Section 15-109 - Administration of title. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-109. Administration of title.
 

(a)  In general.-  

(1) Subject to § 15-103 of this title, the State Board shall administer this title. 

(2) The State Board may request the assistance of the Comptroller to administer this title. 

(b)  Regulations.-  

(1) The State Board shall adopt comprehensive regulations to implement this title. 

(2) The regulations shall include provisions relating to: 

(i) the manner and deadline for a gubernatorial ticket to notify the State Board of its intention to qualify for a public contribution; 

(ii) the deadline for a gubernatorial ticket to submit a request for a public contribution; 

(iii) the dates when the State Board will authorize, and the Comptroller will make, distributions of public contributions to gubernatorial tickets in accordance with this title; 

(iv) a proportionate distribution when there is not, or may not be, sufficient money in the Fund; 

(v) a formula for distributing a supplementary public contribution to the other eligible gubernatorial tickets if additional money becomes available because: 

1. an eligible gubernatorial ticket fails to request a public contribution; 

2. an eligible gubernatorial ticket withdraws as a gubernatorial ticket; or 

3. an eligible gubernatorial ticket is disqualified; 

(vi) the standards by which expenditures by campaign finance entities with which an eligible gubernatorial ticket is affiliated are applied to the expenditure limit prescribed in § 15-105 of this title; 

(vii) thresholds for in-kind contributions that are not considered contributions or expenditures for the purposes of this title; 

(viii) distributions to: 

1. an unopposed gubernatorial ticket; 

2. a gubernatorial ticket composed of members from other than the two principal political parties; and 

3. a write-in gubernatorial ticket; and 

(ix) the purposes for which a public contribution may not be used. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 15-104(c), (e)(1); 2002, ch. 291, § 4.]