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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="12-107" title_number="12" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Generally" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="County Officers and Employees">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to all counties except Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The provisions of §§ 9–105 and 9–106 of this article apply to an act, an ordinance, or a resolution adopted by a commission county under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The governing body of a county may enact a law or regulation:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>designed to prevent conflicts between the private interests and public duties of county officers or employees, including the governing body; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to govern the conduct and actions of county officers and employees, including the governing body, in performing their public duties.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the governing body of a county may enact a law or regulation to provide for a penalty, including a fine, a forfeiture, an imprisonment, or a removal from office for violation of any law or regulation enacted under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The governing body of Calvert County shall enact a law or regulation that authorizes the governing body to remove a county elected official from office for violations of any law or regulation enacted under subsection (c) of this section or § 5–807(a)(1) of the General Provisions Article relating to conflicts of interest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
