CHAPTER 613

H.P. 1262 - L.D. 1822

An Act To Require the Commission on Governmental Ethics and

Election Practices To Produce a Register of All

Registered Lobbyists

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

Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §315-A is enacted to read:

§315-A. Registration docket; disclosure website

1.__Registration.__The commission shall prepare and maintain a docket for the registration of lobbyists and employers of lobbyists required to register pursuant to this chapter. The registration docket and all supplementary files of information and materials filed pursuant to this chapter must be open to public inspection during the office hours of the commission.__The docket must contain the name of the lobbyist and the person employing the lobbyist, the business address of each, the nature of the business of the person employing the lobbyist and a statement as to the compensation that the lobbyist will receive for lobbying services or, if an exact amount is not ascertainable, the basis upon which the lobbyist will charge for services.__This docket must be updated on a monthly basis and arranged and indexed as follows:

A.__An alphabetical listing of those persons who have employed a lobbyist, which listing must indicate the names of all lobbyists employed by the employer; and

B.__An alphabetical listing of those persons employed as lobbyists, which listing must indicate the names of all persons by whom each lobbyist is employed.