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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="16-113" title_number="16" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; Organization and Administration of Montgomery Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Payee” means a person that receives from the Montgomery Commission an aggregate payment of at least $25,000 in a single fiscal year.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Payee” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>an employee of the Montgomery Commission with respect to the employee’s compensation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a retiree of the Montgomery Commission with respect to the retiree’s retirement allowance.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Payment data” means, at a minimum, the following information for a particular fiscal year:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of each payee that received a payment from the Montgomery Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the location of the payee by postal zip code;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the amount of the payment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the purpose of the payment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Searchable website” means a website created in accordance with this section that allows a user to search and display payment data of the Montgomery Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On or before December 1, 2021, the Montgomery Commission shall report payment data in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Montgomery Commission shall develop and operate a single searchable website accessible to the public at no cost.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The searchable website shall allow a user to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>search payment data for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>search by the following data fields:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>payee name; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>payee zip code.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section may not be construed to require the disclosure of information that is required to be kept confidential under federal, State, or local law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
