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The General Assembly also recognizes that certain
provisions of the Act as presently written are generally
regarded as unconstitutional; and

It is further recognized that returning the revenues to
the contributors is administratively infeasible; and

In the interests of deactivating a program that it is
not feasible to implement at this time and in the interests
of developing a means of utilizing the Fair Campaign Fund
for a goal that is both attainable and related to its
original purpose, the General Assembly hereby declares that
the current Fair Campaign Financing Act should be
terminated, contingent upon passage of legislation
establishing a use for the funds in the Fair Campaign
Financing Fund, that the Fair Campaign Financing Commission
should be abolished immediately, and that the Fair Campaign
Financing Fund should be maintained and preserved until a
decision is made by the General Assembly as to its use; now,
therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

Fair Campaign Financing Act

31-2.

(a)   In this subtitle the following have the meanings
indicated unless otherwise provided:

(b)   "Candidate" means a candidate for a State or
county office who is regulated by the expenditure limits in
§ 31-3.

[(c) "Commission" means the Fair Campaign Financing
Commission provided in § 31-7.3

31-3.

(a) The treasurer of a candidate WHO APPLIES FOR AND
ACCEPTS PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FAIR CAMPAIGN
FINANCING FUND may not expend in excess of the following
expenditure limits on behalf of the candidate for an office
in an election:

Primary General

(cents per person by population of the
area in which the election is to be held)