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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-303" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Advisory Opinions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each advisory opinion shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in writing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>published in the Maryland Register, subject to subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in §§ 5–501.1 and 5–502(f) of this title, before an advisory opinion may be made public, the advisory body shall delete:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the entity that is the subject of the opinion; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to the fullest extent possible, any other information that may identify the entity.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The identity of the entity that is the subject of the opinion may not be revealed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
