An Act To Define "Agent" and "Candidate's Political Committee" in the Laws Regarding Limitations on Campaign Contributions and Expenditures
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1613
Committee Amendment CA_A_H626 (House)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §1014

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to H.P. 1185, L.D. 1613, Bill, "An Act To 
Define "Agent" and "Candidate's Political Committee" in the Laws Regarding 
Limitations on Campaign Contributions and Expenditures" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Clarify Disclosure Requirements for Political Statements Broadcast by 
Radio' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1014, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2013, c. 362, § 1, is 
further amended to read: 
1. Authorized by candidate. Whenever a person makes an expenditure to finance a 
communication expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified 
candidate through broadcasting stations, cable television systems, newspapers, 
magazines, campaign signs or other outdoor advertising facilities, publicly accessible 
sites on the Internet, direct mails or other similar types of general public political 
advertising or through flyers, handbills, bumper stickers and other nonperiodical 
publications, the communication, if authorized by a candidate, a candidate's authorized 
political committee or their agents, must clearly and conspicuously state that the 
communication has been so authorized and must clearly state the name and address of the 
person who made or financed the expenditure for the communication, except that if the 
communication is broadcast by radio, only the city and state of the address must be 
stated. The following forms of political communication do not require the name and 
address of the person who made or authorized the expenditure for the communication 
because the name or address v/ould be so small as to be illegible or infeasible: ashtrays, 
badges and badge holders, balloons, campaign buttons, clothing, coasters, combs, emery 
boards, envelopes, erasers, glasses, key rings, letter openers, matchbooks, nail files, 
noisemakers, paper and plastic cups, pencils, pens, plastic tableware, 12 inch or shorter 
rulers, swizzle sticks, tickets to fund raisers, electronic media advertisements '<'mere 
compliance with this section would be impracticable due to size or character limitations 
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and similar items determined by the commission to be too small and unnecessary for the 
disclosures required by tRis section. A communication financed by a candidate or the 
candidate's committee is not required to state the address of the candidate or committee 
that financed the communication. A communication in ilie form of a sign iliat is financed 
by a candidate or tRe candidate's committee and iliat clearly identifies tRe name of the 
candidate and is lettered or printed individually by hand is not required to include the 
name and address of ilie person .. vho made or financed ilie communication or to include a 
statement iliat the communication has been auiliori:z:ed by ilie candidate, ilie candidate's 
authori:z:ed committee or their agents. If a communication that is financed by someone 
other than the candidate or the candidate's authorized committee is broadcast by radio, 
only the city and state of the address of the person who financed the communication must 
be stated. 
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1014, sub-§6, ~'B and C, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 389, 
§ 13, are amended to read: 
B. Campaign signs produced and distributed at a cost not exceeding $100, paid for 
by one or more individuals who are not required to register or file campaign finance 
reports with the commission and who are acting independently of and without 
authorization by a candidate, candidate's authorized campaign committee, party 
committee, political action committee or ballot question committee or an agent of a 
candidate, candidate's authorized campaign committee, party committee, political 
action committee or ballot question committee; ana 
C. Internet and e-mail activities costing less than $100, as excluded by rule of the 
commission, paid for by one or more individuals who are not required to register or 
file campaign finance reports with the commission and who are acting independently 
of and without authorization by a candidate, candidate's authorized campaign 
committee, party committee, political action committee or ballot question committee 
or an agent of a candidate, candidate's authorized campaign committee, party 
committee, political action committee or ballot question committee7~ 
Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §1014, sub-§6, ~,o and E are enacted to read: 
D. 
Communications in which the name or address of the person who made or 
authorized the expenditure for the communication would be so small as to be illegible 
or infeasible, including communications on items such as ashtrays, badges and badge 
holders, balloons, campaign buttons, clothing, coasters, combs, emery boards, 
envelopes, erasers, glasses, key rings, letter openers, matchbooks, nail files, 
noisemakers, paper and plastic cups, pencils, pens, plastic tableware, 12-inch or 
shorter rulers, swizzle sticks, tickets to fund-raisers and similar items determined by 
the commission to be too small and unnecessary for the disclosures required by this 
section and in electronic media advertisements where compliance with this section 
would be impractical due to size or character limitations; and 
E. 
Campaign signs that are financed by the candidate or candidate's authorized 
committee and that clearly identify the name of the candidate and are lettered or 
printed individually by hand.' 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment clarifies existing law with regard 
to disclosures required to be included in political statements made by radio when the 
communication is financed by someone other than the candidate or the candidate's 
political committee. The disclosure requirement states that only the city and state of the 
person who financed the communication must be disclosed. This is the same requirement 
as in current law, but the amendment states the requirement in a separate sentence. The 
amendment also reorganizes the relevant section of statute so that all communications 
that under current law are exempt from the name and address disclosure requirements are 
listed under the same subsection, including those communications that are on items so 
small that the disclosure would be illegible, such as pens, swizzle sticks or matchbooks. 
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