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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-12 Persons filling vacancy.">
  <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>
</baltimore-city-law>
