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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-606" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Financial Disclosure">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection or subsection (c) of this section, the Ethics Commission and the Joint Ethics Committee shall maintain the statements submitted under this subtitle and, during normal office hours, make the statements available to the public for examination and copying.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Ethics Commission and the Joint Ethics Committee may charge a reasonable fee and adopt administrative procedures for the examination and copying of a statement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, for statements submitted on or after January 1, 2019, the Ethics Commission shall make freely available to the public on the Internet, through an online registration program, a statement required under § 5–601(a) of this subtitle and a preliminary disclosure required under § 5–602(c) of this subtitle that is filed by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a State official of the Executive Branch or the Legislative Branch;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a candidate for office as a State official of the Executive Branch or the Legislative Branch; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a secretary of a principal department in the Executive Branch.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Ethics Commission and the Joint Ethics Committee may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provide public access to a portion of a statement that is filed after January 1, 2019, and that includes an individual’s home address that the individual has identified as the individual’s home address; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>post on the Internet information related to consideration received that is reported under § 5–607(j) of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Ethics Commission and the Joint Ethics Committee shall maintain a record of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and home address of each individual who examines or copies a statement under subsection (a) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name of the individual whose statement was examined or copied.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On the request of the individual whose statement was examined or copied, the Ethics Commission or the Joint Ethics Committee shall forward to that individual a copy of the record specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Administrative Office of the Courts or another body designated by the Supreme Court of Maryland shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>maintain the records of State officials of the Judicial Branch and candidates to be a State official of the Judicial Branch; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>make the statements submitted under this subtitle available to the public for examination and copying during normal office hours.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
