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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="12-305" title_number="12" title_name="Contested Elections" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Contested Election Committee">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person that accepts public campaign financing under Title 15 of this article may not solicit or accept a donation on behalf of a contested election committee in excess of the contribution limits established under Title 15 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person that accepts public campaign financing under § 13–505 of this article may not solicit or accept a donation on behalf of a contested election committee in excess of the contribution limits established in law by the governing body of the county in accordance with § 13–505 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A contested election committee may not accept a loan other than a loan from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a financial institution or other entity in the business of making loans; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the personal funds of a candidate or the candidate’s spouse if the contested election committee was established to finance a recount of an election in which the candidate was on the ballot.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A loan under this subsection may be of any amount.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
