1424                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [Ch. 341

officer.] ALL OF THE REPORTS AND STATEMENTS OF
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY
THE PERSON PURSUANT TO §26-11(A) AND DUE BEFORE THE
PERSON MAY TAKE OFFICE, HAVE BEEN FILED, NO CANDIDATE
MAY BE SWORN IN UNTIL THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF
ELECTION LAWS CERTIFIES THAT ALL SUCH REPORTS AND
STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY §26-11(A) HAVE BEEN FILED; AND NO
OFFICIAL OF THE STATE OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS MAY ISSUE A COMMISSION OR ADMINISTER AN OATH
OF OFFICE TO A CANDIDATE UNTIL THAT OFFICIAL HAS
[[RECIEVED]] RECEIVED THIS CERTIFICATION FROM THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS.

(b) The provisions of this section, including
the provisions of § 26—11 with respect to the [time of]
filing OF [said] reports[,] OR STATEMENTS, [shall be] ARE
mandatory and not directory[, provided, however, that].
HOWEVER, no candidate [shall] MAY be disqualified for
failure to file [such] A REPORT OR statement if [such]
THE failure is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be [with] FOR just cause.

26-14.

Every officer or board with whom REPORTS, statements
or accounts are required by any section of this article
to be filed, shall receive, [and] file, and preserve
[such statement or] THE REPORTS, STATEMENTS AND accounts
in his office, and shall keep ALL OF the same as part of
the records [thereof] OF HIS OFFICE for at least TWO
YEARS AFTER THE ELECTION TO WHICH THEY RELATE OR FOR AT
LEAST one year after [they are filed.] THE DATE FOR THE
FILING OF THE FINAL REPORT OR STATEMENT REQUIRED BY
§26-11 IN CONNECTION WITH THAT ELECTION, WHICHEVER IS
LATER, OR FOR LONGER IF SO ORDERED BY A COURT OF
COMPETENT JURISDICTION. BEFORE DISPOSING OF ANY REPORTS,
STATEMENTS OR ACCOUNTS, THE OFFICER OR BOARD WITH WHOM
THEY WERE FILED SHALL MAKE A PERMANENT RECORD OF ALL
ELECTION REPORTS REQUIRED TO HAVE BEEN FILED BY §26-11
BUT WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN FILED. THE PERMANENT RECORD
SHALL INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE OR THE COMMITTEE,
THE TREASURER, AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE MISSING REPORT,
AND, IF A FINAL REPORT, A NOTATION OF THE AMOUNT OF ANY
OUTSTANDING BALANCE, BILLS OR DEFICITS AS SHOWN ON THE
LAST REPORT FILED. THE OFFICER OR BOARD SHALL FILE A
COPY OF THIS PERMANENT RECORD WITH THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS. [And all such] ALL
REPORTS, statements and accounts shall, during the hours
for which the office in which they [may be] ARE filed is
open, be subject and open to inspection of any citizen of
this State[, and copies]. COPIES of [such] THE REPORTS,
statements or accounts certified by AND UNDER THE SEAL OF
the principal administrative officer in whose office they
[may be so] ARE kept [under the seal of his office].