§ 15-601. Individuals required to file statement

   (a) Officials and candidates. -- Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and subject to subsections (d) and (e) of this section, each official and candidate for office as a State official shall file a statement as specified in § 15-602 through 15-608 of this subtitle.

(b) State officials of the Judicial Branch. -- Financial disclosure by a judge of a court under Article IV, § 1 of the Maryland Constitution, a candidate for elective office as a judge, or a judicial appointee as defined in Maryland Rule 16-814 is governed by § 15-610 of this subtitle.

(c) Exception to disclosure required in subsection (a). -- The requirement to file a financial disclosure statement under subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:

   (1) a deputy sheriff and all other employees in the office of the sheriff in a county; and

   (2) a deputy or assistant State's Attorney and all other employees in the office of the State's Attorney in a county.

(d) Members of board. --

   (1) An individual who is a public official only as a member of a board and who receives annual compensation that is less than 25% of the lowest annual compensation at State grade level 16 shall file the statement required by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with § 15-609 of this subtitle.

   (2) A member of the Harford County Liquor Control Board shall file the statement required by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with § 15-609 of this subtitle.

(e) Commissioners of bicounty commissions. -- A commissioner or an applicant for appointment as commissioner of a bicounty commission shall file the statement required by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with Subtitle 8, Part III of this title.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 40A, § 4-101, 4-105; 1995, ch. 533, § 2; 1998, ch. 21, § 1; ch. 110, § 2; 1999, ch. 414; 2001, ch. 29, § 1; 2003, ch. 470; 2004, ch. 25, § 6; ch. 262, § 4.