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Calvert County to hold public hearing on ethics code changes required by state House Bill 834
Summary
The Board voted to advertise a July 15 public hearing on proposed changes to the county ethics code that would implement state House Bill 834: requiring the ethics commission to make public any recommendation to expel a commissioner for conflict-of-interest violations and authorizing a county removal process following a contested-case hearing.
The Board of County Commissioners voted June 17 to advertise a public hearing on July 15 to accept comments on a proposed update to the Calvert County ethics code intended to implement House Bill 834, enacted by the Maryland General Assembly in 2024.
Background and scope: House Bill 834 requires that local ethics codes be amended so that an ethics commission must publicly disclose any recommendation to expel a county commissioner for a conflict‑of‑interest violation, and that the county adopt a process authorizing the governing body to remove an elected official following such a recommendation. The…
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