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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="15-104" title_number="15" title_name="Public Financing Act" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before receiving a private contribution, a gubernatorial ticket shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on or before the deadline to file a certificate of candidacy under § 13–303 of this article, file with the State Board a notice of intent to participate as a publicly financed candidate for both the primary and general elections; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>establish a campaign finance entity for complying with the requirements of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A campaign finance entity established under subsection (a)(2) of this section may accept only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a private contribution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an eligible private contribution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a public contribution; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a contribution or loan from a member of a gubernatorial ticket or the spouse of a member of the gubernatorial ticket.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member of a gubernatorial ticket or the spouse of a member of a gubernatorial ticket may not make a contribution of or lend a combined total of more than $50,000 to the campaign of the gubernatorial ticket.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To qualify as an eligible gubernatorial ticket, a gubernatorial ticket shall collect within the qualifying period at least:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1,500 eligible private contributions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an aggregate total of $120,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
