Ch. 380                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) each individual who is continued in office;

(iii) the Secretary and presiding officer of the United States Senate,
in the case of the election of a United States Senator to represent the State; and

(iv) the Clerk and presiding officer of the United States House of
Representatives, in the case of the election of a member of the House of
Representatives to represent the State; and

(2) publish a sufficient number of copies of the certified statements of
the votes cast throughout the State that are delivered to it by the Board of State
Canvassers and make the copies available to the public at cost.

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(a)     This section applies to the following officials:

(1)     the Governor;

(2)     the Lieutenant Governor;

(3)     the Attorney General;

(4)     the Comptroller; and

(5)     a member of the General Assembly.

(b)     Except as provided in subsection (c) or (d) of this section, during a regular
session of the General Assembly an official described in subsection (a) of this section,
or a person acting on behalf of the official, may not, as to a candidate for federal,
State, or local office, or a campaign finance entity of the candidate OR ANY OTHER
CAMPAIGN FINANCE ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THIS TITLE AND OPERATED IN
COORDINATION WITH A CANDIDATE:

(1)     receive a contribution;

(2)     conduct a fund-raising event;

(3)     solicit or sell a ticket to a fund-raising event; or

(4)     deposit or [otherwise] use any contribution [regardless of when it is
received] OF MONEY THAT WAS NOT DEPOSITED PRIOR TO THE SESSION.

(c)     An official described in subsection (a) of this section, or a person acting on
behalf of the official, is not subject to this section when engaged in activities solely
related to the official's election to an elective federal or local office for which the
official is a filed candidate.

(d)     Under the Public Financing Act, a gubernatorial ticket, during the year of
the election only, may accept eligible private contributions and any disbursement of
funds by the State Board that is based on the eligible private contributions.

(e)     (1) As to a violation of this section, the campaign finance entity of the
official in violation is liable for a civil penalty as provided in this subsection.

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