Resolve, To Reduce Funding to Maine Clean Election Act Candidates
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0923
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_A_H533 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT "A " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 345, 
L.D. 923, "Resolve, To Reduce Funding to Maine Clean Election Act Candidates" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. 
Distributions to certified candidates; rules. 
Resolved: 
That, 
notwithstanding Public Law 2009, chapter 213, Part NNNN, sections 1 to 3, the 
Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices shall distribute Maine Clean 
Election Act funds to certified legislative candidates in accordance with section 1 and to 
gubernatorial candidates in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, 
section 1125. The commission shall also establish rules to implement Title 21-A, section 
1125, subsection 13. 
The rules must set forth procedures for certified Maine Clean 
Election Act candidates to accept and spend contributions if the commission determines 
that revenues in the Maine Clean Election Fund are insufficient to make distributions to 
certified candidates. Rules adopted in accordance with this section are routine technical 
rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. The commission shall publish 
the adopted rules on its publicly accessible website and in a guidebook distributed to 
certified candidates. The commission shall report back to the Joint Standing Committee 
on Legal and Veterans Affairs by February 15, 2010 on how the distributions provided by 
Title 21-A, chapter 14 are to be made; and be it further' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election 
Practices shall make distributions to legislative candidates certified as participating 
candidates under the Maine Clean Election Act at 2008 levels and to gubernatorial 
candidates in accordance with the distributions provided by the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 21-A, chapter 14. The amendment also directs the commission to establish rules to 
implement a provision of the Maine Clean Election Act that permits certified candidates 
to accept contributions if the Maine Clean Election Fund is insufficient to make 
distributions. These rules are routine technical rules and are required to be posted on the 
commission's publicly accessible website. The amendment also requires the commission 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 345, L.D. 923 
to report back to the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs on how the 
distributions provid~ Title 21-A, chapter 14 are to be made. 
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(Representative TRINW ARD) 
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TOWN: Waterville 
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LR 1464(03) 
Resolve, To Reduce Funding to Maine Clean Election Act Candidates 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment 'A" to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Rep. Trinward of Waterville 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No State fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
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This amendment would allow certified candidates to accept and spend contributions to replace decreased distributions 
from the Maine Clean Election Fund. 
LR1464(03) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I