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      (a)      Filing fees paid by candidates under § 5-401 of this subtitle shall be distributed as specified in this section.

      (b)      Filing fees received by a local board shall be transferred to the governing body of the county.

      (c)      Filing fees received by the State Board shall be divided and distributed:

            (1)      with respect to candidates for statewide office:

                  (i)      $60 to the Baltimore City Board of Elections; and

                  (ii)      $10 each to each other local board;

            (2)      with respect to candidates for any other public or party office in a multicounty district, in equal amounts to the local board of each county that contains part of the district to which the candidacy relates; and

            (3)      with respect to a candidate for a public or party office in a district wholly contained within one county, to the local board of that county.