PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 392

(9) The purposes for which public contributions may not be used.

(d)     If the State Board determines that there is not, or may not be, sufficient
money in the Fund to provide a full public contribution to ail eligible candidates in either
the primary or general election, the State Board then shall allocate the available money so
that all eligible candidates in that election will receive a pro rata share of the full public
contribution to which they would otherwise be entitled.

(e)     (1) The State Board may request the assistance of the Comptroller in the
administration of this subtitle.

(2) The Comptroller shall¹ submit a statement of the Fund's balance to the
State Board at the State Board's request and on May 15 of each year.

(f)      (1) The Comptroller, shall disburse public contributions to a single campaign
depository of an eligible candidate, as provided in § 26-5(b) of this article.

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

31-5.

(a)     On the date specified by regulation pursuant to § 31-4(c) of this article, a
candidate is entitled to a public contribution if:

(1)     The required seed money has been raised;

(2)     The seed money is refundable only in the event of the withdrawal of the
candidate's name from the ballot; and

(3)     As certified by the candidate's treasurer, on forms prescribed by the
State Board, the seed money was raised in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle
and received subsequent to [September 1] MARCH 1 of the year immediately preceding
the year of the election.

(b)     (1) The State Board shall order disbursement of fund's, 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 $1 in eligible private contributions.

(3)     Candidates who are unopposed in the primary shall receive $1 in public
contributions for every $3 in eligible private contributions.

(c)     (1) The State Board shall order disbursement in the general election of all
money remaining in the Fund, including money remaining from the portion designated
for the primary, as provided in this subsection.

(2)     All eligible candidates who are nominees shall receive equal shares of
the Fund.

(3)     If a candidate is unopposed on the general election ballot, the candidate
shall receive no public contributions.

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