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<chapter num="04" heading="Affidavit of Limited Contributions and Expenditures" title_num="33" subtitle_num="13">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This chapter applies to the affidavit that, under Election Law Article, §13-305, Annotated Code of Maryland, a campaign finance entity may file in lieu of a scheduled campaign finance report.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Required Contents.">
    <text>The affidavit shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The name and account number of the campaign finance entity;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A statement under penalties of perjury that, since the establishment of the campaign finance entity or since the last filed campaign finance report prescribed by Election Law Article, §13-309, Annotated Code of Maryland, the campaign finance entity has not:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Received contributions in the cumulative amount of $1,000 or more; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Made expenditures, exclusive of the candidate's filing fee, in the cumulative amount of $1,000 or more; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>An acknowledgment that the campaign finance entity is required to either file the next scheduled campaign finance report or file a new affidavit in lieu of that report.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Filing.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Unless a campaign finance entity has a waiver from the electronic filing requirement, the treasurer shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Complete the affidavit using the Internet form provided by the State Board; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Sign and submit the affidavit using the electronic signature password issued by the State Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>If a campaign finance entity that has a waiver from the electronic filing requirement, the treasurer may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>File the affidavit electronically as provided under §A of this regulation without losing its electronic filing waiver; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>File, sign, and mail or hand deliver the affidavit on the paper form prescribed by the State Board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 13-305, and 13-320, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>