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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 19A.06.02.02" title_num="19A" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="02" heading="Nature of Assets.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A trust shall be certified only if the holdings transferred to it by the official or employee meet the requirements of §B of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A trust shall be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Well diversified.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In evaluating the diversification of a portfolio the Commission shall consider whether the assets are sufficiently diversified to support a conclusion of blindness and lack of appearance of conflict.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In making the determination the Commission shall consider the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Number of holdings;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Share of the portfolio in any particular holding or industry;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Value of each holding; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Percentage of ownership in the entity the official's or employee's holding represents.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The Commission may not approve a portfolio for establishment of a blind trust whose assets exceed $350,000, when more than 20 percent of the trust value is held in a single security, or more than 30 percent is held in a single industry or economic sector, unless these particular holdings present no conflict of interest when the trust is created. The Commission may consider a lesser degree of diversification when smaller trusts make these percentages impractical and when the total circumstances warrant a finding of diversification.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Readily marketable. In evaluating the marketability of holdings the Commission shall consider the presence of a market for the holdings, including whether:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>They are traded on a public exchange;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The prices are quoted in papers of general circulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The quantity of the holdings does not limit the possibility of sale; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The records of the holding for the entity show a ready market for the securities.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Not a holding in an entity where the official or employee has as his primary State function regulatory or procurement duties relating to the entity, unless, due to the size of the holdings and the nature of the official's or employee's duties, a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict is unlikely.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Free of any restriction or encumbrance that would interfere with the trustee's ability to manage and control them as required by Regulation .04 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>