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C. For contested legislative general elections, the amount of | revenues distributed is the average amount of campaign | expenditures made by each candidate during all contested | general election races for the immediately preceding 2 general | elections, as reported in the initial filing period subsequent | to the general election, for, the respective offices of State | Senate and State House of Representatives. |
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| | Sec. 25. 21-A MRSA §1125, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2003, c. 448, §5 | and c. 453, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its | place: |
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| | 9.__Matching funds.__When any campaign, finance or election | report shows that the sum of a candidate's expenditures or | obligations, or funds raised or borrowed, whichever is greater, | alone or in conjunction with independent expenditures reported | under section 1019-B, exceeds the distribution amount under | subsection 8, the commission shall issue immediately to any | opposing Maine Clean Election Act candidate an additional amount | equivalent to the reported excess.__Matching funds are limited to | 2 times the amount originally distributed under subsection 8, | paragraph A, C, E or F, whichever is applicable. |
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| | Sec. 26. 21-A MRSA §1204, sub-§55, ¶A, as repealed by PL 2003, c. 44, | §1 and amended by c. 62, §2 and affected by §§5 and 6, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 27. 21-A MRSA §1204-A, sub-§61, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 289, | §1, is amended to read: |
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| A. In Lincoln County, the following undefined ocean | divisions: Block 0996 and Block 0997 of Tract 000000; and | the minor civil divisions of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, | Southport and Westport Island; and |
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| | Sec. 28. 22 MRSA c. 1, as amended, is further amended by repealing | the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its place: |
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| DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES |
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| | Sec. 29. 25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, ¶H, as amended by PL 2003, c. 400, | §3, is further amended to read: |
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| H. The State Fire Marshal; or |
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