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initiation, support or defeat of a campaign, referendum | | or initiative, including the collection of signatures for | | a direct initiative, in this State; |
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| | | (2) A contract, promise or agreement, expressed or | | implied, whether or not legally enforceable, to make | | any expenditure for the purposes set forth in this | | paragraph; and |
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| | | (3) The transfer of funds by a political action committee | | to another candidate or political committee; and |
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| | | Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §1052, sub-§5, ¶A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 729, §6, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | (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; |
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| | | (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; |
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| | | (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 |
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| | | (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 in a calendar year to initiate, | | advance, promote, defeat or influence in any way a | | candidate, campaign, political party, referendum or | | initiated petition, including the collection of | | signatures for a direct initiative, in this State; and |
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| | | Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §1053, first ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 729, §7, is | | further amended to read: |
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