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(d) Any surplus funds remaining after payment of all campaign
expenditures shall be returned, pro-rata, to the contributors by the
treasurers prior to the time of filing the final report required by
Section 26-11 of this subtitle, unless prior thereto, the candidate or
committee shall have paid over all such surplus funds to the State
Central Committee for the State of the party of which the candidate
is a member or for which the committee is acting.

26-8. Contributions and expenses of candidate.

(a)    Any person who is a candidate for nomination for public
office or a candidate for public or party office may make voluntary
contributions or payment of money to any treasurer or subtreasurer,
subject to the provisions and restrictions of this article and for any
of the purposes permitted by this article and for no other purposes.

(b)    Any person who is a candidate for nomination for public
office or a candidate for public or party office may pay his own per-
sonal expenses for filing fees, telegrams, telephoning, travel and
board. The payment of such personal expenses shall not be subject
to the limitation provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(c) It is unlawful for a candidate for nomination or a candidate
for public or party office, directly or indirectly, during any calendar

year or for any political campaign, which shall include both the

primary and general election and shall permit the expenditure from
his personal funds of the following amounts in the primary election

as well as the general election, to make any payment, contribution,

expenditure or promise, or incur any liability to pay, contribute or
expend from his own personal financial resources any money or thing
of value in excess of the following respective amounts by a candidate
for nomination or election to the respective office:

NO CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO A
PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICE SHALL EXPEND OR PERMIT
TO BE EXPENDED, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
FROM HIS OR HER PERSONAL FUNDS, IN EITHER THE
PRIMARY OR THE GENERAL ELECTION, AN AMOUNT IN
EXCESS OF THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH HEREAFTER
RESPECTIVELY FOR THE OFFICE TO BE SOUGHT, NOR
SHALL SAID CANDIDATE MAKE OR PERMIT TO BE MADE
ANY PAYMENT, CONTRIBUTION, EXPENDITURE OR
PROMISE OR INCUR ANY LIABILITY TO PAY, CONTRIB-
UTE OR EXPEND, FROM HIS OWN PERSONAL FINANCIAL
RESOURCES, ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE IN EX-
CESS OF THE FOLLOWING RESPECTIVE AMOUNTS BY
A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO THE
OFFICE RESPECTIVELY SET FORTH AS FOLLOWS:

Candidate for State-wide office or for the

United States Senate........................................................ $20,000;

Candidate for city-wide office in Baltimore City.............. $15,000;

Candidate for representative in Congress.......................... $10,000;

Candidate for office in a voting district with a voting

registration of not less than 200,000 .............................. $10,000;

Candidate for office in a voting district with a voting
registration of not less than 100,000 or not more than
200,000................................................................................ $ 7,500;