para num="(2)">a governmental entity of the state or a local government in the state; or</para>
        <para num="(3)">a quasi-governmental entity of the state or a local government in the state; or</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(b)">For each financial or contractual relationship reported, the schedule shall include:<para num="(1)">a description of the relationship;</para>
        <para num="(2)">the subject matter of the relationship; and</para>
        <para num="(3)">the consideration.</para>
      </para>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
      <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-328</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Interest	§2-19</annotation>
      <annotation type="Defined Terms">Public servant	§2-23</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
    <section prefix="§" num="7-30" heading="Additional information.">
      <text>The statement may include a schedule of additional interests or information that the public servant chooses to disclose.</text>
      <annotation type="History" />
    </section>
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</baltimore-city-law>
