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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-829" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Local Government Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each bicounty commission shall adopt regulations relating to financial disclosure by its employees.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations required by this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be substantially similar to the State financial disclosure provisions of Subtitle 6 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not conflict with the financial disclosure provisions for commissioners and applicants specified in §§ 5–824 through 5–828 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each bicounty commission shall submit the regulations adopted under this section, and any amendments to the regulations, to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Ethics Commission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the governing body of each county in which the bicounty commission operates.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before April 30 each year, each bicounty commission shall certify to the Ethics Commission that the bicounty commission is in compliance with the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
