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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-838" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Local Government Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In the enforcement of this part, the clerk of the County Council shall be subject to the direction and control of the Ethics Commission or its Executive Director and, unless otherwise specifically directed by the Ethics Commission or its Executive Director, may only:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>receive filings;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>maintain records;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>report violations; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>perform other ministerial duties necessary to administer this part.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, as to a corporation listed on a national stock exchange or regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any subsidiary of the corporation, the following requirements apply if the filing of an affidavit is otherwise required under this part:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a director or an officer in the corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or a stockholder who has at least a 5% interest in the corporation or any of its subsidiaries, is required to file an affidavit only if the individual has made a payment to the treasurer of a candidate or continuing political committee, or if the individual has solicited anyone to make a payment to the treasurer of a candidate or continuing political committee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the corporation or its subsidiary shall file a corporate affidavit stating:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>that the corporation has not made or solicited a payment to the treasurer of a candidate or continuing political committee; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>if such a payment was made, the name of the member to whose treasurer or continuing political committee the payment was made; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>that all directors, officers, and stockholders with at least a 5% interest have been notified of the disclosure requirements of item (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The affidavits and disclosures required under this part shall be filed in the appropriate case file of an application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The clerk of the County Council, at least twice each year, shall prepare a summary report compiling all affidavits and disclosures that have been filed in the application case files.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>All summary reports compiled under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be available to members of the public on written request.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>All affidavits, disclosures, and accompanying documentation required under this part shall be in the form required by the Ethics Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
