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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-104" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and in § 5–871 of this title, this title shall be administered and implemented by the Ethics Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Joint Ethics Committee, acting as an advisory body, shall administer and implement Subtitle 5 of this title as that subtitle applies to members of the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission on Judicial Disabilities, the Judicial Ethics Committee, or another body designated by the Supreme Court of Maryland, acting as an advisory body, shall administer and implement Subtitle 5 of this title as that subtitle applies to State officials of the Judicial Branch and candidates to be a State official of the Judicial Branch.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administrative Office of the Courts or another body designated by the Supreme Court of Maryland, acting as an advisory body, shall administer and implement Subtitle 6 of this title as that subtitle applies to State officials of the Judicial Branch and candidates to be a State official of the Judicial Branch.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
