§11-221 Entitlement to payments. Every candidate who is eligible to receive public funds pursuant to section 11-220 is entitled to payments pursuant to section 11-217 in an amount equal to each qualifying contribution received by that candidate or candidate committee during the matching payment period involved. A qualifying contribution shall be attributed to a primary, special or general election.

A candidate eligible to receive public funds must obtain a minimum amount of qualifying campaign contributions as set forth in section 11-219 in order to be entitled to receive any matching public funds in an election. For the purpose of this section, a candidate must have at least one other qualified candidate as an opponent for the primary, special, or general election to receive public funds for that election. [L 1979, c 224, pt of §2; gen ch 1985; am L 1989, c 120, §§3, 6; am L Sp 1995, c 10, §2(23); am L 1997, c 375, §17]