(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and subject to subsections (d) and (e) of this section, each official and candidate for office as a State official shall file a statement as specified in §§ 5-602 through 5-608 of this subtitle. (b) Financial disclosure by a judge of a court under Article IV, § 1 of the Maryland Constitution, a candidate for elective office as a judge, or a judicial appointee as defined in Maryland Rule 16-814 is governed by § 5-610 of this subtitle. (c) The requirement to file a financial disclosure statement under subsection (a) of this section does not apply to: (1) a deputy sheriff and any employee in the office of the sheriff of a county; and (2) a deputy or assistant State's Attorney and any employee in the office of the State's Attorney for a county. (d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an individual who is a public official only as a member of a board and who receives annual compensation that is less than 25% of the lowest annual compensation at State grade level 16 shall file the statement required by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with § 5-609 of this subtitle. (2) A member of a board of license commissioners or of a liquor control board shall file a statement in accordance with § 5-607 of this subtitle. (e) A commissioner or an applicant for appointment as commissioner of a bicounty commission shall file the statement required by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with Subtitle 8, Part IV of this title.
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