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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0109* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 109 | |
| 11 | 8 | G2, F1 5lr0807 | |
| 12 | 9 | (PRE–FILED) | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Feldman | |
| 14 | 11 | Requested: September 11, 2024 | |
| 15 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 | |
| 16 | 13 | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment | |
| 17 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 18 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: January 16, 2025 | |
| 20 | 14 | ||
| 21 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 18 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Maryland Public Ethics Law – School Boards – Compliance Certification 2 | |
| 26 | 20 | ||
| 27 | 21 | FOR the purpose of requiring each school board to certify to the State Ethics Commission, 3 | |
| 28 | 22 | on or before a certain date each year, that the school board is in compliance with 4 | |
| 29 | 23 | certain requirements of the Maryland Public Ethics Law; and generally relating to 5 | |
| 30 | 24 | the Maryland Public Ethics Law and school boards. 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 26 | BY renumbering 7 | |
| 33 | 27 | Article – General Provisions 8 | |
| 34 | 28 | Section 5–816 through 5–820 9 | |
| 35 | 29 | to be Section 5–817 through 5–821, respectively 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | Article – General Provisions 14 | |
| 41 | 35 | Section 5–101(a) 15 | |
| 42 | 36 | Annotated Code of Maryland 16 | |
| 43 | 37 | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17 | |
| 44 | 38 | ||
| 45 | 39 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 18 | |
| 46 | 40 | Article – General Provisions 19 | |
| 47 | 41 | Section 5–101(jj) 20 | |
| 48 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 21 2 SENATE BILL 109 | |
| 42 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 21 | |
| 43 | + | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 22 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | BY adding to 23 | |
| 46 | + | Article – General Provisions 24 | |
| 47 | + | Section 5–816 25 | |
| 48 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 26 2 SENATE BILL 109 | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | 51 | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 1 | |
| 52 | 52 | ||
| 53 | - | BY adding to 2 | |
| 54 | - | Article – General Provisions 3 | |
| 55 | - | Section 5–816 4 | |
| 56 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 5 | |
| 57 | - | (2019 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 6 | |
| 53 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 2 | |
| 54 | + | That Section(s) 5–816 through 5–820 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code 3 | |
| 55 | + | of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 5–817 through 5–821, respectively. 4 | |
| 58 | 56 | ||
| 59 | - | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7 | |
| 60 | - | That Section(s) 5–816 through 5–820 of Article – General Provisions of the Annotated Code 8 | |
| 61 | - | of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 5–817 through 5–821, respectively. 9 | |
| 57 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 5 | |
| 58 | + | as follows: 6 | |
| 62 | 59 | ||
| 63 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read 10 | |
| 64 | - | as follows: 11 | |
| 60 | + | Article – General Provisions 7 | |
| 65 | 61 | ||
| 66 | - | ||
| 62 | + | 5–101. 8 | |
| 67 | 63 | ||
| 68 | - | ||
| 64 | + | (a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated unless: 9 | |
| 69 | 65 | ||
| 70 | - | ( | |
| 66 | + | (1) the context clearly requires a different meaning; or 10 | |
| 71 | 67 | ||
| 72 | - | ( | |
| 68 | + | (2) a different definition is adopted for a particular provision. 11 | |
| 73 | 69 | ||
| 74 | - | (2) a different definition is adopted for a particular provision. 16 | |
| 70 | + | (jj) “School board” means a county board of education [or, in] AND INCLUDES 12 | |
| 71 | + | THE Baltimore [City, the] CITY Board of School Commissioners. 13 | |
| 75 | 72 | ||
| 76 | - | (jj) “School board” means a county board of education [or, in] AND INCLUDES 17 | |
| 77 | - | THE Baltimore [City, the] CITY Board of School Commissioners. 18 | |
| 73 | + | 5–816. 14 | |
| 78 | 74 | ||
| 79 | - | 5–816. 19 | |
| 75 | + | ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1 EACH YEAR, EACH SCHOOL BOARD SHALL CERTIFY 15 | |
| 76 | + | TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS IN COMPLIANCE WIT H 16 | |
| 77 | + | THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PART FOR: 17 | |
| 80 | 78 | ||
| 81 | - | ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1 EACH YEAR, EACH SCHOOL BOARD SHALL CERTIFY 20 | |
| 82 | - | TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS IN COMPLIANCE WIT H 21 | |
| 83 | - | THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PART FOR: 22 | |
| 79 | + | (1) MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ; AND 18 | |
| 84 | 80 | ||
| 85 | - | (1) MEMBERS OF THE SCHOO L BOARD; AND 23 | |
| 81 | + | (2) IF APPLICABLE , OFFICIALS AND EMPLOY EES OF THE LOCAL 19 | |
| 82 | + | SCHOOL SYSTEM . 20 | |
| 86 | 83 | ||
| 87 | - | (2) IF APPLICABLE , OFFICIALS AND EMPLOY EES OF THE LOCAL 24 | |
| 88 | - | SCHOOL SYSTEM . 25 | |
| 89 | - | ||
| 90 | - | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 26 | |
| 91 | - | October 1, 2025. 27 | |
| 84 | + | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 21 | |
| 85 | + | October 1, 2025. 22 |