# General Provisions (GGP)

## Title 5. Maryland Public Ethics Law

### Subtitle 8. Local Government Provisions

#### Section 5-830

(a) Each bicounty commission shall adopt regulations relating to lobbying of that bicounty commission.

(b) The regulations adopted by a bicounty commission:

  (1) at a minimum, shall be similar to the provisions of Subtitle 7 of this title; but

  (2) may be modified to the extent necessary to make the regulations relevant to the bicounty commission.

(c) Each bicounty commission shall submit to the Ethics Commission a copy of its regulations relating to lobbying.

(d) On or before April 30 each year, each bicounty commission shall:

  (1)

    (i) prepare an annual report on the lobbying before the bicounty commission and regulation of that lobbying by the bicounty commission for the previous calendar year;

    (ii) submit the report to the governing body of each county in which the bicounty commission operates; and

    (iii) publish the report on the website of the bicounty commission; and

  (2) certify to the Ethics Commission that the bicounty commission is in compliance with the requirements of this section.

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Md. Code Ann., Gen. Prov. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)