An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Lobbyist Disclosure
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0832
Committee: Legal and Veterans Amiirs
Sponsors: CAREY, TRINW ARD, TUTTLE
Amends: 3 MRSA §315-A, 3 MRSA §316, 3 MRSA §317

Legislative Document 
No. 832 
House of Representatives, March 3,2009 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Lobbyist Disclosure 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Amiirs suggested and 'ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative CAREY of Lewiston. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: CORNELL du HOUX of Bnmswick, TRINW ARD of 
Waterville, TUTTLE of Sanford. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 3MRSA§315-A, sub-§2, ~, as amended by PL 2007, c. 630, §11, is 
further amended to read: 
E. For each employer, a list of ?lliegislative 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 document listed; ana 
Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §315-A, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 630, § 11, is 
amended to read: 
F. A list of officials in the executive branch as defined in section 312-A, subsection 
10-C·; and 
Sec. 3. 3 MRSA §315-A, sub-.§2, iiffG is enacted to read: 
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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-B. 
Sec. 4. 3 MRSA §316, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:. 
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; 
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Sec. 5. 3 MRSA §317, sub-§l; 'iiff]), as amended by PL 2007, c. 630, §14, 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 activities, as defmed in section 312-A, subsection 9, during the month. 
The amount of compensation received for lobbying officials in the legislative branch; 
officials in the executive branch and constitutional officers must be reported 
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 act~on and to lobbying by 
the employee's regular rate of pay based on a40-hour week; 
Sec. 6. 3 MRSA §317, sub-§l, ~,as amended by PL 2007, c. 630, §14, is 
further amended to read: 
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E. The specific dollar amount of expenditures made or incurred by the lobbyist 
during the month that is the subject of the report with regard to the preparation of 
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documents and research for the primary purpose of influencing legislative action and 
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for purposes of lobbying as defmed in section 312-A, subsection 9 for which the 
lobbyist has been or expects to be reimbursed. The amount of expenditures for 
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lobbying officials in the legislative branch, officials in the. executive branch and 
constitutional officers must be reported separately; 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the law governing lobbyist disclosure by: 
1. Requiring the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to 
publish an online photographic guide to lobbyists and lobbyist associates organized by 
. legislative committee and requiring that lobbyists submit photographs unless the lobbyists 
or lobbyist associates have waivers from the commission; and 
·2. Restoring language that was removed in Public Law 2007, chapter 630 that 
requires every registered lobbyist to file in a monthly report the amount of compensation 
received for and the amount of expenditures made or incurred with regard to the 
preparation of documents and research for the primary purpose of influencing legislative 
action.