An Act to Ensure That Effective Dates of Frrst Regular Session Drrect Imtiat1ves ofLeg1slat1on Will Occur After the November 2023 Election
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0764
Committee Amendment CA_A_SA_A_S415 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT "k' to COMMITTEE AMENDJ\IBNT "A" to SP 323, 
L D 7 64, "An Act to Ensure That Effective Dates of Frrst Regular Session Drrect Imtiat1ves 
ofLeg1slat1on Will Occur After the November 2023 Election" 
Amend the amendment by stnkmg out the frrst to 5th mdented paragraphs after the 
substitute title (page 1, Imes 15 to 27 m amendment) and msertmg the followmg 
'Amend the btll m the emergency preamble by stnkmg out all of the 3rd, 4th and 5th 
paragraphs after the title (page 1, Imes 7 to 14 m L D ) and msertmg the followmg 
'Whereas, 4 drrect m1tlatives were mtroduced durmg the Frrst Special Session of the 
st Legislature, and 
Whereas, 3 of those drrect m1t1atlves concern part1c1pation and the d1ssemmat1on of 
ideas m the poht1cal process, and 
Whereas, unless enacted by the Legislature without change, those drrect m1t1atives 
will be presented to voters on the general elect10n to be held on November 7, 2023, and 
Whereas, part1c1pat1on m the November general election 1s core poht1cal speech 
protected by the F1rst Amendment to the Umted States Const1tut1on, and 
Whereas, the Legislature des1res to consider enactmg one or more of the d1rect 
m1t1atives without change durmg the F1rst Special Sess10n of the 131 st Legislature without 
undermmmg part1c1pat1on m the November general election, and 
Whereas, the effective date of any drrect m1t1at1ve enacted durmg the Frrst Special 
Sess10n of the 131st Legislature, which 1s 90 days after adJournment, may occur durmg the 
November election cycle, which may result ma change to the election rules m the middle 
of an election and thereby affect part1c1patlon m the November general election, and 
0 
Whereas, this Act seeks to delay the effective date of any d1rect m1tiative enacted 
durmg the Frrst Special Session until after the November 2023 election m order to not affect 
part1c1pat1on m this election, but not to otherwise change the drrect m1tiat1ves as proposed 
to the Le$1slature by the electors, and' 
Amend the bill by str1.kmg out everythmg after the enactmg clause and msertmg the 
followmg 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT ·A "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to SP 323, L D 764 ( s-l/ if) 
'Sec. 1. Effective date. Notwithstandmg any provision of law to the contrary, bills 
enacted durmg the First Special Sess10n of the 131st Legislature that are direct mitiatives 
of legislation pursuant to the Constitut10n of Mame, Article IV, Part Third, Sect10n 18 and 
are identified as L D 1610, "An Act to Prohibit Campaign Spendmg by Foreign 
Governments and Promote an Anticorrupt10n Amendment to the Umted States 
Constitut10n," L D 1611, "An Act to Create the Pme Tree Power Company, a Nonprofit, 
Customer-owned Utility," and L D 1772, "An Act to Require Voter Approval of Certam 
Borrowmg by Government-controlled Entities and Utiliti/s and to Provide Voters More 
Information Regardmg That Borrowmg," have an effective date of January 1, 2024, unless 
the drrect mitiative provides for an effective date later than January 1, 2024, m which case 
the effective date m that direct mitiative applies ' ' 
Amend the amendment by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
sect10n number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the committee amendment to clanfy the nature of the 
emergency m the bill and to provide details of the drrect mitiatives to which this legislation 
applies It retams the substance of the c 
ittee amendment by specifymg the legislat10n's 
apphcat10n to duect mitiatives en ted durmg the Frrst Special Session of the 131 st 
Legislature 
SPONSORED BY. __ 
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(Senator STEW ART, T.) 
COUNTY: Aroostook 
SENATE AMENDMENT