Maryland Corporations and Associations Section 5-402

      A private foundation may not:

            (1)      Engage in any act of "self-dealing", as defined in § 4941(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, which would cause any tax liability under § 4941(a) of the Internal Revenue Code;

            (2)      Retain any "excess business holdings", as defined in § 4943(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, which would cause any tax liability under § 4943 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code;

            (3)      Make any investment which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of its exempt purposes under § 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code and cause any tax liability under § 4944(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or

            (4)      Make any "taxable expenditures", as defined in § 4945(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, which would cause any tax liability under § 4945(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.