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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-402" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Procedures for Complaint of Violation of Title">
  <level label="a">
    <text>For further action after the filing of a complaint, the Ethics Commission promptly shall refer the complaint to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Commission on Judicial Disabilities, if the complaint concerns a judge of a court established under Article IV, § 1 of the Maryland Constitution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Joint Ethics Committee, if the complaint concerns:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a State official of the Legislative Branch; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a violation of Subtitle 5 of this title; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the staff counsel, if the complaint concerns any other entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On request of the Commission on Judicial Disabilities or the Joint Ethics Committee, the Ethics Commission shall provide any information or assistance that is not prohibited by law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
