2518                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 729

ANY UNSPENT PORTION OF A PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION SHALL

BE REPAID TO THE COMPTROLLER FOR REDEPOSIT IN THE FUND

SOT LATER THAN 60 DAYS FOLLOWING THE ELECTION FOR WHICH
THE PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION WAS GRANTED. WHEN COMPUTING
WHETHER THERE IS AN UNSPENT PART OF A PUBLIC
CONTRIBUTION, ALL PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE

SHALL BE PRESUMED AS SPENT PRIOR TO ANY EXPENDITURE OF

THE PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION.

(C) LIABILITY FOR REPAYMENT.

A CANDIDATE AND HIS TREASURER ARE JOINTLY AND

SEVERALLY PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR REPAYING TO THE

COMPTROLLER ANY PART OF A PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION__WHICH WAS

UNSPENT OR WHICH IS SPENT IN VIOLATION OF SUBSECTION (A)
OF THIS SECTION.

[[30-8]]30-7. FAIR CAMPAIGN FINANCING COMMISSION.
(A) CREATION AND COMPOSITION:

A FAIR CAMPAIGN FINANCING COMMISSION SHALL ENFORCE

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE. THE COMMISSION CONSISTS
OF [[FIVE]] NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED AS FOLLOWS:

(1) TWO APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, ONE TO BE A
MEMBER OF THE STATE'S PRINCIPLE MAJORITY POLITICAL PARTY
AND ONE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE STATE'S PRINCIPLE MINORITY
POLITICAL PARTY;

(2) ONE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE;

(3) ONE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
DELEGATES; [[AND]]

(4) ONE, WHO IS NOT A JUDGE, APPOINTED BY THE
CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS; AND

(5) FOUR APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FROM THE PUBLIC
FROM NOMINEES SUBMITTED BY STATE-WIDE CITIZENS' GROUPS;
PROVIDED TWO OF THE MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM THE PUBLIC
SHALL BE SELECTED FROM LISTS SUBMITTED BY ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTING MINORITY GROUPS IN MARYLAND.

(B)    CHAIRMAN.

THE COMMISSION SHALL ELECT ONE OF ITS MEMBERS
CHAIRMAN.

(C)    TERM OF OFFICE AND VACANCIES.

EACH COMMISSION MEMBER SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM
OF FIVE YEARS. AND SHALL CONTINUE IN OFFICE UNTIL HIS
RESPECTIVE SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED. THE TERM OF EACH