1. (a) Each bicounty commission shall adopt regulations relating to lobbying of that bicounty commission.

2. (b) The regulations adopted by a bicounty commission:

   1. (1) at a minimum, shall be similar to the provisions of Subtitle 7 of this title; but
   2. (2) may be modified to the extent necessary to make the regulations relevant to the bicounty commission.
3. (c) Each bicounty commission shall submit to the Ethics Commission a copy of its regulations relating to lobbying.

4. (d) On or before April 30 each year, each bicounty commission shall:

   1. (1)

      1. (i) prepare an annual report on the lobbying before the bicounty commission and regulation of that lobbying by the bicounty commission for the previous calendar year;
      2. (ii) submit the report to the governing body of each county in which the bicounty commission operates; and
      3. (iii) publish the report on the website of the bicounty commission; and
   2. (2) certify to the Ethics Commission that the bicounty commission is in compliance with the requirements of this section.

Added by Acts 2014, c. 94, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2014. Amended by Acts 2020, c. 185, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Acts 2022, c. 284, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022.