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SECTION [[3]] 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 700
(Senate Bill 650)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 26-4(a) of Article 33
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement) title "Election Code," subtitle "Fair Election Practices," to
provide for the appointment of treasurer by political committees or partisan
organizations and to require that the name and residence address of the
treasurer and the names and residence addresses of the principal officers of such
political committees or partisan organizations be filed in certain designated
places.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 26-4(a) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Election
Code," subtitle "Fair Election Practices," be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

26-4.

(a) Every State central committee, PARTISAN ORGANIZATION, or political
committee, AS DEFINED IN §1-1(A)(12) AND 1-1(A)(14) OF THIS ARTICLE,
except political clubs shall appoint and constantly maintain a treasurer, whose
name and RESIDENCE address, together with the names and RESIDENCE
addresses of the principal officers, WHO SHALL BE REGISTERED VOTERS
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, land steering committee, if any,] shall be
filed with the board of the county or Baltimore City IF THE COMMITTEE OR
ORGANIZATION ACTIONS ARE LIMITED TO LOCAL CANDIDATES,
PRINCIPLES, OR PROPOSITIONS OF THE COUNTY OR BALTIMORE
CITY. A COMMITTEE OR PARTISAN ORGANIZATION WHOSE
ACTIONS PERTAIN TO CANDIDATES, PRINCIPLES, OR
PROPOSITIONS SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS [[OR]] OF MORE
THAN ONE COUNTY OR LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT SHALL FILE THE
NAME AND RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF ITS TREASURER AND THE
NAMES AND RESIDENCE ADDRESSES OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
OF THE COMMITTEE WITH THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
OF ELECTION LAWS, (in which the committee acts or with the State
Administrative Board of Election Laws, if the committee's action is not limited to
one county or to Baltimore City.) The treasurer shall receive, keep and disburse all
sums of money, or other valuable things, which may be collected, received or
disbursed by such committee or by any of its members for any purposes for which
such committee exists or acts. Unless such treasurer [, 1 AND officers land steering
committee, if any] are appointed and filed as required in this subsection, it shall be
unlawful and a violation of this article for a political committee, or any of its
members, to collect or receive or disburse money, or other valuable things, for
such purposes. The treasurer shall report contributions and expenditures on the
form prescribed in § 26-12 of this article and in the manner required by subsection
(b) of this section and § 26-11 of this article.