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Ch. 483
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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less 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.
(g) (1) Any report received after the filing deadline shall be considered
timely:
(i) Regardless of when it is received, if a United States Postal
Service postmark or receipt verifies that the report was mailed on or before the filing
deadline; or
(ii) If it is received by the State Board or the appropriate local
board within 3 days after the filing deadline and a private postal meter postmark or
receipt by a private carrier verifies that the report was mailed or delivered to the
private carrier on or before the filing deadline.
(2) Unless a report is mailed, the boards and the State Board shall
provide a receipt for each report received.
(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.
(i) For purposes of this section, the failure to provide all of the information
required by the forms prescribed in accordance with § 13-402 of this subtitle, to the
extent applicable, is a failure to file.
(j) Within 10 days after the deadline for the filing of any report which is
required to be filed with the State Board, the State 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 10 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 Board.
(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.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:
Article - Election Law
13-305.
(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a campaign finance entity
that is a personal treasurer is not required to file the campaign finance reports
prescribed by § 13-304 of this subtitle if the responsible officers file an affidavit:
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