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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-706" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Committee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>perform all duties assigned to it by law or by legislative rules;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>from time to time, recommend to the presiding officers any changes in or amendments to the rules of legislative ethics;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>on request of a member of the General Assembly, issue an advisory opinion regarding the legislative ethics of an action taken or contemplated to be taken by the member;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>on its own motion, issue advisory opinions as it deems necessary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>at the request of the President or the Speaker, make recommendations concerning matters referred to the Committee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>as it deems necessary, issue guidelines and establish procedures for the implementation of the rules of legislative ethics;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>maintain public records as the rules require; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>review complaints filed under § 5–516 of the General Provisions Article alleging violations of the antiharassment policy and procedures adopted by the Legislative Policy Committee that govern the conduct of members of the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Committee shall maintain the statements filed by members of the General Assembly under Title 5, Subtitle 5 of the General Provisions Article and, during normal office hours, make the statements available to the public for examination and copying.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Committee shall maintain a record of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name and home address of each individual who examines or copies a statement filed with the Committee by a member of the General Assembly; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name of the member whose statement was examined or copied.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On the request of the member whose statement was examined or copied, the Committee shall forward to the member a copy of the record maintained by the Committee under paragraph (2)(i) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
