MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1421

26-11.

(a) [The] A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION OR ELECTION
TO PUBLIC OR PASTY OFFICE AND THE treasurer designated by
[a] THAT candidate [for nomination or election] shall
file the report or statement of contributions and
expenditures as prescribed in ACCORDANCE WITH § 26-12 of
this article with the board at which the candidate filed
his certificate of candidacy. Election reports as
specified below are required by all candidates for public
or party office whether or not the candidate's name
appears on the primary ballot. THE CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS
SUBSEQUENT TO FILING HIS CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY, OR THE
CANDIDATE IS UNSUCCESSFUL IN THE ELECTION. [The board and
the State Administrative Board of Election Laws shall
provide a receipt for each such report received. ] Each
report FILED SHALL CONTAIN ALL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AND
EXPENDITURES MADE IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CANDIDATES
NOMINATION OR ELECTION BY THE CANDIDATE HIMSELF OR, WITH
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CANDIDATE, BY ANY OTHER PERSON OR
GROUPS OF PERSONS, THROUGH AND INCLUDING THE SEVENTH DAY
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DAY BY WHICH THAT REPORT IS TO
BE FILED. THE INITIAL REPORT FILED SHALL CONTAIN ALL
CONTRIBUTIONS SO RECEIVED AND EXPENDITURES SO MADE SINCE
THE DATE OF THE LAST PRECEDING ELECTION TO FILL THE
OFFICE FOR WHICH HE IS A CANDIDATE. EACH SUBSEQUENT
REPORT SHALL CONTAIN ALL CONTRIBUTIONS SO RECEIVED AND
EXPENDITURES SO MADE SINCE THE END OF THE PERIOD FOR
WHICH THE LAST PRECEDING REPORT IS FILED. THE REPORTS
shall be filed:

(1)   No later than noon on the seventh day preceding
any election [and this report shall contain all
contributions received and expenditures made in
furtherance of the candidate's nomination by the
candidate himself, or with the knowledge of the
candidate, by any other person or groups of persons since
the date of the last preceding election to fill the
office for which he is a candidate]; and

(2)    No later than noon on the thirtieth day after
[the] ANY election or prior to talcing office, whichever
first occurs; and

(3)   If A CASH BALANCE EXISTS OR IF any unpaid bills
or deficits remain to be paid [at the time] AS OF THE END
OF THE PERIOD FOR WHICH the report or statement in
subsection (a) (2) above is filed, sixty (60) days after
the election; and

(4) If A CASH BALANCE EXISTS OR IF any unpaid
bills or deficits remain to be paid [at the time] AS OF
THE END OF THE PERIOD FOR WHICH the report or statement