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    § 3-718. Limited Participation.
    1.  Requirements.  (a)  To  be  a  limited  participating candidate, a
  candidate for nomination for election or election must:
    (i) be a candidate for mayor, public  advocate,  comptroller,  borough
  president  or  member  of  the  city  council  in a primary, special, or
  general election;
    (ii) not have filed a certification pursuant to section 3-703 for  the
  election  or elections for which he or she seeks to file a certification
  pursuant hereto; and
    (iii) (A) file  a  written  certification  in  such  form  as  may  be
  prescribed  by  the  campaign finance board, which sets forth his or her
  acceptance of and agreement to comply with the terms and  conditions  of
  this  section  and  the  rules  promulgated  hereby,  which  includes an
  affirmation that the candidate has a sufficient amount of personal funds
  to fund his or her campaign; and
    (B) the deadline for filing such certification for a primary, general,
  or special election shall  be  the  deadline  date  for  filing  written
  certifications  pursuant  to  section  3-703(1)(c) by candidates seeking
  nomination for election or election to  the  same  office  in  the  same
  calendar  year as candidates seeking to file a certification pursuant to
  this subparagraph,  and  the  provisions  of  such  section  3-703(1)(c)
  relating  to  the  occurrence  of  an "extraordinary circumstance" shall
  apply to limited participating candidates; and
    (iv) notify the board in the candidate's written certification as  to:
  (1)  the  existence  of  each  authorized  committee  authorized by such
  candidate that has not been terminated, (2) whether any  such  committee
  also  has  been  authorized  by  any  other  candidate,  and  (3) if the
  candidate has authorized  more  than  one  authorized  committee,  which
  authorized  committee  has  been  designated  by  the  candidate  as the
  candidate's principal committee  for  the  election(s)  covered  by  the
  candidate's  certification;  provided, that such principal committee (a)
  shall be the only committee authorized  by  such  candidate  to  aid  or
  otherwise  take  part  in  the  election(s)  covered  by the candidate's
  certification, (b) shall not be an authorized  committee  of  any  other
  candidate,  and  (c)  shall not have been authorized or otherwise active
  for any election prior to the election(s)  covered  by  the  candidate's
  certification.  The use of an entity other than the designated principal
  committee to aid or otherwise take part in the  election(s)  covered  by
  the  candidate's  certification shall be a violation of this section and
  shall trigger the application to such entity of all provisions  of  this
  chapter governing principal committees.
    (b)  A  limited participating candidate, and the authorized committees
  of such a limited participating candidate,  and  his  or  her  principal
  committee  shall comply with the provisions of paragraphs (d), (e), (g),
  and (i) of subdivision one, and subdivisions six,  six-a,  eight,  nine,
  ten, and twelve of section 3-703 of this chapter.
    (c)  A  limited  participating  candidate  and  his  or  her principal
  committee shall not accept, at any time before or after the filing of  a
  certification  pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision, either
  directly or by transfer, any monetary or in-kind  contribution,  or  any
  loan, guarantee, or other security for such loan made in connection with
  such  candidate's  nomination  for  election  or  election,  except  for
  monetary contributions from  the  candidate  to  his  or  her  principal
  committee   made   out   of  the  candidate's  personal  funds,  in-kind
  contributions made by the candidate to his or her  principal  committee,
  and advances received pursuant to subparagraph (d) of this paragraph.
    (d)  A  limited  participating  candidate  and  his  or  her principal
  committee shall make expenditures in furtherance of the election(s)  for

  which  the candidate has filed a certification pursuant to paragraph (a)
  of this  subdivision,  whether  before  or  after  the  filing  of  such
  certification, only with contributions received pursuant to subparagraph
  (c)  of  this paragraph and, to the extent permitted by rule promulgated
  by the board pursuant hereto,  advances  by  the  limited  participating
  candidate.
    (e)  A  limited  participating  candidate,  together  with  his or her
  principal committee, shall not make expenditures which in the  aggregate
  exceed  the  applicable  expenditure  limitations  set  forth in section
  3-706.
    (f) Neither  a  limited  participating  candidate  nor  an  authorized
  committee  of  a  limited  participating  candidate shall be eligible to
  receive public funds pursuant to section 3-705.
    (g) If a limited participating candidate is a candidate for  the  same
  office  for  which he or she filed a certification pursuant to paragraph
  (a) of this subdivision in any other election held in the same  calendar
  year  as the election for which such candidate filed such certification,
  other than a special election to fill a vacancy,  he  or  she  shall  be
  bound in each such other election by the provisions of this section.
    (h) A candidate who files a certification pursuant to paragraph (a) of
  this  subsection  shall not be eligible to file a certification pursuant
  to section 3-703.
    (i)  Notwithstanding  any  limitations  in  this  chapter,  a  limited
  participating  candidate may contribute to his or her own nomination for
  election or election with his or her personal funds or property, in-kind
  contributions made by the candidate to his or her authorized  committees
  with  the  candidate's  personal funds or property, and advances made by
  the limited participating candidate with the candidate's personal  funds
  or  property. A candidate's personal funds or property shall include his
  or her funds or property jointly held with his or her  spouse,  domestic
  partner, or unemancipated children, but shall not include other personal
  funds   or   property   of  his  or  her  spouse,  domestic  partner  or
  unemancipated children.