1. A. Availability. A person doing public business may request a waiver of the requirement to file contract information.

2. B. Requirements.

   1. (1) A request to waive the requirement to disclose contract information shall be made in writing and filed with the State Administrator.

   2. (2) The request shall include:

      1. (a) The name, address, and telephone number of the person doing public business;
      2. (b) A detailed statement of the facts underlying or circumstances surrounding why the person doing public business should not disclose contract information;
      3. (c) Whether the contract information is subject to any exemption under the Public Information Act;
      4. (d) Whether the contract with the governmental entity is with a subsidiary of the person doing public business and the percentage of ownership or control that the requestor has over the business entity with the contract; and
      5. (e) A statement certifying that the requestor has done public business during the reporting period.

3. C. Consideration and Determination.

   1. (1) With approval of the State Board, the State Administrator may waive the contract disclosure requirement for just cause.
   2. (2) The State Administrator may reject a waiver request without notice or hearing.
   3. (3) The decision of the State Administrator on the waiver request shall be in writing.
4. D. Duration. If the State Board approves the waiver request, the waiver shall be valid for 1 calendar year.

Authority: Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 14-104(c)(2) and (3), and 14-109, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 340)

Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective September 12, 2016 (43:18 Md. R. 1018)