HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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[(e)] (F) (1) [On receiving a candidate's seed money, the]
THE Comptroller shall disburse [the authorized] public
[contribution] CONTRIBUTIONS to a single campaign depository OF
AN ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE, as provided in § 26-5(b) [of the
designated candidate].

(2) The State Board has the sole right and
responsibility for ordering a disbursement from the fund.

31-5.

(a) [In an election a candidate is entitled to receive a
matching public contribution on] ON THE DATE SPECIFIED BY
REGULATION PURSUANT TO § 31-4(B)(C) OF THIS ARTICLE, A CANDIDATE
IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE FUND UPON satisfying the
following: A PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION IF:

(1)   [That the] THE CANDIDATE'S REQUIRED seed money
HAS BEEN RAISED consists exclusively of ELIGIBLE private
[campaign] contributions of not more than [$50] $50 from an
individual person;

(2)  [That the] THE CANDIDATE'S ELIGIBLE private

[campaign] contributions [received] are THE SEED MONEY IS

refundable only in the event of the withdrawal of the candidate's
name from the ballot; [and]

(3)   [On certification] AS CERTIFIED by the
CANDIDATE'S treasurer, on forms prescribed by the State Board,
[that] the seed money was raised in accordance with the
provisions of this [section] SUBTITLE, [and certification by the
candidate's depository that the seed money was collected not
later than 45 days prior to] AND RECEIVED SUBSEQUENT TO JANUARY
SEPTEMBER 1 IN OF THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE YEAR OF the
election.

[(b) (1) Contributions of up to $50 from an individual
person shall be the only private contributions eligible for
matching as provided in subsection (d).

(2)  No private campaign contribution raised more than
one year before or less than 45 days prior to an election for
which a public contribution is sought, may be matched.

(3)  A private campaign contribution to a candidate
for a publicly elected political party office may not be
matched.]

(B) (1) THE STATE BOARD SHALL ORDER DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS,
DESIGNATED FOR DISBURSEMENT IN THE PRIMARY, AS PROVIDED IN THIS
SUBSECTION.

(2) CANDIDATES WHO ARE OPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY SHALL
RECEIVE $1 IN PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EVERY $2 IN ELIGIBLE
PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.