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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="13-221" title_number="13" title_name="Campaign Finance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Campaign Finance Organization and Activity">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The treasurer of a campaign finance entity shall keep a detailed and accurate account book of all assets received, expenditures made, and obligations incurred by or on behalf of the entity.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in § 13–240 of this subtitle, as to each asset received or expenditure made, the account book shall state:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>its amount or value;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date of the receipt or expenditure;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the name and address of the person from whom the asset was received or to whom the expenditure was made; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a description of the asset received or the purpose for which the expenditure was made.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>To the extent practicable, the treasurer of a campaign finance entity shall record the occupation and employer of an individual who makes contributions to the campaign finance entity in a cumulative amount of $500 or more during an election cycle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The State Board shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>promptly provide notice to the treasurer of a campaign finance entity if a contributor included on a campaign finance report submitted by the treasurer has made contributions to the campaign finance entity in a cumulative amount of $500 or more during the election cycle; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>require a standard response that a treasurer shall include in the campaign finance report if a contributor does not supply the information required concerning the contributor’s occupation and employer.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Each expenditure made from a campaign account shall be supported by a receipt.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The account books and related records of a campaign finance entity shall be preserved until the earlier of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>10 years after the creation of an account book entry or related record; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>2 years after the campaign finance entity files a final campaign finance report under Subtitle 3 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A candidate for election to the central committee of a political party who is exempt under § 13–202(a) of this subtitle shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>keep a detailed and accurate account book of all expenditures made by the candidate; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>preserve the account book required under item (1) of this subsection for auditing purposes until 2 years after the end of the election cycle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
