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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="13-208" title_number="13" title_name="Campaign Finance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Campaign Finance Organization and Activity">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to a political committee other than a political club.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A political committee shall provide, with the filing required by § 13-207(c) of this subtitle, a statement of organization that includes its name and a statement of purpose.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The statement of purpose shall specify:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each candidate or ballot question, if any, that the political committee was formed to promote or defeat;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the identity of each special interest, including any business or occupation, that the organizers of or contributors to the political committee have in common; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>whether the political committee will participate in presidential, gubernatorial, Baltimore City, or multiple elections.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A political committee may not use a name that is intended or operates to deceive people as to the political committee’s true nature or character.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A political committee established by and for a single candidate shall disclose within the political committee’s name the name of the candidate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A political committee sponsored by or affiliated with another entity or group shall identify within the political committee’s name the other entity or group.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A change in the information reported under this section shall be disclosed in the campaign finance report next filed by the political committee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
