# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 14 — Administration of Public Financing Act

### Chapter 03 — Limitations on Campaign Expenditures and Prohibitions

#### Regulation .07 Prior Expenditures.

*COMAR 33.14.03.07*

A. Prior Campaign Committee. After the filing of a notice of intent to participate, any authorized candidate campaign committee associated with the gubernatorial ticket members for whom the notice of intent was filed shall cease all campaign finance activities .

B. Prohibitions. Expenses incurred by a candidate’s authorized campaign committee prior to the filing of the notice of intent by that candidate are not allowable uses of public contributions.

C. Pre-Paid expenses. Except as provided in §D of this regulation, any goods, services, or campaign material paid for by a candidate’s authorized campaign committee prior to the filing of a notice of intent by that candidate may not be used in the election after the candidate files the notice of intent.

D. Allowable Transferable Services. A candidate’s authorized campaign committee may transfer, without any cost, the following to that candidate’s gubernatorial ticket candidate committee after the candidate signs a notice of intent:

  (1) Website and social media accounts;

  (2) Phones and associated numbers with the phones;

  (3) The assumption of a lease for a campaign office; and

  (4) Office furniture and equipment.

E. Reports. The authorized candidate campaign committee of a candidate who has filed a notice of intent and established a gubernatorial ticket campaign committees must continue to file campaign finance reports until a final campaign finance report is filed with the State Board.

F. Final Report. The authorized candidate campaign committee of a candidate who has filed a notice of intent and established a gubernatorial ticket campaign committee may not file a final campaign finance report until the gubernatorial ticket campaign committee files a final campaign finance report.