§ 14-206 — Use of public matching funds; qualified campaign expenditures

§ 14-206. Use of public matching funds; qualified campaign\nexpenditures. 1. Public matching funds provided pursuant to this title\nmay be used only by an authorized committee for expenditures to further\nthe participating candidate's nomination for election or election,\nincluding paying for debts incurred within one year prior to an election\nto further the participating candidate's nomination for election or\nelection.\n 2. Such public matching funds may not be used for:\n (a) an expenditure in violation of any law;\n (b) an expenditure in excess of the fair market value of services,\nmaterials, facilities, or other things of value received in exchange;\n (c) an expenditure made after the candidate has been finally\ndisqualified from the ballot;\n (d) an expenditure made after the only remaining opponent of the\ncandidate has been finally disqualified from the general or special\nelection ballot;\n (e) an expenditure made by cash payment;\n (f) a contribution or loan or transfer made to or expenditure to\nsupport another candidate or political committee or party committee or\nconstituted committee;\n (g) an expenditure to support or oppose a candidate for an office\nother than that which the participating candidate seeks;\n (h) gifts, except brochures, buttons, signs, tee shirts and other\nprinted campaign material;\n (i) legal fees to defend against a criminal charge;\n (j) any expenditure made to challenge the validity of any petition of\ndesignation or nomination or any certificate of nomination, acceptance,\nauthorization, declination, or substitution;\n (k) payments made to the candidate or a spouse, domestic partner,\nchild, grandchild, parent, grandparent, brother or sister of the\ncandidate or spouse or domestic partner of such child, grandchild,\nparent, grandparent, brother or sister, or to a business entity in which\nthe candidate or any such person has a ten percent or greater ownership\ninterest;\n (l) an expenditure made primarily for the purpose of expressly\nadvocating a vote for or against a ballot proposal, other than\nexpenditures made also to further the participating candidate's\nnomination for election or election;\n (m) payment of any settlement, penalty or fine imposed pursuant to\nfederal, state or local law;\n (n) payments made through advances, except in the case of individual\npurchases less than two hundred fifty dollars; or\n (o) expenditures to facilitate, support, or otherwise assist in the\nexecution or performance of the duties of public office.\n