Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1002, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1991, c. 86, is further amended to read:

2. Qualifications. The members of the commission must be persons of recognized judgment, probity and objectivity. A person may not be appointed to this commission who is a member of the Legislature or who was a member of the previous Legislature, or who was a declared candidate for an elective county, state or federal office within 2 years prior to the appointment, or who now holds an elective county, state or federal office, or who is an officer of a political committee, party committee or political action committee or who holds a position in a political party or campaign.

Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §1002, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Prohibited activities.__A member of the commission may not engage in political fund-raising or endorse a political candidate.

SUMMARY

This bill prohibits a person who holds a position in a political party or campaign from serving on the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices and prohibits members of the commission from engaging in political fund-raising or endorsing a political candidate.