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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-807" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Local Government Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to § 5–209 of this title, each county and each municipal corporation shall enact provisions to govern the public ethics of local officials relating to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>conflicts of interest;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>financial disclosure; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>lobbying.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each local ethics commission or appropriate entity shall meet at least one time each year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or before October 1 of each year, each local ethics commission or appropriate entity shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>certify to the Ethics Commission that the county or municipal corporation is in compliance with the requirements of this part for elected local officials; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submit to the local governing body a report on the administration of the local public ethics laws by the local ethics commission or appropriate entity that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the number of meetings held during the past year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>written copies of meeting agendas and minutes from each meeting held;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a copy of the signed and dated attendance sheet from each meeting held; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any other documents or information determined by the local ethics commission or appropriate entity to show the work performed during the previous year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
