An Act to Prohibit Persons Who Donate to a Governor's Transition Committee and Inaugural Committee from Registering as Lobbyists
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0833
Committee Amendment CA_A_H794 (House)
Amends: 1 MRSA §1051

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 522, L.D. 833, "An Act to Prohibit 
Persons Who Donate to a Governor's Transition Committee and Inaugural Committee from 
Registering as Lobbyists" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act to Establish Separate Inauguration and Transition Committees for a 
Governor-elect and to Limit Donations to Each' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: . 
'Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1051, as amended by PL 2019, c. 564, §1, is further amended by 
amending the section headnote to read: 
§1051. Gubernatorial transitian eommittee inauguration and transition committees 
Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §1051, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2019, c. 564, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
2. TtiansitioR and inaegutial aeti¥ities Inauguration committee; funding. A person 
may solicit and accept donations for the purpose of financing costs related to the transition 
to office and inauguration of a Governor-elect. A person who accepts donations for these 
purposes fil-l¼st this purpose shall establish a committee and appoint a treasurer who is 
responsible for keeping records of donations and for filing a financial disclosure statement 
required by this section. All donations received must be deposited in a separate and 
segregated account and may not be commingled with any contributions received by any 
candidate or political committee er~ any personal or business funds of any person or 
donations received by a committee established under subsection 2-A. All donations 
received by the committee established under this subsection must be used for expenses 
related to the transition to office or inauguration; any surplus funds must be disposed of 
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pursuant to subsection 7. A person may make donations to the committee established under 
this subsection aggregating no more than the amount that an individual may contribute to 
a gubernatorial candidate under Title 21-A. section 1015, subsection 1. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 522, L.D. 833 
Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §1051, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. Transition committee; funding. A person may solicit and accept donations for 
the purpose of fmancing costs related to the transition to office of a Governor-elect. A 
person who accepts donations for this purpose shall establish a committee and appoint a 
treasurer who is responsible for keeping records of donations and for filing a financial 
disclosure statement required by this section. All donations received must be deposited in 
a separate and segregated account and may not be commingled with any contributions 
received by any candidate or political committee, any personal or business funds of any 
person or donations received by a committee established under subsection 2. All donations 
received by the committee established under this subsection must be used for expenses 
related to the transition to office; any surplus funds must be disposed of pursuant to 
subsection 7. A person may make donations to the committee established under this 
subsection aggregating no more than the amount that an individual may contribute to a 
gubernatorial candidate under Title 21-A, section 1015, subsection 1, except that the 
appropriation from the Governor-elect's Expense Account under Title 2, section 3 may be 
transferred, in whole or in part, to the committee established under this subsection. 
Sec. 4. 1 MRSA §1051, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2019, c. 564, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
4. Limitation on fund-raising activity. A committee established pursuant to this 
section may accept donations until March 31st of the year following the gubernatorial 
election. The commission may authorize the acceptance of donations after March 31st of 
the year following the gubernatorial election if the~ committee requests such authorization 
in order to pay a debt or loan related to the transition to office for a committee established 
under subsection 2-A or inauguration for a committee established under subsection 2.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the bill title, establishes separate committees for a Governor-
elect's inauguration and for the transition to office of a Governor-elect and prohibits the 
commingling of any donations received by one committee with donations received by the 
other committee. Under current law, a person is allowed to establish one committee to 
fund both types of activities. The amendment also limits a person's donation to each 
committee to no more in aggregate than the amount an individual may contribute to a 
gubernatorial candidate under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, section 1015, 
subsection 1. It also authorizes the transfer of funds from the Governor-elect's Expense 
Account to a committee established for the purpose of financing costs related to the 
transition to office of a Governor-elect. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 02/15/24 feae 
LD 833 
LR 1863(02) 
An Act to Prohibit Persons Who Donate to a Governor's. T_ransition Committee and Inaugural 
Committee from Registering as Lobbyists 
Fi~cal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment •A•{ /-l-79J./ \ 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the C01mnission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to adopt the changes in this 
bill are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. • 
LRl 863(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I