An Act To Amend the Penalty Provisions and Reporting Deadlines of the Campaign Reports and Finances Laws LR2420(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1728
Committee Amendment CA_B_S471 (Senate)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §1017-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT S to S.P. 661, L.D. 1728, Bill, "An 
Act To Amend the Penalty Provisions and Reporting Deadlines of 
the Campaign Reports and Finances Laws" 
Amend the bill in Part A by inserting after section 1 the 
following: 
'Sec. A-2. 21-A MRSA §1017-A, sub-§4-B is enacted to read: 
4-B. 
Filing schedule for municipal. district and county-
party 
committees. 
Municipal. 
district 
and 
county 
party 
committees shall file reports according to the following schedule. 
A. 
Reports filed during an election year must be filed with 
the commission on: 
(1) 
July 15th and be complete as of June 30th; 
(2) 
October 27th and be complete as of October 22nd; 
and 
(3) 
January 15th and be complete as of December 31st. 
B. 
Reports filed during a nonelection year must be filed on: 
(1) 
July 15th and be complete as of June 30th; and 
(2) 
January 15th and be complete as of December 31st. 
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C. 
Any contribution or expenditure of $1.000 or more made 
after the 12th day before any election and more than 24 
hours before that election must be reported within 24 hours 
of that contribution or expenditure or by noon of the first 
business 
day 
after 
the 
contribution 
or 
expenditure, 
whichever is later.' 
Further amend the bill in Part A by inserting after section 
the following: 
, Sec. A·3. 21·A MRSA §1020.A, sub·§5·A, 1f1fB to D, as amended by 
PL 2003, c. 302, §4, are further amended to read: 
B. 
Five thousand dollars for state party committee reports 
required under section 1017-A, subsection 4-A, paragraphs ~ 
B, C and E aRe-see~~eR-*Q*gT-s~Bsee~~eR-6; 
C. One thousand dollars for reports required under section 
1017, subsection 2, paragraphs A and Ft ~ section 1017, 
subsection 
3-A, 
paragraphs 
A 
and 
E; 
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D. 
Five hundred dollars for municipal, district and county 
commi ttees 
for 
reports 
required 
under 
section 
1017 -A, 
subsection 4-A-aRe-see~ieR-±g±gT-s~Bsee~~eR-6 4-B; or' 
Further amend the bill in Part A by striking out all of 
section 4 and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. A·4. 21·A MRSA §1020·A, sub·§8·A is enacted to read: 
A. 
Penalties for failure to file report. 
The penalty for 
failure to file a report reguired under this subchapter may not 
exceed the maximum penalties as provided in subsection 5-A.' 
Further amend the bill by relettering 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
or renumbering any 
number 
to 
read 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee and 
makes technical changes to the bill to clarify penalty provisions 
for party committees that fail to file a report or fail to file a 
report on time by correcting cross-references. 
It also amends 
the bill to reinstate a 
schedule for municipal, district and 
county party committees to file campaign finance reports that was 
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inadvertently repealed in a bill passed during the First Regular 
Session of the 121st Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 03/22/04 ~ae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1728 
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An Act To Amend the Penalty Provisions and Reporting Deadlines of the 
Campaign Reports and Finances Laws 
LR2420(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ID,. 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
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