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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-707" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Lobbying">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only to an individual regulated lobbyist described in § 5–702(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subtitle who lobbies the Executive Branch or Legislative Branch.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to an entity that employs an individual regulated lobbyist described in § 5–702(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In addition to any other report required under this subtitle, an individual regulated lobbyist shall file, with the report required under § 5–705 of this subtitle, a report that discloses each business transaction or series of business transactions that the individual regulated lobbyist had with an individual or business entity listed in subsection (c) of this section that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>involved the exchange of value of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$1,000 or more for a single transaction; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$5,000 or more for a series of transactions; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>occurred in the previous reporting period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An individual regulated lobbyist is subject to the reporting requirements of this subtitle if the individual regulated lobbyist engages in a business transaction with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a member of the General Assembly;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Governor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Lieutenant Governor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Attorney General;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Secretary of State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Comptroller;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the State Treasurer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>the secretary of any principal State department;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>the spouse of an individual listed in items (1) through (8) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>a business entity in which an individual listed in items (1) through (9) of this subsection participates as a proprietor or partner; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>a business entity in which an individual listed in items (1) through (9) of this subsection has an ownership interest of at least 30%.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The disclosure required under this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the date of the business transaction or dates of each of the series of transactions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the name and title of the official who is subject to this section who was involved in each business transaction or series of transactions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the nature and value of anything exchanged.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <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>
