§11-218 - Candidate funding; amounts available.
§11-218 Candidate funding; amounts available. (a) For the office of governor, lieutenant governor, or mayor, the maximum amount of public funds available to a candidate in any election shall not exceed ten per cent of the total expenditure limit as determined under section 11-209 for each election for each office listed in this subsection.
(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 as determined under section 11-209 for each election for each office listed in this subsection.
(c) For the office of Hawaiian affairs, the maximum amount of public funds available to a candidate shall not exceed $1,500 in any election year.
(d) 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.
(e) Each candidate who qualified for the maximum amount of public funding in any 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; am L 2005, c 203, §17]