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<section number="10-330" name="Applicant and participating candidate restrictions; affiliation" law="code" slug="sec-10-330" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10FITA_DIV26FAELFU_S10-330APPACAREAF">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An applicant candidate or a Participating Candidate shall not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>accept private contributions from an individual in an aggregate greater than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) during an Election Cycle, or the maximum amount of an Eligible Private Contribution, as adjusted by Section 10-324(c);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>after filing a notice of intent with the State Board to seek public financing, pay for any campaign expense with any campaign finance entity other than the candidate's Citizen Funded Campaign Account;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>be a member of a slate in any election in which the candidate receives a Public Contribution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>transfer money:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>to the candidate's Citizen Funded Campaign Account from any other campaign finance entity established for the candidate; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>from the candidate's Citizen Funded Campaign Account to any other campaign finance entity; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>coordinate expenses except with another Participating Candidate if the expenses are shared equally among the coordinating candidates.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Affiliation. Pursuant to COMAR 33.13.14, a candidate who accepts Public Contributions may affiliate with any other candidates, including non-publicly financed candidates, on campaign material if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Citizen Funded Campaign Account makes a direct disbursement to the payee for its share of the costs of the campaign material; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the campaign material displays the authority line of the Citizen Funded Campaign Account.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If it is determined that Qualifying Contributions were received in violation of the Annotated Code of Maryland, General Provisions Article, Title 5, Subtitle 8 and a matching Public Contribution was disbursed, the matching Public Contribution shall be returned to the Fund in the full amount.</text>
  </level>
</section>
