(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.
(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.
(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.
