HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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26-11.

(c) The chairman and the treasurer of any central
committee and the chairman and the treasurer of any
political committee which continues in existence from year
to year, excluding the chairmen and treasurers of political
clubs, shall file the report or statement of contributions
and expenditures as prescribed in accordance with § 26-12 of
this article with the State Administrative Board of Election
Laws at each of the times and for the respective periods
specified in subsection (a) (1) [and], (2), AND (3) of this
section and, in a year in which a general election is not
held, on the anniversary of the date of the last general
election.

26-13.

(a) There is a late filing fee for each report or
statement of expenditures and contributions which is not
filed within the time prescribed in § 26-11. The fee is $10
for each day or part of a day, excluding SATURDAYS, Sundays
and holidays, that a report is overdue. An additional fee
of $10 is due for each of the first six days, excluding
SATURDAYS, Sundays and holidays, that a report pursuant to
§ 26-11 (a)(1) AND (2) is overdue PREELECTION REPORT IS
OVERDUE PURSUANT TO §§ 26-ll(A)(l) AND (2), 26-ll(C) AND
26-ll(D). The maximum fee payable with respect to any
single report is $250. A board or its officer shall receive
an overdue report or statement even if any late filing fee
due has not been paid but the report or statement shall not
be considered officially filed until all fees have been
paid. Upon the receipt by the board of an overdue report or
statement, no further late filing fees shall be incurred,
notwithstanding the fact that the report or statement is not
considered officially filed. The late filing fee is the
joint and several personal liability of the candidate and
treasurer as to the report of a candidate, or of the
chairman and treasurer as to the report of a committee. A
late filing fee may not be paid, directly or indirectly,
from contributions to the candidate or committee and, when
paid, may not be treated as a contribution or an expenditure
for purposes of this article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved February 29, 1980.