An Act Relating to Political Action Committees
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0583
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: SULLIVAN, BOLAND, CAREY, RUSSELL, VALENTINO
Amends: 21-A MRSA §1052, 21-A MRSA §1056-C

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124th MAINE LEGISLA 'U'RE 
FIRST REGULAR SESSIOf~-2009 
Legislative Document 
No. 583 
. H.P, 421 
House of Repi-esentatives, February 1 
An Act Relating to Political Action Committees 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ord~red printed_ 
Presented by Representatjve TRINW ARD of Waterville, 
Cosponsored by Senator SULLIVAN of York and 
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MILLICENT M, MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BOLAND of Sanford, CAREY of Lewiston, RUSSELL of Portland, 
TUTTLE Clf Sanford, VALENTINO of Saco, 
Printct..l on n:cycleu paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1052, sub-§l-A is enacted to read: 
l-A~Candidate political action committee. "Candidate political action committee" 
is a political action committee that makes contributions or expenditures for the purpose of 
influencing the nomination or election of a person to political office. 
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1056-C is enacted to read: 
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.§1056-C. Contribution limits 
-Contributions to a' candidate political action committee are limited as described in 
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this section; 
1. One thousand dollar limit. A person who is not a political action committee 
may not contribute more than $1,000 to any one candidate political action committee per 
2-year election cycle. 
2. Ten thousand dollar limit. A person who is not a political action committee may 
not contribute more than a total of $10,000 to candidate political action committees per2-
year election cycle. 
3. 
Twenty-five thousand dollar limit. 
A political action committee may not 
- contribute more than a total of $25,000 to candidate political action commlttees per 2-
year election cycle. 
4. For-profit corporation. A for-profit corporation may not contribute to candidate 
political action committees. 
This section may not be construed as establishing contribution limits on political 
action committees or -ballot question committees that do not make contributions or 
expenditures for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a person to 
political office. 
SUMMARY 
This bill defines "candidate political action committee." The bill also limits the 
amount a person may contribute to a candidate political action committee during a 2-year 
election cycle, limits the aggregate amount that a person may give to candidate political 
action committees during a 2-year election cycle, limits the aggregate amount that a 
political action committee may give to candidate political action committees during a 2-
year election cycle and prohibits for-profit corporations from contributing to candidate 
political action committees. 
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