CHAPTER 271

S.P. 247 - L.D. 749

An Act To Limit the Political Activity of the Members of

the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election

Practices

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

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 to promote the election or defeat of a candidate, passage or defeat of a ballot measure or endorse a political candidate.__This prohibition does not apply to fund-raising for campaigns or endorsement of candidates at the county or municipal level or out-of- state nonfederal elections.