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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 19A.07.01.09" title_num="19A" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="01" heading="Business Transactions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Applicability.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>This regulation applies to an individual regulated lobbyist who lobbies the Executive or Legislative Branch.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>This regulation does not apply to an entity that employs an individual regulated lobbyist.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An individual regulated lobbyist shall file, with the report required by Regulation .07 of this chapter, a report that discloses any business transaction or series of business transactions that the individual regulated lobbyist had with an individual or business entity listed in §C of this regulation that occurred in the previous 6 months and involved the exchange of value of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>$1,000 or more for a single transaction; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>$5,000 or more for a series of transactions.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An individual regulated lobbyist is subject to the reporting requirements of §B of this regulation if the individual regulated lobbyist engaged in a business transaction with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A member of the General Assembly;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Governor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Lieutenant Governor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The Attorney General;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The Secretary of State;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The Comptroller of the Treasury;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The State Treasurer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>The secretary of any principal State department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>The spouse of an individual listed in §C(1)—(8) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>A business entity in which an individual listed in §C(1)—(9) of this regulation participates as a proprietor or partner; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>A business entity in which an individual listed in §C(1)—(9) of this regulation has an ownership interest of at least 30 percent in the entity.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The report shall include the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Date of the business transaction or dates of each of the series of transactions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Name and title of the official listed in §C of this regulation who was involved in each business transaction or series of transactions; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Nature and value of anything exchanged.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The report shall be filed electronically at the time and in the manner for reports filed under Regulation .07A of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>