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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 19A.04.01.03" title_num="19A" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="01" heading="Enactment of Local Laws.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as provided in COMAR 19A.04.03 of this subtitle, each county and municipality shall enact a local ethics law that includes:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Conflict of interest and financial disclosure provisions for elected local officials that are at least equivalent to the requirements for State officials contained in General Provisions Article, Title 5, Subtitles 5 and 6, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Conflicts of interest and financial disclosure provisions for individuals other than elected local officials that are similar to the provisions of the Public Ethics Law; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Lobbying provisions substantially similar to the provisions of the Public Ethics Law.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A county or municipality that has an ethics law approved by the Commission shall maintain and implement the law consistent with this subtitle.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>