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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 291
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Article 33, § 13-402(c)(1) and (d)(1)(i) are transferred to the Session Laws. These
provisions, which regulate campaign reports required to be filed with the State Board
in an electronic storage format beginning in November 1997 and before November 1,
2000, respectively, are obsolete, except to the extent persons subject to those
electronic filing requirements have failed to file required campaign reports and
except for the requirements governing the maintenance of those campaign finance
reports by the State Board.
SUBTITLE 4. CAMPAIGN MATERIALS.
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
13-401. AUTHORITY LINE.
(A) REQUIREMENT — IN GENERAL.
(1) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, EACH ITEM OF
CAMPAIGN MATERIAL SHALL CONTAIN, SET APART FROM ANY OTHER MESSAGE, AN
AUTHORITY LINE THAT STATES:
(I) AS TO CAMPAIGN MATERIAL PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED BY A
CAMPAIGN FINANCE ENTITY:
1. THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE TREASURER OF EACH
CAMPAIGN FINANCE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CAMPAIGN MATERIAL; AND
2. AS TO EACH TREASURER NAMED UNDER ITEM 1 OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, THE NAME OF EACH CAMPAIGN FINANCE ENTITY FOR WHICH THE
TREASURER IS ACTING; AND
(II) AS TO CAMPAIGN MATERIAL PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED BY
ANY OTHER PERSON, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE CAMPAIGN MATERIAL.
(2) THE AUTHORITY LINE MAY OMIT AN ADDRESS THAT IS ON FILE WITH
THE STATE BOARD OR A LOCAL BOARD.
(3) IF THE CAMPAIGN MATERIAL IS TOO SMALL TO INCLUDE ALL THE
INFORMATION SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION IN A LEGIBLE
MANNER, THE AUTHORITY LINE NEED ONLY CONTAIN THE NAME AND TITLE OF THE
TREASURER OR OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
(4) THE AUTHORITY LINE FOR CAMPAIGN MATERIAL THAT IS A
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT NEED ONLY CONTAIN THE INFORMATION SPECIFIED
IN PARAGRAPHS (1) AND (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION FOR ONE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
ENTITY OR OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT.
(B) SAME — CAMPAIGN MATERIAL NOT AUTHORIZED BY CANDIDATE.
CAMPAIGN MATERIAL THAT IS PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED IN SUPPORT OF OR
IN OPPOSITION TO A CANDIDATE, BUT IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE CANDIDATE,
SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
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