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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-1.1 Required agency assistance.">
  <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>
</baltimore-city-law>
