Maryland State Government Section 15-822

      (a)      The chief administrative officer of a county shall transmit each statement of a commissioner or appointed applicant to:

            (1)      the Ethics Commission; and

            (2)      the executive director of the appropriate bicounty commission.

      (b)      The executive director and the chief administrative officer shall retain the statement for the entire term of office of the commissioner.

      (c)      Within 15 days after an appointment to a bicounty commission has become final, the county council and the chief administrative officer of the county involved shall return to each applicant who is not appointed the original and all copies of the statement submitted by that applicant.