2013 Maryland Code
ELECTION LAW
§ 15-109 - Administration of title

§15-109.

(a) (1) Subject to § 15-103 of this title, the State Board shall administer this title.

(2) The State Board may request the assistance of the Comptroller to administer this title.

(b) (1) The State Board shall adopt comprehensive regulations to implement this title.

(2) The regulations shall include provisions relating to:

(i) the manner and deadline for a gubernatorial ticket to notify the State Board of its intention to qualify for a public contribution;

(ii) the deadline for a gubernatorial ticket to submit a request for a public contribution;

(iii) the dates when the State Board will authorize, and the Comptroller will make, distributions of public contributions to gubernatorial tickets in accordance with this title;

(iv) a proportionate distribution when there is not, or may not be, sufficient money in the Fund;

(v) a formula for distributing a supplementary public contribution to the other eligible gubernatorial tickets if additional money becomes available because:

1. an eligible gubernatorial ticket fails to request a public contribution;

2. an eligible gubernatorial ticket withdraws as a gubernatorial ticket; or

3. an eligible gubernatorial ticket is disqualified;

(vi) the standards by which expenditures by campaign finance entities with which an eligible gubernatorial ticket is affiliated are applied to the expenditure limit prescribed in § 15-105 of this title;

(vii) thresholds for in-kind contributions that are not considered contributions or expenditures for the purposes of this title;

(viii) distributions to:

1. an unopposed gubernatorial ticket;

2. a gubernatorial ticket composed of members from other than the two principal political parties; and

3. a write-in gubernatorial ticket; and

(ix) the purposes for which a public contribution may not be used.