Maryland Code, GENERAL PROVISIONS 5-506
Terms Used In Maryland Code, GENERAL PROVISIONS 5-506
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(i) for that official’s or employee’s private gain or that of another; or
(ii) to influence, except as part of the official duties of the official or employee or as a usual and customary constituent service without additional compensation, the award of a State or local contract to a specific person.
(2) An official may not directly or indirectly initiate a solicitation for a person to retain the compensated services of a particular regulated lobbyist or lobbying firm.
(b) The performance of usual and customary constituent services, without additional compensation, is not prohibited under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) (1) A public official or employee may not use public resources or the title of the public official or employee to solicit a political contribution that is regulated in accordance with the Election Law Article.
(2) A State official may not use public resources to solicit a political contribution that is regulated in accordance with the Election Law Article.