(2005)

Dear Suzanne S. Fox

On behalf of the State Ethics Commission, you have asked for our opinion whether the lobbying registration requirements of the Maryland Public Ethics Law may apply to a political party regulated under the State Election Law. In particular, you ask "whether political parties which take actions that, if taken by another person or entity, would require registration under Subtitle 7 of the Ethics Law, are subject to these same lobbying registration and reporting requirements."

In our opinion, a political party recognized by and regulated under the State Election Law is not…