| | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | emergencies; and |
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| | Whereas, elected officials are important members of political | parties; and |
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| | Whereas, the activity of political parties is an ongoing | process; and |
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| | Whereas, unless this legislation is enacted as an emergency | measure, the law could be construed to ban attendance of all | elected officials at any political party event; and |
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| | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | therefore, |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1015, sub-§3, śC-1 is enacted to read: |
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| C-1.__This subsection does not prohibit the attendance of | the Governor, a member of the Legislature or any | constitutional officer or the staff or agent of the | Governor, a member of the Legislature or any constitutional | officer at fund-raising events held by a municipal, county, | state or national political party organized pursuant to | Title 21-A, chapter 5, nor the advertisement of the expected | presence of any such official at any such event, as long as | any such official has no involvement in soliciting | attendance at the event and all proceeds are paid directly | to the political party organization hosting the event or a | nonprofit charitable organization. |
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| | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | This bill clarifies that the prohibitions against solicitation | of campaign contributions do not prohibit elected officials or | their agents to whom the prohibitions apply from attending a | fund-raising event held by a political party and do not prohibit | the advertisement of the expected presence of any such person at | such an event as long as the person has no |
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