An Act To Amend the Laws GaT~LobbJist Iliscle8ure Submitted. by the Commission on Govenmrental Ethics anct Election Practices pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2068
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: PATRICK, MARRACHE
Amends: 3 MRSA §312-A, 3 MRSA §313-A, 3 MRSA §315, 3 MRSA §315-A, 3 MRSA §316, 3 MRSA §316-A, 3 MRSA §321

Legislative Document 
No. 2068 
H.P.1452 
House of Representatives, December 21,2007 
An Act To Amend the Laws GaT~LobbJist Iliscle8ure 
Submitted. by the Commission on Govenmrental Ethics anct Election Practices pursuant to 
Joint Rule 204. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 19, 2007. Referred to the Committee on 
Legal and Veterans Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 401. 
Presented by Representative PATRICK of Rumford. 
Cosponsored by Senator MARRACHE of Kennebec. 
Printed on recycle<i pafIeI" 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk: 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §312-A, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1993, c. 691, §4, is further 
amended to read: 
7. Expenditure. "Expenditure" means anything of value or any contract, promise or 
agreement it> transfer anything of value, whether or not legally enforceable. e.f)eAditl:lre 
incll:ldes: 
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B. 
A pa)'i'Fl8flt of eOfR"eA5atioA to a lobb)'ist by a perSOR emJ'llo)'iAg, retaiRiRg or 
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eORtraetif!g fur the sen'iees of the lob~)(ist 5eflaratel)' orjoiAtly with other J'lersoRs; 
C. 
A fl6)'fiBeAt fer or if! sORReetiofl with solieiting or ~rgiflg other J'lersoRs to eflter 
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iAto direet eOfRfR~flieatioA with a !"I:lelie offieial. 
Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §312-A, sub-§7-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, § 1 0 
and affected by §20, is amended to read: 
7-A. Immediate family. "Immediate family" means a person's spouse or domestic 
partner.as defined in Title 22, section 2710, subsection 2 and dependent children. 
Sec. 3. 3 MRSA §313-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 691, §11, is repealed 
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and the following enacted in its place: 
2. Lobbying requirements. The employee engages or intends to engage in lobbying 
in excess of 8 hours in any calendar month, 
Sec.4. 3 MRSA §315, as amended by PL 1993, c. 691, §§ 14 and 15, is repealed. 
Sec. 5. 3 MRSA §315-A, -b-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 613, § 1, is amended 
to read: 
2. 
DisclOS1ll'e .-ebsite. The commission shall develop and maintain a publicly 
accessible website that displays: 
A. A list of all persons who have emp10yed.a lobbyist during the current year; 
B. A list of all lobbyists and lobbyist associates registered for the year; 
C. 
A profile of each registered lobbyist and lobbyist as.sociate, including contact 
infonnation, the name ofth:e lobbyist's employer or employers and, if provided by the 
lobbyist or lohby~ ASSOCiate, :a photograph of the loobyist or lobbyist associate; 
D. A profile of each perrwn empJoying a lobbyist, including contact information for 
the employer, and a list of Jobbyists and lobbyist associates engaged by the employer; 
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E. 
For each employer, a itst of all legislative actions that have been the subject of 
lobbying for the year, including hyperlinks to the summary page of the Legislature's 
publicly accessible website for each legislative documentlistech; and 
Page I -123LR3165(Ol)-J 
F. 
An online photographic guide to registered lobbyists and lobbyist associates 
organized by each joint standing committee of the Legislature that the lobbyists and 
lobbyist associates have designated in accordance with section 316, subsection 4-8. 
Sec. 6. 3 MRSA §316, as amended by PL 1993, c. 691, § 16, is further amended to 
read: 
§316. Registration forms 
The commission shall prepare and make available registration fonns for the 
registration of lobbyists and employers required to register pursuant to section 313. These 
forms must include the following infonnation: 
1. Names. The name of the lobbyist, a list of the lobbyist associates, the name of the 
person authorized by the lobbyist to sign the registration and reports for the lobbyist and 
the name of the person employing the lobbyist; 
2. Business addresses. The business address of both and other contact infonnation 
for the lobbyist, the lobbyist associates and the person employing the lobbyist; 
2-A. Photographs. Photographs of the lobbyist and lobbyist associates, unless the 
photographs have been provided previously or the commission has granted a waiver of 
this requirement for security or other reasons; 
3. Date. The date upon which lobbying commenced or was expected to commence; 
4. Nature of business. A description of the Rature of the busifless of the rersoR 
employiRg that lobb~'i51; afId employer's business activity or mission or a description of 
the industry, trade or profession that the employer represents; 
~A. Legislative i.teresis. The general areas of legislation that the employer is 
attempting to influence: 
4-B. Legislative committees. The joint standing committees of the Legislature that 
the lobbyist expects to lobby during the year; 
4-C. 
Website of employer. The address for the employer's publicly accessible 
website: and 
5. Compensation. The amount of compensation that the lobbyist will receive for that 
lobbyist's services or, if an exact amount is unascertainable, the basis upon which the 
lobbyist will charge for those services. 
These forms must be sigfled b~' botfl the lobb~'ist aRd the emrloyer aRd the sigflawfes 
serve as a certificate The lobbyist must certify that the information on that form is true, 
correct and complete and that the employer has approved the information in the 
registration. 
Sec. 7. 3 MRSA §316-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 691, §17, is amended to read: 
§316-A. Registration forms for state employees or state agency employees 
The commission shall prepare and make available registration forms for the 
registration of state employees or state agency employees required to register pursuant to 
section 313-A. These forms must include the following information: 
1. Names. The name, business address and contact information of the employee and 
the department or agency the employee is representing and the address for the publicly 
accessible website of the department or agency the employee is representing; aR6 
2~ PositioD description. A position description-:- ~ 
3. Descripti6n of agency. A description of the department or agency the employee 
is representing, its jurisdiction and its activities; 
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4. Legislative interests. The general subject areas of legislation that the department 
or agency is attempting to influence; and 
5. 
Photograph. A photograph of the employee, unless one has been provided 
previously or the commission has granted a waiver of this requirement for security or 
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other reasons. 
These forms must be signed by the employee and the signature serves as a certificate 
that the information on that form is true, correct and complete. 
Sec. 8. 3 MRSA §321, sub-§8 is enacted to read: 
8. 
Investi:ations. The commission may undertake audits and investigations to 
determine the facts concerning the registration and reporting of lobbyists and their 
employers. 
In order to undertake audits and investigations in accordance with this 
subsection, the commission may subpoena witnesses and records and take evidence under 
oath. 
SUMMARY 
This bill makes changes to the laws regarding lobbyist disclosure procedures. 
It 
eliminates from the definition of "expenditure" compensation paid to a lobbyist and the 
costs of so-called "gross roots" lobbying. It adds the term "domestic partner" in the 
definition of "immediate family." It broadens the requirement that state employees who 
influence legislation register with the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election 
Practices. It repeals the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 315, the substance of 
which is retained in section 315-A. It requires the commission to publish an online 
photographic guide to lobbyists organized by legislative committee and requires that 
lobbyists submit photographs unless the lobbyists have waivers from the commission. It 
requires lobbyists to submit additional information about their employers when they 
register. 
It provides the commission authority to audit and investigate information 
contained in lobbyists' and employers' registrations and reports and grants the 
commission subpoena power to accomplish this.