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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-507" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Conflicts of Interest">
  <text>Except in the discharge of an official duty, an official or employee or a former official or employee may not disclose or use confidential information acquired by reason of the individual’s public position or former public position and not available to the public:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>for personal economic benefit; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>for the economic benefit of another.</text>
  </level>
</section>
