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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="10-313" title_number="10" title_name="Lawyers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Trust Money">
  <level label="a">
    <text>By August 31 of each year, the Fund shall provide a list of lawyers who have paid an annual fee to the Fund during the previous fiscal year to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Department of Assessments and Taxation, to assist the Department in identifying new businesses within the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Comptroller, to assist the Comptroller in determining whether each lawyer on the list has paid all undisputed taxes and unemployment insurance contributions payable to the Comptroller or the Secretary of Labor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The list provided under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be provided free of charge; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>include, for each person on the list:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and mailing address of the person; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the federal tax identification number of the person or, if the person does not have a federal tax identification number, the Social Security number of the person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the Comptroller determines that a lawyer has not paid all undisputed taxes and unemployment insurance contributions payable to the Comptroller or the Secretary of Labor and the lawyer does not make payment or provide for payment in a manner satisfactory to the unit responsible for collection within 60 days after receiving notice of the delinquency from the Comptroller, or within any longer period authorized for good cause by the unit responsible for collection, the Comptroller may refer the matter to Bar Counsel under Maryland Rule 16–731.</text>
  </level>
</section>
