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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-15 Requirements for certification.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-15" heading="Requirements for certification.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Application.">
      <para num="(1)">A candidate must apply to the State Board for certification during the qualifying period in the form that the State Board requires.</para>
      <para num="(2)">An applicant candidate must include with the application any documentation required by the State or, in the absence of State requirements, the following:<para num="(i)">a declaration from the applicant candidate to follow the requirements governing the use of a public contribution;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a campaign finance report that contains the information that the State Board requires for a campaign finance report and that includes:<para num="(A)">a list of each qualifying contribution received;</para>
          <para num="(B)">a list of each expenditure made by the candidate during the qualifying period;</para>
          <para num="(C)">a copy of the receipt associated with each contribution that identifies the contributor’s name and residential address; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">a copy of the receipt associated with each expenditure; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iii)">a certificate of candidacy for Mayor, Council President, Comptroller, or City Councilmember.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Qualifications.">To qualify as a certified candidate:<para num="(1)">a candidate for Mayor must collect at least:<para num="(i)">500 qualifying contributions; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an aggregate total of $40,000;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">a candidate for Council President must collect at least:<para num="(i)">250 qualifying contributions; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an aggregate total of $15,000;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">a candidate for Comptroller must collect at least:<para num="(i)">250 qualifying contributions; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an aggregate total of $15,000; and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)">a candidate for City Councilmember must collect at least:<para num="(i)">150 qualifying contributions; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an aggregate total of $5,000.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Contributions.">
      <para num="(1)">An applicant candidate must deposit all contributions into the candidate’s publicly funded campaign account.</para>
      <para num="(2)">An applicant candidate must deliver to the State Board a copy of a receipt for each qualifying contribution that identifies the contributor’s name and residential address that is signed by the contributor directly or by a digital signature using a method approved by the State Board.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Ineligibility.">An applicant candidate is ineligible for certification if the State Board, in consultation with the Commission, has determined that the applicant candidate has:<para num="(1)">failed to submit a campaign finance report in the 4 years preceding the election cycle;</para>
      <para num="(2)">coordinated with a political action committee; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">violated any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-338</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
