| 124th MAINE LEGISLATURE | ||||||
| LD 607 | LR 1224(01) | |||||
| An Act To Amend the Maine Clean Election Act as It Relates to Independent Expenditures | ||||||
| Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill | ||||||
| Sponsor: Sen. Plowman of Penobscot | ||||||
| Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs | ||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | ||||||
| Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement | ||||||
| Potential current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds | ||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | ||||||
| Increasing the rebuttable presumption period for independent expenditures could increase independent expenditures. Since Maine Clean Election Act candidates receive matching funds based upon these independent expenditures, these matching funds could increase under this legislation. | ||||||