An Act to Proh1b1t the Pnvate Fundmg ofElect1ons
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1869
Committee Amendment CA_A_S368 (Senate)
Amends: 21-A MRSA §634

CO:MJVITTTEE AMENDJ\-ffiNT" A" to SP 753, L D 1869, "An Act to Proh1b1t the 
Pnvate Fundmg ofElect1ons" 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out the title and subst1tutmg the followmg 
'An Act to Reqmre Mumcipahties to Report the Private Fundmg of Adm1mstration 
of Elections' 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out everythmg after the enactmg clause and msertmg the 
followmg 
'Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §634 1s enacted to read 
§634. Private fundmg for election admmistration; report regmred 
W 1thm 3 0 days of a mumcmahty spendmg funds received from a pnvate source m 
excess of $100 on the admllllstrat10n of an election, the mun1c1pahty shall submit a report 
to the Comm1ss1on on Governmental Ethics and Elect10n Practices The report must mclude 
the amount of the funds received by the mun1c1pahty, the source of the funds and a detailed 
explanat10n of how the funds were spent The comm1ss10n may adopt rules to 1IBplement 
this section Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routme techmcal rules as defmed m 
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A 
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024' 
Amend the bill by relettenng or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which 1s the mmonty report of the conumttee, replaces the bill and 
changes the title The amendment provides that, begmmng January 1, 2024, a mun1c1pahty 
that spends pnvate funds m excess of $100 on the adm1mstration of an elect10n must submit 
a report to the Comm1ss1on on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices The report 
must mclude the amount of the funds received, the source of the funds and a detailed 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMlv.IITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to SP 753, L D 1869 
explanation of how the funds were spent The commiss10n may adopt routme techmcal 
rules related to the reportmg requrrement 
The amendment also mcorporates a fiscal note that identifies a potential state mandate 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved 06/15/23 feae 
LD 1869 
LR 931(02) 
An Act to Prohibit the Private Funding of Elections 
Fiscal Note for BIii as Amended by Committee Amendment 'j'.j'' (5-) lo i') 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affaus 
Fiscal Note Req mred: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded 
State Mandates 
Reqmred Act1v1ty 
Umt Affected 
Requn es mumcipahties that receive funds from a pnvate source m excess of $100 to 
Mumcipahty 
spend on the admimstrat10n of an elect10n to submit a report to the Commission on 
Governmental Ethics and Elect10n Practices detailmg the amount of the funds 
received, the source of the funds and a detailed explanat10n of how the funds were 
spent This report must be submitted withm 30 days of the mumcipahty spendmg the 
funds received 
Local Cost 
Insigmficant 
statewide 
The reqmred local activities m this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitut10n of Mame If the bill 
does reqmre a local umt of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate addit10nal expenditures 
from local revenue, the state mandate prov1S1ons of the Constltut10n of Mame reqmre either ( 1) General Fund 
appropnat10ns be provided to fund at least 90% of any addit10nal necessitated local costs of the mandate, or (2) a 
Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from 
the fundmg reqmrement If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these act10ns occurs, the local 
umts of government will not be 1eqmred to nnplement the mandated activities 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any add1t10nal costs to the Commiss10n on Governmental Ethics and Elect10n Practices to implement the prov1S1ons 
of tlus bill are expected to be mmor and can be abs01 bed withm existmg budgeted resources 
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