Maryland: Legislative financial disclosure ranking

Maryland

Rank: 23 | Points: 68.5 | Grade: D

Question	Answer	Points	Notes
Requires financial disclosure filing?	Yes	1
Requires complete financial disclosure filing (no update)?	Yes	1
Requires financial disclosure filing annually?	Yes	1
Requires complete financial disclosure filing for candidates?	Yes	1
Employment information required?	Yes	5
Employment information not narrowly defined?	Yes	5
Employer/business name required?	Yes	5
Employment job title required?	Yes	1	Half point awarded because filers only required to report job titles if entity does business with state.
Employer description required?	No	0
Value range/income amount required?	No	0
Spouse employment information required and clear?	Yes	5
Officer/director information required?	Yes	4
Officer/director information not narrowly defined?	No	0
Officer/director entity name required?	Yes	4
Officer/director entity description required?	No	0
Spouse officer/director information required and clear?	Yes	4
Investment information required?	Yes	3
Investment information not narrowly defined?	Yes	3
Investment entity name required?	Yes	3
Investment entity description required?	No	0
Investment value range/holding amount required?	Yes	3
Spouse investment information required and clear?	No	0
Client information required?	Yes	2
Client name required?	Yes	2
Client value range/income amount required?	Yes	2
Spouse client information required and clear?	No	0
Real-property information required?	Yes	2
Real-property information not narrowly defined?	Yes	2
Real-property value range/amount required?	Yes	2
Spouse real-property information required and clear?	No	0
Spouse name required?	No	0
Dependent name required?	No	0
Financial disclosure filings in central office?	Yes	1
Lawmakers not forwarded reviewer information?	Yes	0.5	Half point were awarded because filers only forwarded notification of person viewing filing upon filer request.
In-person appearance not required to obtain filings?	No	0
Copy fees less than 50 cents per page?	Yes	1
Blank disclosure form available on Web?	Yes	1
Disclosure filings available electronically or on the Web in any format?	No	0
Late-filing penalties on the books?	Yes	1
Misfiling penalties on the books?	Yes	1
State has auditing authority?	Yes	1
State routinely reviews filings for accuracy and completeness either through formal audit process or informal review process?	Yes	1
State published list of delinquent filers on Web or in printed document?	No	0

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