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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="13-334" title_number="13" title_name="Campaign Finance" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Reporting Requirements">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to each individual holding public office in this State who is subject to prosecution under § 13-335(b) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>investigate each circumstance that causes an individual to become subject to this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>notify the individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>provide the individual an opportunity to be heard.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the State Board determines, after an opportunity for a hearing, that the individual has failed to file a campaign finance report within the meaning of § 13-327 of this subtitle, was provided notice under § 13-335 of this subtitle, and has not rectified the failure and paid any late filing fee due, the State Board shall direct the appropriate financial officer to withhold the salary of the individual as to that public office until:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the failure to file is rectified and any late filing fee is paid; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any salary previously paid to the individual for the public office while the individual was in violation is restored to the State or local government involved.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
