(a) Providing advice to any one candidate for a period of no more than 20 hours in any election;

(b) Recruiting and overseeing volunteers for campaign activities involving 3 or more candidates; or

(c) Coordinating campaign events involving 3 or more candidates;

(10-A)__Costs paid for by a party committee in connection with a campaign event at which 3 or more candidates are present;

(11) Campaign training sessions provided to 3 or more candidates; or

(11-A)__Wood or other materials used for political signs that are found or contributed if not originally obtained by the candidate or contributor for campaign purposes; or

(12) The use of offices, telephones, computers and similar equipment when that use does not result in additional cost to the provider.

Sec. 9. 21-A MRSA §1012, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5.__Party candidate listing.__"Party candidate listing" means any communication that meets the following criteria.

A.__The communication lists the names of at least 3 candidates for election to public office and is distributed in a geographical area where some voters are eligible to vote for at least 3 candidates listed.__The communication may include any combination of 3 or more candidates, including candidates for federal, state or local office.

B.__The communication is distributed through public advertising such as broadcast stations, cable television, newspapers and similar media, and through direct mail, telephone, electronic mail, publicly accessible sites on the Internet or personal delivery.

C.__The treatment of all candidates in the communication is substantially similar.