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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-611" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Financial Disclosure">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An individual who is not an official shall disclose information annually if designated under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For disclosure under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Governor, by executive order, may designate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an employee of an executive unit; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a noncompensated appointee of the Governor;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, by order, may designate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an employee of the Judicial Branch; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a noncompensated appointee of the Supreme Court of Maryland or the Chief Justice; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the presiding officers of the General Assembly, by order, may designate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an employee of the Legislative Branch; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a noncompensated appointee of either or both of the presiding officers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A statement filed under this section is a public record and shall contain the relevant information concerning the financial affairs of the individual submitting the statement that is considered necessary by the applicable designating authority.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In complying with subsection (b)(1) of this section, the Governor, by executive order, shall designate any employee of an executive unit who is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a home inspector or licensed home inspector under § 16–101 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a building code enforcement official employed by the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an accredited inspector of lead for the Department of the Environment under § 6–818 of the Environment Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an environmental health specialist under Title 21 of the Health Occupations Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An employee under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall file a statement in accordance with § 5–601 of this subtitle that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>discloses any interest the employee may have in any real property in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>discloses any other information the Ethics Commission considers a conflict of interest related to the employment of the employee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
