§ 14-203. Eligibility. 1. Terms and conditions. To be eligible for\npublic matching funds under this title, a candidate must:\n (a) be a candidate in a covered election;\n (b) meet all the requirements of law to have their name on the ballot,\nsubject to the requirements of subdivision three of section 1-104 and\nsubdivision one of section 6-142 of this chapter;\n (c) in the case of a covered general or special election, be opposed\nby another candidate on the ballot who is not a write-in candidate;\n (d) submit a certification in the form of an affidavit, in such form\nas may be prescribed by the PCFB, that sets forth their acceptance of\nand agreement to comply with the terms and conditions for the provision\nof such funds in each covered election and such certification shall be\nsubmitted at least four months before a primary election, or in the case\nof a substitution, no later than one week after a certificate of\nsubstitution is filed for the designation or nomination of such\ncandidate, and on the last day in which a certification of nomination is\nfiled in a special election pursuant to a schedule promulgated by the\nPCFB;\n (e) be certified as a participating candidate by the PCFB;\n (f) not make, and not have made, expenditures from or use their\npersonal funds or property or the personal funds or property jointly\nheld with their spouse, or unemancipated children in connection with\ntheir nomination for election or election to a covered office, but may\nmake a contribution to their authorized committee in an amount that does\nnot exceed three times the applicable contribution limit from an\nindividual contributor to candidates for the office that such candidate\nis seeking;\n (g) meet the threshold for eligibility set forth in subdivision two of\nthis section;\n (g-1) not owe any payments, repayments, or civil penalties pursuant to\nthis title or any regulations promulgated thereunder, or any similar\npayments, repayments, or civil penalties under any local public campaign\nfinance program within the previous ten years;\n (h) continue to abide by all requirements during the post-election\nperiod; and\n (i) not have accepted contributions in amounts exceeding the\ncontribution limits set forth for candidates in paragraphs a and b of\nsubdivision one of section 14-114 of this article during the election\ncycle for which the candidate seeks certification;\n (i) Provided however, that, if a candidate accepted contributions\nexceeding such limits, such acceptance shall not prevent the candidate\nfrom being certified by the PCFB if the candidate in a reasonable time,\nas determined by rule, pays to the fund or returns to the contributor\nthe portion of any contribution that exceeded the applicable\ncontribution limit.\n (ii) If the candidate is unable to return such funds in a reasonable\ntime, as determined by rule, because they have already been spent,\nacceptance of contributions exceeding the limits shall not prevent the\ncandidate from being certified by the PCFB if the candidate submits an\naffidavit agreeing to pay to the fund all portions of any contributions\nthat exceeded the limit no later than thirty days before the general\nelection. If a candidate provides the PCFB with such an affidavit, any\ndisbursement of public funds to the candidate shall be reduced by no\nmore than twenty-five percent until the total amount owed by the\ncandidate is repaid.\n (iii) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require a\ncandidate who retains funds raised during any previous election cycle to\nforfeit such funds. Funds raised during a previous election cycle may be\nretained and used by the candidate for the candidate's campaign in the\nnext election cycle but funds shall not qualify for satisfying the\nthreshold for participating in the public campaign finance program\nestablished in this title nor shall they be eligible to be matched. The\nPCFB shall adopt regulations to ensure that contributions that
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