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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="12-312" title_number="12" title_name="Contested Elections" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Contested Election Committee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Board may impose a civil penalty on a contested election committee in accordance with this section for the following violations:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>making a disbursement for a purpose not related to a contested election;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>failure to dispose of surplus funds in accordance with § 12–313 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>failure to maintain the records required under § 12–306 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>failure to report all donations, disbursements, and outstanding obligations as required under § 12–308 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A civil penalty imposed under this section shall be assessed in the amount and in the manner specified in § 13–604.1 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a civil penalty imposed under this section shall be paid by the contested election committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the contested election committee has insufficient funds with which to pay the full amount of the civil penalty in a timely manner, after the account of the contested election committee is exhausted, the balance of the civil penalty is the liability of the treasurer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
