An Act t9 Require the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1193
Committee Amendment CA_A_S286 (Senate)
Amends: 5 MRSA §81, 5 MRSA §121

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A» to S.P. 482, L.D. 1193, "An Act t9 Require the 
Legislature to Elect Constitutional Officers and the State Auditor in Convention with an 
Open Ballot System" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §81, as amended by PL 1977, c. 674, §1, is further amended by 
enacting at the end a new paragraph to read: 
A convention that is held by the Legislature to elect the Secretary of State pursuant to 
the Constitution of Maine, Article V. Part Second. Section 1 must be· open to the public 
and. notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary. the vote of each voting Senator 
and Representative must be recorded and made available for public inspection in s~ch a 
manner that it is clear how each individual member voted.' 
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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 4 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §121, as amended by PL 2005, c. 683, Pt. C, § l, is further amended 
by enacting at the end a new paragraph to read: 
A convention that is held by the Legislature to elect the Treasurer of State pursuant to 
the Constitution of Maine, Article V, Part Third, Section 1 must be open to the public and. 
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the vote of each voting Senator and 
Representative must be recorded and made available for public inspection in such a manner 
that it is clear how each individual member voted.' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in § 191 ~A by striking out all of the first indented paragraph 
(page 1, lines 23 to 26 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'A convention that is held by the Legislature to elect the Attorney General pursuant to 
the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 11 must be open to the public and, 
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the vote of each voting Senator and 
Representative must be recorded and made available for public inspection in such a manner 
that it is clear how each individual member voted.' 
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COMMfITEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 482, L.D. 1193 ($- ;;2 8fe ~ 
Amend the bill in section 7 in the first indented paragraph in the 7th line (page 2, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and the vote" and inserting the following: 'and. 
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary. the vote• 
Amend the bill in section 7 in the first indented paragraph in the 8th line (page 2, line 
in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "inspection" the following: 'in such a manner 
that it is clear how each individual member voted' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, amends the bill by 
specifying that conventions held by the Legislature to elect the Secretary of State, the 
Treasurer of State, the Attorney General and the State Auditor must be open to the public 
and, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the vote of each voting Senator 
and Representative must be recorded and made available for public inspection in such a 
manner that it is clear how each individual member voted. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT