An Act To Define the Tenn "Caucus Political Action Committee111
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1902
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_A_H720 (House)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §1053-C, 21-A MRSA §1122

HOUSE AMENDMENT '~ " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 654, 
L.D. 1902, Bill, "An Act To Define the Tenn "Caucus Political Action Committee111' 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the title the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Define the Terms "Caucus Political Action Committee" and 
"Unenrolled Political Action Committee"' 1 
Amend the amendment on page 3 by inserting after paragraph H the following: 
'Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. 21wA MRSA §1001, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. Vnenrolled political action committee, 
11Unenrolled political action committee" 
means a political action committee designated under section 105~-C. subsection 3 to 
l?romote the election of unenrplled candidates to the S~nate · or the House of 
~epresentatives.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 2 in the 3rd line (page 1, line 10 in L.D.) by 
inse1ting after the following: 
11committees
the following: 1
unenr~lled 1,1olitical action 
committees' ' 
Amend the amendment by strildng out all of section 3 and inserting the following: 
'Sec, 3, 21-A MRSA §1053-C is enacted to read: 
§1053-C, 
Caucus political action committees and unenrolled political action 
committees 
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings. 
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A. "House caucus leader" means a member of a political party in. the House of 
Representatives w4o has been elected the leader of that political party in the House of 
Representatives, For purposes of this paragr~ph, if the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives is a member of a political .Qarty. the Sl?eaker of the House of 
Representatives is deemed the House caucus leader of that political pm:ty. 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 'A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 654, L.D. 1902 
B. "Hguse unenrolled leader" means a member of the J:Iouse of Representatives who 
is not enrolled in a political party and whg has been elected the leader of the members 
of, the f:l.ous~ of Representatives who. are n,ot enrolled in a political l'?arw. 
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pyrposes of this paragraph, if the Speaker of the House of Representatives is not 
enrolled ~ a nolitical party. the Speaker of the House of R_epresentatives i~ deemed 
the .House yqenr9lled leader. 
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"Political 12artY" has the same meaning as "party" as defined by section 1, 
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D. "Senate caucus leader" means a member of a political party in the Senate who has 
been ~lected the leader of that political parjy in the Senate. For pµm'oses of th~s 
Qaragraph, if the President of the Senate is a me1n:ber of a P.oli_tical party, the 
Preside.nt of the Senate is deemed the Senate caucus leader of t~at political party, 
E. "Senate unenrolled leader" means a member of the Senate who is not enrolled in a 
political party and who has been elected the leader of the memby_rs ,o,fthe Senate y,rµo 
are not enrolled in a political party. For purposes of this paragraph, if the P1;esident 
of tp.e Senate, is ngt enrglled in a political party, the President of the Senate is deetped 
the Senate unenrolled leader. 
2. Designation of caucus political action committee. Each Senate caucus leader 
and each House caucus leader may de.signate one caucus political action committee to 
promote the election of nominees of the caucus leader's political party to the bo,dy of the 
Legislature of which the caucus leader is a member. The designation must be made in a 
letter to the commission and remains effective until a new designation is made in a lefter 
to the commission from the c.aucus leader of the same political party and same body of 
the Legislature, 
3. Designation of unenrolled political action committee. The Senate unenrolled 
leader and the House unenrolled leader may each des'ignate one unenrolled political 
action committee to promote the election of unenrolled candidates to the body of the 
Legi~I11tur~ o/whjch the u~1t;nr~lled le~der is f\ member. the designation _qJ,ust be m~de 
in a le~er ~o the cqmmission and re~~ai~s effective ;until a new designation is, made in a 
letter to the commission from the unenrolled leader of the same body of the Legislature, 
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Amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the following: 
'Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §1122, sub-§10 is enacted to read: 
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Unenrollcd political action c9mmittee. 
11Unenrolled political action 
committee" has the same meaning as in section lQOl, subsection 4.
Amend the bill in section 5 in subsection 6-F in the blocked paragraph in the 5th line 
(page 2, line 5 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "committee," the following: 'an 
unenrolled political action committee,' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbeting any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT "A "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 654, L.D. 1902 
SUMMARY 
This amendment allows the unenrolled members of the Senate and the unenrolled 
members of the House of Representatives to elect a leader who may designate an 
unenrolled political action committee to promote the election of unenrolled candidates to 
that body of the Legislature. Like a caucus political action committee, an unenrolled 
political action committee may make unlimited donations to a candidate to fund a 
recount. 
In addition, although Maine Clean Election Act candidates are generally 
prohibited from serving as the treasurer, principal officer, primary fund-raiser or primary 
decision maker fo1· a political action committee, the amendment autho1izes Maine Clean 
Election Act candidates to engage in fund-raising or decision making for an unenrolled 
political action committee to the same extent that Maine Clean Election Act candidates 
may engage in such activities} a aucu~ political action committee. 
SPONSORED BY: ---J--'.+£a4-...:..../-_____J-.J:~¥~=== 
(Representative A 
TOWN: Monmouth 
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