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Maryland Regulations § 33.14.03.07 Prior Expenditures

Up to Chapter 33.14.03: Limitations on Campaign Expenditures and Prohibitions

Regulation Text

A. Prior Campaign Committee. After the filing of a notice of intent to participate, any authorized candidate campaign committee associated with the gubernatorial ticket members for whom the notice of intent was filed shall cease all campaign finance activities.
B. Prohibitions. Expenses incurred by a candidate's authorized campaign committee prior to the filing of the notice of intent by that candidate are not allowable uses of public contributions.
C. Pre-Paid expenses. Except as provided in §D of this regulation, any goods, services, or campaign material paid for by a candidate's authorized campaign committee prior to the filing of a notice of intent by that candidate may not be used in the election after the candidate files the notice of intent.
D. Allowable Transferable Services. A candidate's authorized campaign committee may transfer, without any cost, the following to that candidate's gubernatorial ticket candidate committee after the candidate signs a notice of intent:
(1) Website and social media accounts;
(2) Phones and associated numbers with the phones;
(3) The assumption of a lease for a campaign office; and
(4) Office furniture and equipment.
E. Reports. The authorized candidate campaign committee of a candidate who has filed a notice of intent and established a gubernatorial ticket campaign committees must continue to file campaign finance reports until a final campaign finance report is filed with the State Board.
F. Final Report. The authorized candidate campaign committee of a candidate who has filed a notice of intent and established a gubernatorial ticket campaign committee may not file a final campaign finance report until the gubernatorial ticket campaign committee files a final campaign finance report.

History

Regulation .07 adopted effective 43:4 Md. R. 337 , eff. 2/29/2016 ; amended effective 49:25 Md. R.1041-1070 , eff. 12/12/2022

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