CHAPTER 302

H.P. 489 - L.D. 659

An Act To Standardize Reporting Requirements for State

Party Committees' Expenditures and Contributions

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1014, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

2. Not authorized by candidate. If the communication described in subsection 1 is not authorized by a candidate, a candidate's authorized political committee or their agents, the communication must clearly and conspicuously state that the communication is not authorized by any candidate and state the name and address of the person who made or financed the expenditure for the communication. If the communication is in written form, the communication must contain at the bottom of the communication in 10-point bold print, Times New Roman font, the words "NOT PAID FOR OR AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDIDATE."

Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1017-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 839, §23 and affected by §33, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §1017-A, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:

4-A.__Filing schedule.__A state party committee shall file its reports according to the following schedule.

A.__Quarterly reports must be filed:

(1)__On January 15th and must be complete up to January 5th;