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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="13-333" title_number="13" title_name="Campaign Finance" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Reporting Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An individual who, within the meaning of § 13–327 of this subtitle, has failed to file a campaign finance report that is due from, or on behalf of, that individual, or who has an unpaid civil penalty under § 13–604.1 of this title, may not, until the individual corrects the failure to file or pay the penalty:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be deemed to be elected to a public or party office in this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>take the oath or otherwise assume the duties of the office; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>receive any salary or compensation for the office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An official of the State or any of its political subdivisions may not issue a commission or administer an oath of office to an individual until that official receives certification from the State Board that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all campaign finance reports due under § 13–304 of this subtitle from, or on behalf of, that individual have been filed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the individual has no unpaid civil penalties under § 13–604.1 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
