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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="13-240" 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 spin or chance on a paddle wheel or wheel of fortune or a raffle that is authorized under the laws of this State to operate at a campaign fund–raising event.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in § 13–304(d) of this title, but notwithstanding § 13–239 of this subtitle or any other law that prohibits an anonymous contribution, a political committee may accept contributions received from the sale of a spin or chance or a raffle ticket, and need not identify the individual contributor on its campaign finance reports, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the account book of the political committee includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the net amount received by the political committee from the raffle, spin, or chance at the fundraising event at which the sale was made; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name and address of each person who attended the event;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>no spin or chance is sold at the event for more than $2;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the net income of the sponsoring political committee from spins and chances at the event does not exceed $1,500 in a 24–hour period;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the total receipts of the sponsoring political committee from spins and chances in that election do not exceed $2,500;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a raffle is conducted in accordance with § 12–106(b) of the Criminal Law Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the political committee includes on its campaign finance report:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a lump sum contribution of the net amount received by the political committee from the raffle, spin, or chance at the fundraising event; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the total number of persons purchasing a raffle ticket, spin, or chance at the event.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a political committee raises funds in excess of a limit specified in this section, the political committee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>donate the excess to a charity of its choice; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>identify in its account book the amount received from each individual who purchased a spin or chance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The State Board shall adopt regulations to implement this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
