State Funds for Non-Party Constituency Nominations
(1) If candidates of a nomination submitted by eligible voters pursuant to sections 18 and 20 have obtained at least ten percent of the valid first votes cast in a constituency they will receive, per valid vote, four times the amount quoted in section 18 subsection (3), first sentence, number 1 of the Political Parties Act and increased until election day in accordance with section 18 subsection (3), third sentence, of the Political Parties Act. The funds are to be provided for in the federal budget.
(2) The candidate must apply to the President of the German Bundestag in writing for the establishment and disbursement of state funds within two months from the day of the constituent assembly of the German Bundestag; applications received after that date are not considered. The President of the German Bundestag establishes the amount and disburses the funds accordingly.
(3) The provisions of the Political Parties Act on absolute and relative upper limits do not apply.