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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="15-109" title_number="15" title_name="Public Financing Act" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A public contribution may be spent only:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in accordance with § 13–218 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to further the gubernatorial ticket’s nomination or election;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for expenses incurred not later than 45 days after the election for which the public contribution was made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>for purposes that do not violate State law; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>for an expenditure that is accompanied by a receipt.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An eligible gubernatorial ticket may not make:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a transfer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an expenditure relating to fundraising activity by any other political committee organized under this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any part of a public contribution that is not spent shall be repaid to the Comptroller for redeposit in the Fund not later than 90 days after the election for which the public contribution was made.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In computing whether part of a public contribution is not spent, all private contributions to the gubernatorial ticket shall be treated as spent before the expenditure of any of the public contribution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The members of a gubernatorial ticket and the responsible officers of the campaign finance entity that received a public contribution are jointly and severally personally liable civilly and criminally for repaying to the Comptroller any part of a public contribution that is not spent or that was spent in violation of subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
