§ 14-204 — Limits on public financing

§ 14-204. Limits on public financing. The following limitations apply\nto the total amounts of public funds that may be provided to a\nparticipating candidate's authorized committee for an election cycle:\n 1. In any primary election, receipt of public funds by participating\ncandidates and by their participating committees shall not exceed:\n (a) for Governor and Lieutenant Governor (combined) $3,500,000\n (b) for Attorney General or Comptroller $3,500,000\n (c) for State Senator $375,000\n (d) for Member of the Assembly $175,000\n 2. In any general or special election, receipt of public funds by a\nparticipating candidate's authorized committees shall not exceed:\n (a) for Governor and Lieutenant Governor (combined) $3,500,000\n (b) for Attorney General $3,500,000\n (c) for Comptroller $3,500,000\n (d) for State Senator $375,000\n (e) for Member of the Assembly $175,000\n 3. No participating candidate for nomination for an office who is not\nopposed by a candidate on the ballot in a primary election shall be\nentitled to payment of public matching funds, except that, where there\nis a contest in such primary election for the nomination of at least one\nof the two political parties with the highest and second highest number\nof enrolled members for such office, a participating candidate who is\nunopposed in the primary election may receive public funds before the\nprimary election, for expenses incurred on or before the date of such\nprimary election, in an amount equal to up to half the sum set forth in\nparagraph one of this section.\n 4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the amount of\nprivate funds a candidate may receive subject to the contribution limits\ncontained in section 14-114 of this article. Any contributions so\nreceived which are not expended in the general election may be applied\nto the next covered election for an office for which such candidate\nseeks nomination or election.\n 5. A candidate only on the ballot in one or more primary elections in\nwhich the number of persons eligible to vote for party nominees in each\nsuch election totals fewer than one thousand shall not receive public\nfunds in excess of five thousand dollars for qualified campaign\nexpenditures in such election or elections; provided, however, such\ncandidate may receive up to five thousand dollars per each additional\none thousand voters over the first one thousand voters but shall not\nreceive public funds in excess of fifteen thousand dollars total for\nqualified campaign expenditures in such election or elections. For the\npurposes of this section, the number of persons eligible to vote for\nparty nominees in a primary election shall be as determined by the state\nboard of elections for the calendar year of the primary election. A\ncandidate for office on the ballot in more than one primary for such\noffice, shall be deemed, for purposes of this recommendation, to be a\nsingle candidate.\n