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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="19-107" title_number="19" title_name="Ethics" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of the Commission code of ethics, judicial enforcement under this section in the investigation of a complaint alleging improper disclosure of confidential information shall apply only to information that is subject to denial of a request for information under the Maryland Public Information Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a respondent is required to file a financial disclosure statement, for each financial disclosure statement found to have been filed late, the respondent shall pay a fee of $5 for each day the filing is late, not to exceed a total of $500.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A respondent aggrieved by a final order of the Board may seek judicial review as provided under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Unless the Board and the respondent mutually agree otherwise, an order of the Board is stayed until the time for seeking judicial review expires.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a timely appeal is filed, the order is stayed until final disposition by the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission may seek judicial enforcement:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>of an order of the Board; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in accordance with § 19–108 of this title, to ensure compliance with its regulations governing:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>conflicts of interest;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>financial disclosure;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>lobbying; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>ethics in public contracting.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
