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<section number="10-325" name="Requirements for certification" law="code" slug="sec-10-325" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10FITA_DIV26FAELFU_S10-325RECE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Application for certification.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An Applicant Candidate shall apply to the State Board for certification.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Board may only accept an application during the Qualifying Period.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An application shall be submitted in the form that the State Board requires.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Subject to Subsection (a)(6), an Applicant Candidate may submit only one application for certification for any election.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>An Applicant Candidate shall include with the application all documentation required by the State or, in the absence of State requirements, the following:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>a declaration from the Applicant Candidate agreeing to follow the requirements governing the use of a Public Contribution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>a campaign finance report that contains the information that the State Board requires for a campaign finance report and that includes, but is not limited to:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>a list of each Qualifying Contribution received;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>a list of each expenditure made by the candidate during the Qualifying Period;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>a copy of the receipt associated with each contribution that identifies the contributor's name and residential address; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>a copy of the receipt associated with each expenditure; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>a certificate of candidacy for County Executive or County Council.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>An Applicant Candidate shall not coordinate with a political action committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>If an application is denied, the applicant may resubmit the application once if done before the end of the Qualifying Period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To qualify as a Certified Candidate:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a candidate for County Executive shall collect from County Residents at least:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Five Hundred (500) Qualifying Contributions; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>an aggregate total of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000);</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a candidate for At-Large Council Member shall collect from County Residents at least:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Two Hundred Fifty (250) Qualifying Contributions; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>an aggregate total of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000); and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a candidate for District Council Member shall collect from County Residents at least:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>One Hundred Fifty (150) Qualifying Contributions; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>an aggregate total of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Contributions.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An Applicant Candidate shall deposit all contributions received into the candidate's Citizen Funded Campaign Account.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An Applicant Candidate shall deliver to the State Board a copy of a receipt for each Qualifying Contribution that identifies the contributor's name and residential address and that is signed by the contributor directly or by a digital signature using a method approved by the State Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The County Executive, after consulting with the State Board, shall promulgate regulations that specify:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>how and when receipts for Qualifying Contributions from contributors shall be submitted to the State Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the documents that shall be filed with the State Board for certification;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the allowable uses of money in a Citizen Funded Campaign Account; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>other policies necessary to implement this Division.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <text>Any such regulations shall be submitted to the County Council by resolution for approval.</text>
</section>
