An Act To Amend the Maine Clean Election Act Relating to Seed Money (AFTER DEADLINE) , Approved for introduction by a majority ofthe Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 205. , Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1250
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: HARVELL, SHERMAN, BROWNE, FOSSEL, GILES, HAYES, KAENRATH, NUTTING, VALENTINO, COURTNEY
Amends: 21-A MRSA §1125

FIRST RF,«-;UJ ,AR SF,SSION-2009 
Legislative Document 
No. 1250 
H.P.869 
House of Representatives, March 30, 2009 
An Act To Amend the Maine Clean Election Act Relating to Seed 
Money 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
, Approved for introduction by a majority ofthe Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
, Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative HARVELL of Fannington. 
Cosponsored by Senator SHERMAN of Aroostook and 
71~JYCt /J1. 7Jl1!£~{ 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
. Representatives: BROWNE of Vassalboro, FOSSEL of Alna, GILES of Belfast, HAYES of 
Buckfield, KAENRATH of South Portland,NUTTING of Oakland, VALENTINO of Sa co, 
Senator: COURTNEY of York. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacte~ by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 21-A MRS A §1122, sub-§9,as amended by PL2007, c. 571, §IO, IS 
further amended to read: . 
9. Seed money contribution. "Seed money contribution" means a contribution of 
no more than $+00 $250 per individual made to a paI1icipating candidate, including the 
ccmdidate or the candidate's spouse or domestic partner. 
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1125, sub-§2, EUB, as enacted by IB 1995, c. I, § 17, is 
amended to read: 
B. One thousand five hundred Three thousand dollars for a candidate for the State 
Senate; or 
II 
Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §1125, sub-§2,f!jfC, as enacted by IB 1995, c. I, § 17, is 
. amended to read: 
C. 
Five hundred One thousand dollars for a candidate for the State House of 
Representatives. 
IS 
16· 
Sec. 4. Rules. The Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices 
shall amerid its rules to decrease by $1,500 the aiTJount Of seed money a candidate for the 
State Senate may receive as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate and to decrease by 
$500 the amount of seed money a candidate for the State House of Representatives may 
receive as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate. Rules adopted pursuant to this section 
are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 2-A. 
SUMMARY 
'. This bill increases the seed money contribution a pal1icipating candidate may receive 
from $100 to $250 per individual. It also increases the amount of seed money that can be 
raised by a candidate for the State Senate from $1,500 to $3,000 and from $500 to $1,000 
for' a candidate for the State House of Representatives. . The bill also directs the 
Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to amend its rules to 
decrease by $1,500 the amount of seed money a candidate for the State Senate may 
. 29 
rec.eive as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate and to decrease by $500 the amount of 
seed money a candidate for the State House of Representatives may receive as a Maine 
Clean Election Act candidate. 
) 
) 
)