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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-21 Restrictions on applicant and participating candidates.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-21" heading="Restrictions on applicant and participating candidates.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an applicant candidate or a participating candidate may not:<para num="(1)">accept a private contribution from any group or organization, including a political action committee, a corporation, a labor organization, or a state or local central committee of a political party;</para>
      <para num="(2)">accept private contributions from an individual in an aggregate greater than $150 during an election, or the maximum amount of an eligible contribution, as adjusted by §11-14(c) of this subtitle;</para>
      <para num="(3)">after filing a notice of intent with the State Board to seek public financing, pay for any campaign expense with any campaign finance account other than the candidates’ publicly funded campaign account;</para>
      <para num="(4)">be a member of a slate in any election in which the candidate receives a public contribution; or</para>
      <para num="(5)">transfer money:<para num="(i)">to the candidate’s publicly funded campaign account from any other campaign finance entity established for the candidate; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">from the candidate’s publicly funded campaign account to any other campaign finance entity.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Affiliation.">Pursuant to &lt;cite data-doc="Code of Maryland Regulations" data-path="|33.13.14"&gt;COMAR 33.13.14&lt;/cite&gt;, a candidate who accepts a public contribution may affiliate with any other candidates, including non-publicly financed candidates, on campaign material if:<para num="(1)">the authorized candidate campaign committee makes a direct disbursement to the payee for its share of the costs of the campaign material; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the campaign material displays the authority line of the authorized candidate campaign committee.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-338</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
