WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 364

than 10 days prior to the applicable filing date, of each report that person is required to
file. The notice shall include the filing date, the place for filing, the penalty for failure to
file a timely report, and the telephone number and business hours of the office where the
report is to be filed.

[(f)] (G) Any report shall be considered timely if it is mailed on or before the
filing deadline, regardless of when it is actually received, if the United States Postal
Service has provided verification of that fact by affixing a mark so indicating on either the
envelope or any receipt therefor. Unless a report is mailed, the boards and the 'State
Administrative Board of Election Laws shall provide a receipt for each report received.

[(g)](H) The provisions of this section shall apply to all committees and
treasurers for candidates for public or party office located outside of the geographic
boundaries of the State with respect to all expenditures of funds within the State of
Maryland.

[(h)](I) For purposes of this section, the failure to provide all of the information
required by the forms prescribed in accordance with § 26-12 of this article, to the extent
applicable, is a failure to file.

[(i)] (J) Within ten days after the deadline for the filing of any report which is
required to be filed with the State Administrative Board of Election Laws, the Board shall
compile a list of every candidate or committee which failed to file the report and shall
distribute the list to the appropriate local election boards. Within ten days after the
deadline for the filing of any report which is required to be filed with a local election
board, the local board shall compile a list of every candidate or committee which failed to
file the report and shall send the list to the State Administrative Board of Election Laws.

[(j)] (K) The provisions of this section are not applicable to a candidate or
candidates for election or elected to a public office of the United States. This candidate
or candidates shall file all reports and statements according to federal laws or regulations.

[(k)](L) (1) A candidate and treasurer designated by that candidate, the
chairman and treasurer of a candidate's committee, or a slate of candidates, who are
required to file reports or statements under subsection (a), [(c)] (D)(1), or [(d)] (E)(3)
of this section with the State Administrative Board of Election Laws, shall also file a
single copy of all reports, statements, and affidavits required under this section with the
local election board of the county or Baltimore City where the candidate resides. The
report to the local election board shall be filed according to the schedule set forth in
subsections (a) and [(c)] (D) of this section and shall not be subject to the requirements
relating to the assessment of a late filing fee provided under § 26-13 of this article.

(2) This subsection does not apply to candidates for the offices of Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, or judge of the appellate court.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

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