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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb1143* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 1143 |
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| 8 | 8 | | G1, G2 4lr3496 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 434 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Kagan |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 10, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Persons Providing Lobbyist Compensation – Statement of Political 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Contributions – Exemption for Nonprofits 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of exempting certain nonprofit organizations from the requirement for a 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | person providing lobbyist compensation to file a statement of political contributions 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | with the State Board of Elections; and generally relating to statements of political 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | contributions by persons providing lobbyist compensation. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY adding to 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – General Provisions 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 5–716(a–1) 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – General Provisions 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 5–716(c) and (f) 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Article – General Provisions 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 5–716. 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (A–1) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | QUALIFIED UNDER § 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2 SENATE BILL 1143 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (c) Subject to subsection (i) of this section, a person shall file a statement in 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | accordance with this section if at any time during the reporting period the person spent at 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | least $500 to provide compensation to one or more regulated lobbyists. 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (f) The statement required under this section shall be made under oath and state: 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (1) the name of each applicable recipient to whom an applicable 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | contribution was made or caused to be made during the reporting period and, if not 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | previously reported, during the preceding reporting period; 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) the office held or sought by each applicable recipient named in item (1) 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | of this subsection; 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (3) the aggregate contributions made to each applicable recipient named in 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | item (1) of this subsection; 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (4) the name of each regulated lobbyist employed or retained by the person 12 |
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| 67 | 67 | | filing the statement; and 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (5) the name of the person who made the political contribution and the 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | relationship of that person to the person filing the statement if a political contribution was 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | made by another person but is attributed to the person filing the statement. 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 1, 2024. 18 |
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