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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-713" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Lobbying">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After each reporting period, the Ethics Commission shall compute and make available:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for each of the categories of expenses required to be reported under § 5–705(b)(2) of this subtitle, a total of the expenditures reported by all regulated lobbyists in that category;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for the categories of expenses required to be reported under § 5–705(b)(2)(v) through (vii) of this subtitle, a combined total of the expenditures reported by all regulated lobbyists; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the total of the reported expenditures by all regulated lobbyists for lobbying activities during the reporting period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a report under § 5–705 or § 5–706 of this subtitle contains the name of an official or employee in the Executive Branch or Legislative Branch or the name of a member of the official’s or employee’s immediate family, the Ethics Commission shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the official or employee within 30 days after receipt of the report by the Ethics Commission; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>keep the report confidential for 60 days after its receipt.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 30 days after receiving the notice, the official or employee may submit a written exception to the inclusion in the report of the name of the official, employee, or member of the official’s or employee’s immediate family.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
