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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-610" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Financial Disclosure">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In accordance with its administrative authority over the Judicial Branch under the Maryland Constitution, the Supreme Court of Maryland shall adopt and administer rules that require each individual specified in § 5–601(b) of this subtitle to file a statement periodically that discloses, as a public record, the information concerning the individual’s financial affairs that the court considers necessary or appropriate to promote continued trust and confidence in the integrity of the Judicial Branch.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, each candidate for nomination for or election to a judgeship shall file the statement specified in subsection (a) of this section no later than the time the candidate files a certificate of candidacy.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>This paragraph does not require the filing of a statement for any year covered in full by a statement filed by the individual under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The statement shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>cover the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the certificate of candidacy is filed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be filed with the election board with which the certificate of candidacy is filed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An election board may not accept a certificate of candidacy or certificate of nomination of a candidate covered by this subsection unless the candidate has filed each statement required by this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An election board, within 30 days after receiving a statement under this subsection, shall forward the statement to the entity designated by the Supreme Court of Maryland to receive the statements filed under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
