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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8-12 Time for registering.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8-12" heading="Time for registering.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Initial registration.">A lobbyist must register within 5 days after first engaging in any act that requires registration.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Annual renewal.">A lobbyist must file a new registration on or before January 1 of each year if, on that date, the lobbyist is engaged in lobbying.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobby	§8-1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Lobbyist	§2-20</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
