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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="13-313" title_number="13" title_name="Campaign Finance" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Reporting Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Board may terminate a campaign finance entity if the State Board determines that good cause exists and that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the campaign finance entity could be terminated under § 13–309(b)(4) of this subtitle except for the existence of one or more outstanding obligations and each of those obligations is more than 5 years old;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>no responsible officer currently is appointed and serving; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>other extenuating circumstances exist to justify terminating the campaign finance entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The termination of a campaign finance entity under this title does not limit the right of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State Board, or the State Prosecutor or the State’s Attorney, to pursue an enforcement action against the former responsible officers of, or any candidate formerly affiliated with, the campaign finance entity; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a creditor to bring an action against the former responsible officers of, or any candidate affiliated with, the campaign finance entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
