Section 816230. (A) The General Assembly shall appropriate funds that, when added to the revenue outlined in subsection (B) are sufficient to fully carry out the provisions of this chapter. These appropriated funds must be deposited in the public financing fund as maintained by the State Ethics Commission. (B) Other sources of revenue to be deposited in the fund must include: (1) the qualifying contributions required of a candidate seeking to become certified as a participating candidate according to the provisions of Section 81620 and the excess candidate’s qualifying contributions; (2) the excess seed money contributions of a candidate seeking to become certified as a participating candidate, as defined in Section 816100; (3) unspent funds distributed to a participating candidate who does not remain a candidate until the primary, general, or runoff election for which they were distributed, or those funds that remain unspent by a participating candidate following the date of the primary, general, or runoff election for which they were distributed; (4) fines levied by the commission against candidates for violation of election laws; (5) voluntary donations made directly to the public financing fund; (6) funds appropriated by the General Assembly; (7) any interest generated by the fund; and (8) any other sources of revenue determined as necessary by the General Assembly. Section 816240. (A) Upon determination that a candidate has met all the requirements for becoming a participating candidate as provided for in this chapter, the commission shall issue to the candidate a card, known as the financed debit and a ‘publicly card’, of the candidates and members of the ‘line debit’ entitling staff to draw public financing funds from a commission candidate’s account to pay for all campaign costs and expenses up to the amount of publicly financed funding the candidate has received. (B) Neither a participating candidate nor another person on behalf of a participating candidate shall pay campaign costs by cash, check, money order, loan, or by any other financial means besides the publicly financed debit card. (C) Cash amounts of one hundred dollars or less for each day may be drawn on the publicly financed debit card and used to pay expenses of no more than twentyfive dollars each. Records of all
Section 816230. (A) The General Assembly shall appropriate funds that, when added to the revenue outlined in subsection (B) are sufficient to fully carry out the provisions of this chapter. These appropriated funds must be deposited in the public financing fund as maintained by the State Ethics Commission. (B) Other sources of revenue to be deposited in the fund must include: (1) the qualifying contributions required of a candidate seeking to become certified as a participating candidate according to the provisions of Section 81620 and the candidate’s excess qualifying contributions; (2) the excess seed money contributions of a candidate seeking to become certified as a participating candidate, as defined in Section 816100; (3) unspent funds distributed to a participating candidate who does not remain a candidate until the primary, general, or runoff election for which they were distributed, or those funds that remain unspent by a participating candidate following the date of the primary, general, or runoff election for which they were distributed; (4) fines levied by the commission against candidates for violation of election laws; (5) voluntary donations made directly to the public financing fund; (6) funds appropriated by the General Assembly; (7) any interest generated by the fund; and (8) any other sources of revenue determined as necessary by the General Assembly. Section 816240. (A) Upon determination that a candidate has met all the requirements for becoming a participating candidate as provided for in this chapter, the commission shall issue to the candidate a card, known as the ‘publicly financed debit card’, and a ‘line of debit’ entitling the candidates and members of the candidate’s staff to draw public financing funds from a commission account to pay for all campaign costs and expenses up to the amount of publicly financed funding the candidate has received. (B) Neither a participating candidate nor another person on behalf of a participating candidate shall pay campaign costs by cash, check, money order, loan, or by any other financial means besides the publicly financed debit card. (C) Cash amounts of one hundred dollars or less for each day may be drawn on the publicly financed debit card and used to pay expenses of no more than twentyfive dollars each. Records of all
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