(2) A candidate's authorized political committee under section 1013-A, subsection 2; or

(3) A party committee under section 1013-A, subsection 3.; or

(4)__A person, other than as provided under section 1056-B.

Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §1053, first ¶, as amended by PL 1989, c. 833, §14, is further amended to read:

Every political action committee that accepts contributions, incurs obligations or makes expenditures in the aggregate in excess of $50 $1,500 in any single calendar year to initiate, support, defeat or influence in any way a campaign, referendum, initiated petition, candidate, political committee or another political action committee must register with the commission, within 7 days of accepting those contributions, incurring those obligations or making those expenditures, on forms prescribed by the commission. These forms must include the following information and any additional information reasonably required by the commission to monitor the activities of political action committees in this State under this subchapter:

Sec. 7. 21-A MRSA §1056-B is enacted to read:

§1056-B.__Reports of contributions and expenditures by persons

Any person who solicits and receives contributions or makes expenditures, other than by contribution to a political action committee, aggregating in excess of $1,500 for the purpose of initiating, promoting, defeating or influencing in any way a ballot question must file a report with the commission.__In the case of a municipal election, a copy of the same information must be filed with the clerk of that municipality.

1.__Filing requirements.__A report required by this section must be filed with the commission according to a reporting schedule that the commission shall establish that takes into consideration existing campaign finance reporting schedule requirements in section 1059.

2.__Content.__A report must contain an itemized account of each contribution received and expenditure made aggregating in excess of $1,500 in any election; the date of each contribution;