Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1012, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 615, §1, is further amended to read:

A. Includes:

(1) A purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value made for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of any person to political office, except that a loan of money to a candidate by a financial institution in this State made in accordance with applicable banking laws and regulations and in the ordinary course of business is not included;

(2) A contract, promise or agreement, expressed or implied, whether or not legally enforceable, to make any expenditure;

(3) The transfer of funds by a candidate or a political committee to another candidate or political committee; and

(4) A payment or promise of payment to a person contracted with for the purpose of supporting or opposing any candidate, campaign, political committee, political action committee, political party, referendum or initiated petition or circulating an initiated petition; and

Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1052, sub-§3, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

C. Any funds received by a political action committee which that are to be transferred to any candidate, committee, campaign or organization for the purpose of promoting, defeating or initiating a candidate, referendum, political party or initiative, including the collection of signatures for a direct initiative, in this State; or

Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §1052, sub-§4, ¶A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 683, Pt. A, §12, is further amended to read:

A. Includes:

(1) A purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value, made for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of any person to political office; or for the