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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="13-218" future_version_removed="true" title_number="13" title_name="Campaign Finance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Campaign Finance Organization and Activity">
  <level label="a">
    <text>All assets received by or on behalf of a campaign finance entity shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>delivered to the treasurer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>maintained by the treasurer for the purposes of the campaign finance entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Assets of a campaign finance entity may be disbursed only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>if they have passed through the hands of the treasurer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in accordance with the purposes of the entity.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to § 13–220(b)(2) and (c) of this subtitle and except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the treasurer shall approve all disbursements for the campaign finance entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The treasurer of a State or county central committee of a political party may not approve any disbursement of the central committee’s assets, or incur any liability on its behalf, without authority and direction from the chairman of the central committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the treasurer of a campaign finance entity is temporarily unable to perform the duties of the office, the chairman of the campaign finance entity may approve a disbursement on behalf of the campaign finance entity in the same manner as the treasurer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the chairman approves a disbursement under this subsection, within 7 days after approving the disbursement, the chairman shall submit a report to the treasurer for the account book of the campaign finance entity, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a statement of the expenditure approved under the authority of the chairman;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name and address of the person to whom the expenditure was made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the purpose for which the expenditure was made; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a copy of the receipt for the expenditure that was made.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A chairman who is a candidate may not approve a disbursement for a campaign finance entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
