7. Financial filing requirements.__During the period of signature gathering of a direct initiative of legislation campaign, the person or organization conducting the campaign must file a report that conforms to the requirements provided in section 1056-B, subsection 2 with the Secretary of State.__The Secretary of State shall adopt rules for the reporting frequency of reports during this period.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1052, sub-§5, ¶A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 729, §6, is further amended to read:

A. Includes:

(1) Any separate or segregated fund established by any corporation, membership organization, cooperative or labor organization whose purpose is to influence the outcome of an election, including a candidate or question;

(2) Any person who serves as a funding and transfer mechanism and spends money to initiate, advance, promote, defeat or influence in any way a candidate, campaign, political party, referendum or initiated petition in this State;

(3) Any organization, including any corporation or association, that has as its major purpose advocating the passage or defeat of a ballot question and that makes expenditures other than by contribution to a political action committee, for the purpose of the initiation, promotion or defeat of any question; and

(4) Any organization, including any corporation or association, that has as its major purpose advocating the passage or defeat of a ballot question and that solicits funds from members or nonmembers and spends more than $1,500 $250 in a calendar year to initiate, advance, promote, defeat or influence in any way a candidate, campaign, political party, referendum or initiated petition in this State; and

Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §1053, first ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 729, §7, is further amended to read: