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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-830" 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 lobbying of that bicounty commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations adopted by a bicounty commission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at a minimum, shall be similar to the provisions of Subtitle 7 of this title; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may be modified to the extent necessary to make the regulations relevant to the bicounty commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each bicounty commission shall submit to the Ethics Commission a copy of its regulations relating to lobbying.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before April 30 each year, each bicounty commission shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>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;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>submit the report to the governing body of each county in which the bicounty commission operates; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>publish the report on the website of the bicounty commission; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>certify to the Ethics Commission that the bicounty commission is in compliance with the requirements of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
