An Act To Require the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices To Produce a Register of All Registered Lobbyists
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1822
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_A_H914 (House)

HOUSE 
AMENDMENT "/I,, to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H. P . 
1262, L.D. 
1822, Bill, 
"An Act To Require the Commission on 
Governmental Ethics and Election Practices To Produce a Register 
of All Registered Lobbyists" 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in subsection 9 in the 9th 
line 
(page 1, 
line 
in amendment) 
by inserting after the 
fOllowing: 
"action" the following: 
'and time spent in public 
hearings and work sessions of committees for the purpose of 
monitoring legislative actions' 
Further amend the amendment in section 1 in subsection 9 by 
striking out all of the last underlined sentence (page 1, lines 
to 42 in amendment) 
Further amend the amendment in section 2 by striking out all 
of subsection 10 and inserting in its place the following: 
'10. 
Lobbyist. 
"Lobbyist" 
means 
any 
person 
who 
is 
specifically employed by another person for the purpose of and 
who engages in lobbying in excess of g .i hours in any calendar 
month, or any individual who, as a regular employee of another 
person, expends an amount of time in excess of g .i hours in any 
calendar 
month 
in 
lobbying. 
"Lobbyist" 
does 
not 
include 
a 
lobbyist associate.' 
Further 
amend 
the 
amendment 
in 
section 
in 
§317 
in 
subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraph H-l (page 6, lines 
to 11 in amendment) 
Further 
amend 
the 
amendment 
in section 
in 
§317 
in 
Page l-LR2879(3) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE 
AMENDMENT 
L.D. 1822 
",4" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT "A" to H. P. 1262, 
subsection 1 in paragraph H-2 in the first line ( page 6, line 13 
in 
amendment) 
by 
striking 
out 
the 
following: 
"H-2." 
and 
inserting in its place the following: 
'H-1. ' 
Further 
amend 
the 
amendment 
in 
section 
in 
§317 
in 
subsection I-A in the first line (page 6, line 40 in amendment) 
by striking out the following: 
"10" and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'~' 
Further amend the amendment in section 11 by striking out 
all of the first paragraph (page 8, lines 23 and 24 in amendment) 
and inserting in its place the following: 
'Fees collected pursuant to this chapter must go in equal 
portions to the General Fund and to the commission, except that 
all such fees collected in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 
and ending June 30, 2007 must go to the commission.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment: 
1. 
Amends the definition of "lobbying" to include time 
spent in committee to monitor legislative actions: 
2. 
Amends the definition of "lobbyist" by reducing the 
threshold of lobbying from 8 to 4 hours in a calendar month; 
3. 
Strikes the provision requiring an estimate of hours 
spent for each legislative action: 
4. 
Changes the number of days in which a lobbyist must 
notify 
the 
Commission 
on 
Governmental 
Ethics 
and 
Election 
Practices of lobbying activity from 10 days proposed in Committee 
Amendment "A" to 5 days: and 
6. 
Provides 
that, 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2006-07, 
all 
fees 
collected under the lobbying laws must go to the commission 
instead of 1/2 going to the General Fund. 
SPONSORED BY: ~C~---
(Representative C~ 
TOWN: 
Waterville 
FISCAL 'IOTf REQL"lRED 
(See attached) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
• 
Approved: 03129/06 ~ae 
LD 1822 
LR2879(03) 
An Act to Require the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to Produce a 
Register of All Registered Lobbyists 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment A" to Committee Amendment ;;4" 
Sponsor: Rep. Canavan 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
~evenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
2007-08 
($55,000) 
$55,000 
($55,000) 
Projections 
2008-09 
($55,000) 
$55,000 
($55,000) 
This amendment limits the authority of the Commission of Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to keep all fine 
revenue for deposit as Other Special Revenue Funds revenue to fiscal year 2006-07 only. Therefore, the General Fund 
will not experience future annual revenue losses of $55,000 beginning in fiscal year 2007-08. 
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