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(IV)    "CONTRIBUTION" MEANS ANY PAYMENT OR TRANSFER OF
MONEY OR PROPERTY OR THE INCURRING OF ANY LIABILITY OR PROMISE OF
ANYTHING OF VALUE TO THE TREASURER OF EITHER A CANDIDATE OR A
CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE.

(V)     "CONTRIBUTOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL OR BUSINESS ENTITY
THAT MAKES A CONTRIBUTION.

(VI)    "ELECTED OFFICIAL" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SERVES AS
A MEMBER OF THE HOWARD COUNTY COUNCIL.

(VII)  "POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE" MEANS A POLITICAL
COMMITTEE THAT IS NOT:

1.        A POLITICAL PARTY;

2.        A CENTRAL COMMITTEE;

3.        A SLATE; OR

4.        A POLITICAL COMMITTEE ORGANIZED AND OPERATED
BY, AND SOLELY ON BEHALF OF, AN INDIVIDUAL RUNNING FOR ANY ELECTIVE
OFFICE OR A SLATE.

(VIII) "SLATE" MEANS A GROUP, COMBINATION, OR ORGANIZATION
OF CANDIDATES CREATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

(IX)    "TREASURER" INCLUDES A SUBTREASURER.

(2)      EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION, A
CONTRIBUTOR AND AN ELECTED OFFICIAL ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE 40A, TITLE 6, SUBTITLE 7 OF THE CODE IF. A CONTRIBUTOR MAKES A
CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREASURER OF:

(I)       THE CANDIDATE;

(II)     A SLATE; OR

(III)    THE CANDIDATE'S CONTINUING POLITICAL COMMITTEE.

(3)      ARTICLE 40A, TITLE 6, SUBTITLE 7 OF THE CODE DOES NOT APPLY TO
A TRANSFER BY A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE TO THE TREASURER OF A
CANDIDATE OR A TREASURER OF THE CANDIDATE'S CONTINUING POLITICAL
COMMITTEE.

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

SUBTITLE 7. HOWARD COUNTY - SPECIAL PROVISIONS

6-701.

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

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