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LD 1548
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 303
Item 1
Bill Tracking Chamber Status

An Act Concerning Nonprofit Political Action Committees

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

Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1052, sub-§5, ¶A,  as amended by PL 2005, c. 575, §5, is further amended to read:

A.  Includes:

(1) Any separate or segregated fund established by any corporation, membership organization, cooperative or , labor organization or nonprofit entity whose purpose is to influence the outcome of an election, including a candidate or question;

(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;

(3) Any organization, including any corporation or , association or nonprofit entity, 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

(4) Any organization, including any corporation or , association or nonprofit entity, 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

Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1053, sub-§4,  as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

4. Form of organization.   The form or structure of organization, including cooperatives, corporations, voluntary associations, partnerships , nonprofit entities or any other structure by which the committee functions. The date of origin or incorporation must also be specified;

summary

This bill includes nonprofit entities in the laws governing required reporting by political action committees.


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