442.1. Subject to sections 442.2 and 442.3, a municipality with a population of 20,000 or over shall pay each authorized party or independent candidate $2.50 per dollar received as a contribution as of 1 January of the year in which a general election is held until polling day or, for a by-election, during the election period.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, contributions made by a candidate for the candidate’s own benefit or that of the party for which the candidate is running are excluded from the computation of the amount of contributions received.
2016, c. 172016, c. 17, s. 651.