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Committee clears bill to let judiciary retain judicial-branch financial disclosures
Summary
A departmental bill would remove a statutory requirement that the Maryland Judiciary transmit copies of financial disclosure statements filed by judges and judicial candidates to the State Ethics Commission, leaving administration and public inspection to the judiciary.
A bill before the Environment and Transportation Committee would stop the automatic transmittal of judicial-branch financial disclosure forms to the State Ethics Commission and leave the judiciary responsible for administering public inspection and notifications.
State Ethics Commission Executive Director Jennifer Allger told the committee the legislation "removes that requirement." She said the change responds to how judges and judicial candidates already file disclosures — electronically through a system maintained by the judiciary — and…
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