§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 shall not exceed ten 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 shall be fifteen 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) 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 apply with the commission to be qualified to receive the maximum amount of public funds as provided in this section for the respective election. For purposes of this section qualified means meeting the qualifying campaign contribution requirements of section 11-219. [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; am L 2000, c 99, §6]