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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-710" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Lobbying">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Ethics Commission shall develop procedures under which a report required under §§ 5–705 through 5–709 of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be filed electronically without additional cost to the individual who files the report; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall be made available for public inspection electronically.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the report filed electronically under subsection (a) of this section is required to be made under oath or affirmation, the oath or affirmation shall be made by an electronic signature that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in the report or attached to and made part of the report; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>made expressly under the penalties of perjury.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An electronic signature made under paragraph (1) of this subsection subjects the individual making the electronic signature to the penalties of perjury to the same extent as an oath or affirmation made before an individual authorized to administer oaths.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
