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MARYLAND STATE ETHICS COMMISSION

45 Calvert Street, 3rd Floor

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

410-260-7770 / 1-877-669-6085

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT INSTRUCTIONS (FORM 1)

(Pursuant to the Public Ethics Law, Md. Code Ann., General Provisions Article, Title 5,

“Maryland Public Ethics Law”)

These instructions are not to be used by members of the General Assembly or part-time members of

boards and commissions who earn no compensation or who are compensated less than 25% of a Grade 16

base. Members of the General Assembly are to file Ethics Form 19. Part-time members of boards and

commissions are to file Ethics Form 2. Judges, masters, examiners, commissioners, auditors, referees, and

candidates for nomination or election as judges in the judicial branch of State Government do not file this

statement. Their financial disclosure is on forms issued by the Court of Appeals pursuant to §5-610 of the

Public Ethics Law.

A MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO ARE REQUIRED TO FILE DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

Please read the instructions carefully and be sure to provide all information requested for each interest

you disclose on your statement. The Ethics Law requires you to file electronically. Paper filings will not be

accepted. The electronic form is programmed to display directions for each schedule and to provide

access to the glossary of terms throughout the process. It will also direct you toward completion of all of

the required information, hopefully making it unnecessary for the Commission to contact you for

additional information. When you initiate a new filing the system will populate your new form with the

prior year’s information, thus requiring you to enter only changes that occurred during the new filing

period.

Schedules C, D and E require knowledge regarding whether an entity does business with the State.

You will be able to access that information by way of a link from the financial disclosure program. Schedule F

requires knowledge regarding whether an entity does business with or is regulated by your agency. The

Ethics Law requires agencies to provide their financial disclosure filers on or before January 15 of each

year a list of entities that did business with the agency during the preceding calendar year. Please

contact your agency for this information.

Financial disclosure statements are public records that may be examined or copied by the public. In

completing your statement, you can indicate if you want the Commission to notify you of the names and

addresses of any persons who have examined or copied your statement. Please ensure your e-mail

address is up-to-date in your account information when you log in as that is where the notification will be

sent. Note that beginning January 1, 2019, the Law requires the Commission to redact home address

information disclosed in Schedule A, provided you identify that address as your home address.

If you need assistance in completing the form, do not hesitate to call the office of the State Ethics

Commission. Thank you for your cooperation.

NOTICE: ETHICS TRAINING REQUIREMENT

Persons NEWLY designated as public officials must receive 2 hours of ethics training from the

State Ethics Commission within 6 months after being identified as financial disclosure filers.

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Financial Disclosure Statement Instructions (Form 1) - Maryland State Ethics Commission