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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-706" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Lobbying">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any other report required under this subtitle, a regulated lobbyist shall file a separate report disclosing the name of each State official of the Executive Branch or member of the immediate family of a State official of the Executive Branch who has benefited during the reporting period from a gift of a meal or beverages from the regulated lobbyist, whether or not in connection with lobbying activities, allowed under § 5–505(c)(2)(i)1 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Gifts reported by name of recipient under § 5–705(b)(2)(ix) of this subtitle need not be allocated for the purposes of disclosure under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The disclosure required by this section shall be under oath or affirmation, on a form issued by the Ethics Commission, and shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name and business address of the regulated lobbyist;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name of each recipient of a gift of a meal or beverages;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the date and value of each gift of a meal or beverages, and the identity of the entity or entities to which the gift is attributable; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the total cumulative value of gifts of meals or beverages, calculated as to each recipient.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The regulated lobbyist may explain the circumstances under which the gift of a meal or beverages was given.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Gifts of meals or beverages reported by a regulated lobbyist under this section need not be counted or reported by the regulated lobbyist for purposes of disclosure under § 5–705(c) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The report shall be filed electronically at the time and in the manner required for reports filed under § 5–705 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
