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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-707" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Committee may propose the adoption, amendment, or repeal of rules of legislative ethics.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Changes to the rules shall be presented in the form of a joint resolution and shall become effective after adoption of the joint resolution by a constitutional majority of each house voting separately.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Before presenting a change to the rules, the Committee shall conduct a public hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The rules may supplement but may not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Maryland Public Ethics Law that relate to members of the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The rules are effective whether or not the General Assembly is in session and shall be binding on each member of the General Assembly.</text>
  </level>
</section>
