Sec. 16-19. Public Election Fund established.

   (a)   The Director must create a Public Election Fund. This Fund is continuing and non-lapsing.

   (b)   The Fund consists of:

      (1)   all funds appropriated to it by the County Council;

      (2)   any unspent money remaining in a certified candidate’s publicly funded campaign account after the candidate is no longer a candidate for a covered office;

      (3)   any public contribution plus interest returned to the Fund by a participating candidate who withdraws from participation;

      (4)   all interest earned on money in the Fund; and

      (5)   voluntary donations made directly to the Fund. (2014 L.M.C., ch. 28, § 2.)