‘An Act To Prohibit Constitutional Officers and the State Auditor from Endorsing Candidates for the Legislature’
| HP0930 LD 1322 |
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF |
LR 897 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Prohibit Constitutional Officers and the State Auditor from Endorsing Candidates for the Legislature’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §81-B is enacted to read:
§ 81-B. Limitation of office
The Secretary of State may not endorse a candidate for the Legislature.
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §121-B is enacted to read:
§ 121-B. Limitation of office
The Treasurer of State may not endorse a candidate for the Legislature.
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §191-C is enacted to read:
§ 191-C. Limitation of office
The Attorney General may not endorse a candidate for the Legislature.
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §241-B is enacted to read:
§ 241-B. Limitation of office
The State Auditor may not endorse a candidate for the Legislature.’
summary
This amendment, which is the minority report, moves the prohibition on the Secretary of State, Treasurer of State and Attorney General to endorse a candidate for the Legislature from general provisions in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5 to the chapters that are specific to each constitutional officer. It also prohibits the State Auditor from endorsing a candidate to the Legislature and changes the title to reflect that.