§11-218 Candidate funding; amounts available. (a) The maximum amount of public funds available to a candidate for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, or mayor in any election year shall not exceed one-fifth or twenty per cent of the total expenditure limit for each election as established for each office listed in this subsection pursuant to section 11-209.

(b) For the office of state senator, state representative, county council member, and prosecuting attorney, the maximum amount of public funds available to a candidate in any election year shall be thirty per cent of the total expenditure limit for each election as established for each office listed in this subsection pursuant to section 11-209.

(c) For the board of education and all other offices, the maximum amount of public funds available to a candidate shall not exceed $100 in any election year.

(d) The total amount of public funds for a primary, special primary, or general election to which a candidate is entitled to receive under section 11-221 shall not exceed fifty per cent of the maximum amount of public funds available for the candidate's respective office. Each candidate who qualified for the maximum amount of public funding in any primary or special primary election and who is a candidate for a subsequent general election shall upon application with the commission be entitled to receive up to fifty per cent of the balance of public funds available to such candidate. [L 1979, c 224, pt of §2; am L 1989, c 120, §§2, 6; am L 1990, c 34, §1; am L Sp 1995, c 10, §2(21); am L 1998, c 31, §5; am L 1999, c 64, §6]