1. (a) 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 §§ 5-602 through 5-608 of this subtitle.
2. (b) 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 § 5-610 of this subtitle.

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

   1. (1) a deputy sheriff and any employee in the office of the sheriff of a county; and
   2. (2) a deputy or assistant State's Attorney and any employee in the office of the State's Attorney for a county.

4. (d)

   1. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, 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 § 5-609 of this subtitle.
   2. (2) A member of a board of license commissioners or of a liquor control board shall file a statement in accordance with § 5-607 of this subtitle.
5. (e) 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 IV of this title.

Added by Acts 2014, c. 94, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014. Amended by Acts 2017, c. 519, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2018, c. 530, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.