Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1339
Committee Amendment CA_A_H828 (House)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §1012, 21-A MRSA §1055, 21-A MRSA §1060

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 984, L.D. 1339, Bill, "An 
Act To Amend the Laws Governing Campaign Finance" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the swnmary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1012, sub-§3, 1[A, as enacted by PL 1985, 
c. 161, §6, is amended to read: 
A. 
Includes: 
(1) 
A purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, 
deposit or gift of money or anything of value made for 
the purpose of influencing the nomination or election 
of any person to political office, except that a loan 
of money to a candidate by a financial institution in 
this State made in accordance with applicable banking 
laws 
and regulations and in the ordinary course of 
business is not included; 
(2) 
A contract, promise or agreement, 
expressed or 
implied, whether or not legally enforceable, to make 
any expenditure; 9F 
(3) 
The 
transfer 
political committee 
committee; and 
of 
funds 
by 
a 
candidate 
or 
a 
to another candidate or political 
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(4) 
A payment or promise of payment 
to 
a 
person 
contracted with 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
supporting or 
opposing any candidate, campaign, political committee, 
political action committee, political party, referendum 
or initiated petition; and 
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1055, 2nd" as amended by PL 2001, c. 430, 
§9, is amended to read: 
A person operating a broadcasting station within this State 
may not broadcast any such communication without an oral or 
visual announcement of the name 
and address of the political 
action committee that made or financed the expenditure for the 
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Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §1060, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 
161, §6, is amended to read: 
4. 
Itemized expenditures. 
An itemization of expenditures 
and the date of each expenditure made to support or oppose any 
candidate, 
campaign, 
political 
committee, 
political 
action 
committee, political party, referendum or initiated petition. It 
expenditures were made to a person described in section 1012, 
subsection 3, 
paragraph A, 
subparagraph (4), the report must 
contain the name of the person; the amount spent by that person 
on 
behalf 
of 
the 
candidate, 
campaign, 
political 
committee, 
political 
action 
committee, 
political 
party, 
referendum 
or 
initiated petition; the reason for the expenditure; and the date 
of the expenditure. 
The commission may specify the categories of 
expenditures 
wRieR ~ 
are 
to 
be 
reported 
to 
enable 
the 
commission to closely monitor the activities of political action 
committees; 
Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §1060, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1991, c. 
839, §30, is further amended to read: 
6. 
Identification of contributions. 
Names, 
occupations, 
places of business and mailing addresses of contributors who have 
given 
more 
than 
$50 
to 
the political 
committee 
after 
the 
committee 
has 
registered 
under 
section 
1053, 
the 
amount 
contributed by each donor and the date of the contribution. 
The 
information 
already 
reported 
as 
required 
by 
section 
1053, 
subsection 7 should not be duplicated; and' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. R·" to H.P. 984, L.D. 1339 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. 
It 
retains only the provision in the bill that defines a payment 
made to a 3rd party who is not an employee of the candidate, the 
candidate's political 
committee, 
the party 
committee 
or 
the 
political action committee as an expenditure for the purpose of 
reporting and the provision that requires expenditures made to 
such a person to be itemized by the amount of, reason for and 
date of the expenditure. 
The amendment strikes a provision in 
current law that prohibits a broadcasting station within this 
State 
from broadcasting 
a 
communication made 
by 
a 
political 
action committee expressly advocating the election or defeat of a 
candidate unless that communication includes 
a 
statement that 
indicates that 
a 
copy of the report is available 
from 
the 
Commission on Governmental Ethics and Elections Practices. 
The 
communication still is required to include the name and address 
of the political action committee that financed the communication. 
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