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<chapter num="18" heading="Coordinated Expenditures and In-Kind Contributions" title_num="33" subtitle_num="13">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This chapter applies to coordinated, aggregate in-kind contributions to a candidate from a central committee of a political party.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Reporting of Coordinated In-Kind Contributions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Required Reporting — Central Committee. The central committee of a political party making the coordinated expenditure shall report on a campaign finance report the name of the candidate that received the in-kind contribution.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Required Reporting — Candidate Committee. The authorized candidate campaign committee shall report on a campaign finance report:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The name of the central committee of the political party that made the in-kind contribution;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>A description of the in-kind contribution; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The aggregate amount of in-kind contributions made in the election cycle from the central committee of the political party.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Applicability of Contribution Limits.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Candidate Committees. Coordinated in-kind contribution limits for a central committee of a political party shall be applied to the authorized candidate campaign committee of the candidate.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Slates. Coordinated in-kind contributions limits for a central committee of a political party may not be applied to slate committees.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Use of Funds.">
    <text>To make in-kind contributions to a candidate, a central committee of a political party:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Shall use contributions or transfers received pursuant to Election Law Article, §§13-226 and 13-227, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>May not use funds not received in accordance with the contribution limits of Election Law Article, §§13-226 and 13-227, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §2-102(b)(4) and 13-304, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 337)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>