MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 2495

FROM EITHER THE CANDIDATE OR ANOTHER PERSON ANY
CONTRIBUTION, MONEY, OR OTHER VALUABLE ITEM FOR USE BY
HIS CANDIDATE OR ANY COMMITTEE IN A CAMPAIGN FOR
ELECTION, OTHER THAN THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN DONATION
PROVIDED IN THE FAIR CAMPAIGN FINANCING ACT. ONLY THE
PUBLIC CAMPAIGN DONATION SHALL BE ACCEPTED BY A TREASURER
OR SUBTREASURER AND DISBURSED FOR CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES.

(B)    MAXIMUM CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE.

A TREASURER OR SUBTREASURER MAY NOT MAKE OR
AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE, IN EITHER A PRIMARY, SPECIAL,
OR GENERAL ELECTION, OF A SUM TO AID HIS CANDIDATE THAT
IS GREATER THAN TEN CENTS MULTIPLIED BY THE POPULATION IN
THE STATE, DISTRICT, OR OTHER AREA IN WHICH THE ELECTION
IS TO BE HELD, AND NO PUBLIC CAMPAIGN DONATION SHALL BE
DISBURSED FOR A SUM GREATER THAN THIS AMOUNT. THE
POPULATION OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE ELECTION IS TO HELD
SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE MOST RECENT NATIONAL CENSUS.

(C)    PERMISSIBLE SERVICES AND ACTS.

NOTHING IN THIS SECTION MAY PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE
FROM INCURRING THE PERSONAL EXPENSES PERMITTED BY
§26-8(B), NOR MAY PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE OR OTHER PERSON
FROM UNDERTAKING THE ACTS PERMITTED BY §26-9 (A).

(D)    VIOLATIONS.

VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SUBJECTS THE VIOLATOR TO
THE PENALTIES PROVIDED IN § 30-9(B).
30-1. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, RECOGNIZING THAT
OUR SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT DEPENDS IN PART
ON GUARANTEEING THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE RESPONSIVE
SOLELY TO THE PUBLIC WILL AND NOT TO THE DICTATES OF
THOSE PRIVATE INTERESTS WHO WOULD WIELD IMPROPER POWER
THROUGH THEIR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN DONATIONS, FINDS AND
DECLARES THAT AN EQUITABLE MEANS OF PUBLIC CAMPAIGN
FINANCING IS NECESSARY IN THESE TIMES FOR THE CONTINUED
EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. THE
PURPOSE OF THIS ACT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE STATE'S ELECTED
OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO ACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATS OF MARYLAND.

30-2. DEFINITIONS.

(A)    IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED:

(B)    "CANDIDATE" MEANS A CANDIDATE FOR FEDERAL,
STATE, OR COUNTY OFFICE WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A
PUBLIC CAMPAIGN DONATION AS PROVIDED IN § 30-7(B).