Section 13-408 - Payment of publication expenses. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-408. Payment of publication expenses.
 

(a)  Public funds prohibited.- Publication expenses may not be paid from public funds. 

(b)  Permissible funding.- Publication expenses may be paid from: 

(1) a campaign account of a campaign finance entity of the incumbent if the campaign finance entity complies with all other requirements of this title regarding expenditures and campaign material; or 

(2) the personal funds of the incumbent or the spouse of the incumbent if, as to each issue: 

(i) the incumbent has not filed a certificate of candidacy; 

(ii) the legislative newsletter contains a notice that it is disseminated at the personal expense of the incumbent; and 

(iii) within 10 days after the first mailing or distribution of the issue, the incumbent files a campaign finance report with the State Board that contains: 

1. a detailed list of publication expenses; and 

2. an affidavit that no funds for the legislative newsletter have been solicited or received from any source to supplement the personal funds. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 13-503(b), (c); 2002, ch. 291, § 4.]