Section 13-341 – Retention of Documents
(a) (1) Each board shall receive and preserve all campaign finance reports that are required to be filed with it under this article. (2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the campaign finance reports received by a board shall be kept as part of its records for: (i) a period not to exceed 5 years after the campaign […]
Section 13-321 – Notice
(a) (1) In accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection, the State Board shall notify each campaign finance entity that is required under this subtitle to file campaign finance reports of each campaign finance report required to be filed by that entity. (2) The notice shall be provided: (i) at least 10 but not more than 20 days before […]
Section 13-322 – Timeliness
A campaign finance report is timely if: (1) regardless of when it is received, the United States Postal Service has affixed a mark on the envelope or on a receipt verifying that the campaign finance report was mailed on or before the filing deadline; or (2) it is received by the State Board within 3 days after […]
Section 13-323 – Receipt
A board shall provide a receipt for a campaign finance report that is hand-delivered.
Section 13-324 – Electronic Filing
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, campaign finance reports required to be filed with the State Board shall be submitted using an electronic storage medium, and in a format, that the State Board approves. (2) The State Board may exempt a campaign finance entity with de minimis financial activity from the requirement to […]
Section 13-327 – Failure to File — in General
(a) A campaign finance entity that fails to file a campaign finance report, an affidavit, or an amended campaign finance report required by this subtitle is subject to the sanctions provided in Part VII of this subtitle. (b) If a campaign finance entity fails to provide on a campaign finance report required by § 13–304 of this […]
Section 13-307 – Electioneering Communication Report
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Donation” means the gift or transfer, or promise of gift or transfer, of money or other thing of value to a person that makes disbursements for electioneering communications. (ii) “Donation” does not include any amount of money or any other thing of value: 1. received by a […]
Section 13-328 – Failure to File — Lists of Violators
(a) Within 10 days after the deadline for the filing of any campaign finance report that is required to be filed with the State Board, the State Board shall compile a list of the campaign finance entities that failed to file the campaign finance report and distribute the list, or a portion of the list, to […]
Section 13-309 – Filing Deadlines — in General
(a) Subject to other provisions of this subtitle and except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a campaign finance entity shall file campaign finance reports as follows: (1) in the gubernatorial election year only, except for a ballot issue committee, on or before the third Tuesday in April, if the campaign finance entity did not […]
Section 13-331 – Late Filing Fees
(a) In accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the State Board shall assess late filing fees for a failure to file a campaign finance report, an affidavit, or an amended campaign finance report, as specified in § 13–327 of this subtitle. (b) (1) The State Board shall assess the fees in the following amounts for each day […]