2508                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 729

Maryland.

(d) Any surplus funds remaining after payment of
all THE campaign expenditures OF A CANDIDATE NOT
PROHIBITED FROM RECEIVING NONPUBLIC CAMPAIGN DONATIONS BY
§ 26-3A, shall be returned, pro rata, to the contributors
by the treasurers prior to the time of filing the final
report required by § 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, except that in the
case of surplus funds remaining in the treasury of a
candidate for a county board of education or in the
treasury of a committee associated with such candidate or
group of candidates, the candidate or candidates shall
have the option of paying such surplus funds to the local
board of education or to a recognized nonprofit
organization providing services or funds for the benefit
of pupils or teachers.

26-3.

(a)    Any person who is a candidate for nomination
for public office or a candidate for public or party
office, NOT PROHIBITED BY § 26-3A 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 personal expenses for filing fees,
telegrams, telephoning, travel and board. The payment of
such personal expenses shall not be subject to the
limitation provided in §26—3A OR IN subsection (c) of
this section.

(c)    No candidate for nomination or election to a
public OFFICE NOT PROHIBITED FROM RECEIVING NONPUBLIC
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS BY §26-3A 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, 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 office
respectively set forth as follows: