Section 13-305 - Exception to filing requirements. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-305. Exception to filing requirements.
 

(a)  Affidavit.- Instead of filing a report required under § 13-309 of this subtitle, a treasurer may file an affidavit stating that the campaign finance entity has not raised or spent a cumulative amount of $1,000 or more, exclusive of the filing fee, and regardless of the balance of the campaign account, since: 

(1) establishing the campaign finance entity; or 

(2) filing the campaign finance entity's last campaign finance report. 

(b)  Time period for filing.- The affidavit shall be filed on or before the date a campaign finance report is due to be filed under § 13-309 of this subtitle. 

(c)  Election to central committee of political party.-  

(1) This subsection only applies to a campaign finance entity of a candidate for election to the central committee of a political party that is authorized under subsection (a) of this section to file an affidavit instead of filing a campaign finance report on a date specified in § 13-309(a) of this subtitle. 

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a campaign finance entity subject to this subsection is not required to file an affidavit under this section or a campaign finance report on a date specified in § 13-309(a) of this subtitle. 

(3) A campaign finance entity subject to this subsection shall file an affidavit under subsection (a) of this section or a campaign finance report on the date specified in § 13-309(c) of this subtitle. 
 

[2008, ch. 543; 2010, ch. 409.]