An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1058
Committee Amendment CA_A_H367 (House)
Amends: 3 MRSA §312-A, 3 MRSA §317

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,it" to H.P. 776, L.D. 
Require the Reporting of Executive Branch Lobbying" 
1058, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §312-A, sub-§9, as amended by PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
9. Lobbying. "Lobbying" means to communicate directly with any official in the 
Legislature legislative branch or any official in the executive branch or with a 
constitutional officer for the purpose of influencing any legislative action or with the 
Governor or the Governor's cabinet and staff for the purpose of influencing the approval 
or veto of a legislative action when reimbursement for expenditures or compensation is 
made for those activities. It "Lobbying" includes the time spent to prepare and submit to 
the Governor, a Legislator an official in the legislative branch, an official in the executive 
branch, a constitutional officer or a legislative committee oral and written proposals for, 
or testimony or analyses concerning, a legislative action. "Lobbying" does not include 
time spent by any person providing information to or participating in a subcommittee, 
stakeholder group, task force or other work group regarding a legislative action by the 
appointment or at the request of the Governor, a Legislator or legislative committee, a 
constitutional officer, a state agency commissioner or the chair of a state board or 
commission as long as the person's regular employment does not otherwise include 
lobbying. 
Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §312-A, sub-§10-C is enacted to read: 
lO-C. Official in the executive branch. "Official in the executive branch" means an 
individual in a major policy-influencing position listed in Title 5, chapter 71, the 
Governor's cabinet and staff and any individual in a major policy-influencing position in 
any other agency or independent agency, as defined in section 953, who is not 
specifically named in Title 5, chapter 71. 
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Sec. 3. 3 MRSA §317, sub-§l,~, as amended by PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, §14 
and affected by §20, is further amended to read: 
D. 
The specific dollar amount of compensation received for the preparation of 
documents and research for the primary purpose of influencing legislative action and 
for lobbying., specifying the amount of compensation received for lobbying officials 
in the legislative branch, officials in the executive branch and constitutional officers 
separately. 
In the case of a regular employee, the specific dollar amount must be computed by 
multiplying the number of hours devoted to the preparation of documents and 
research for the primary purpose of influencing legislative action and to lobbying by 
the employee's regular rate of pay based on a 40-hour week; 
Sec. 4. 3 MRSA §317, sub-§l,~, as amended by PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, §14 
and affected by §20, is further amended to read: 
E. 
The specific dollar amount of expenditures made during the month that is the 
subject of the report with regard to the preparation of documents and research for the 
primary purpose of influencing legislative action and to lobbying for which the 
lobbyist has been or expects to be reimbursed, specifying the amount of expenditures 
for lobbying officials in the legislative branch, officials in the executive branch and 
constitutional officers separately; 
Sec. 5. 3 MRSA §317, sub-§l, ~G-l, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, §14 
and affected by §20, is amended to read: 
G-1. 
The date, and a description of the an event, a list of all officials sf in the 
legislative branch or administrative agency executive branch or members of an 
official's immediate family in attendance and the total amount of expenditures for the 
event, if the total amount of the expenditures for officials and family members tetal ~ 
$250 or more;' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. Like the bill, this amendment includes lobbying of 
the executive branch in the definition of "lobbying;" however, in order to accomplish this, 
this amendment establishes a definition for the term "official in the executive branch." 
The amendment also includes lobbying of constitutional officers in the definition of 
lobbying. The"amendment requires that lobbying of officials in the executive branch be 
reported separately from lobbying of officials in the legislative branch when lobbyists 
submit reports to the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. 
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