§ 16-19. Public Election Fund established.  


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  • (a) The Director must create a Public Election Fund. This Fund is continuing and non-lapsing.
    (b) The Fund consists of:
    (1) all funds appropriated to it by the County Council;
    (2) any unspent money remaining in a certified candidate’s publicly funded campaign account after the candidate is no longer a candidate for a covered office;
    (3) any public contribution plus interest returned to the Fund by a participating candidate who withdraws from participation;
    (4) all interest earned on money in the Fund; and
    (5) voluntary donations made directly to the Fund. (, § 2.)