A. "Appointed executive employee" means a compensated member of the classified or unclassified service employed by the Executive Branch, who is appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature, or who serves in a major policy-influencing position, except assistant attorneys general, as set forth in chapter 71.   [PL 1987, c. 784, §4 (AMD).]

A-1. "Associated organization" means any organization in which an executive employee or a member of the executive employee's immediate family is a managerial employee, director, officer or trustee or owns or controls, directly or indirectly, and severally or in the aggregate, at least 10% of the outstanding equity.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §15 (NEW).]

B. "Constitutional officers" means the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State and Treasurer of State.   [PL 1979, c. 734, §2 (NEW).]

B-1. [PL 2021, c. 567, §5 (RP).]

C. "Elected executive employee" means the constitutional officers and the State Auditor.   [PL 1979, c. 734, §2 (NEW).]

D. "Executive employee" means an appointed executive employee or an elected executive employee.   [PL 1979, c. 734, §2 (NEW).]

E. "Gift" means anything of value, including forgiveness of an obligation or debt, given to a person without that person providing equal or greater consideration to the giver. "Gift" does not include:  

F. "Honorarium" means a payment of money or anything with a monetary resale value to a person for an appearance or a speech by the person. "Honorarium" does not include reimbursement for actual and necessary travel expenses for an appearance or speech. "Honorarium" does not include a payment for an appearance or a speech that is unrelated to the person's official capacity or duties.   [PL 1989, c. 561, §14 (NEW).]

G. "Immediate family" means a person's spouse, domestic partner or dependent children.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §16 (AMD).]

H. "Income" means economic gain to a person from any source, including, but not limited to, compensation for services, including fees, commissions and payments in-kind; gross income derived from business; gross income derived from dealings in property, rents and royalties; gross income from investments including interest, capital gains and dividends; annuities; income from life insurance and endowment contracts; pensions; income from discharge of indebtedness; distributions from a partnership or limited liability company; gross income from an interest in an estate or trust; prizes; and grants, but does not include gifts or honoraria. Income received in-kind includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of property and options to buy or lease and stock certificates. "Income" does not include alimony and separate maintenance payments, child support payments or campaign contributions accepted for state or federal office or funds or other property held in trust for another, including but not limited to fees paid in advance or money to be spent on behalf of a client for payment of a licensing or filing fee.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §17 (AMD).]

H-1. "Managerial employee" means an employee of an organization whose position requires substantial control over the organization's decision making, business operations, financial management or contracting and procurement activities. For the purposes of this subsection, financial management does not include tasks that are considered clerical in nature.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §18 (NEW).]

I. "Relative" means an individual who is related to the executive employee or the executive employee's spouse as parent, child, sibling, sibling of a parent or that sibling's spouse, sibling of a grandparent or that sibling's spouse, first cousin, child of a sibling, spouse, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepsibling or half sibling, and is deemed to include the betrothed of the executive employee.   [RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. B, §6 (COR).]

I-1. "Reportable liabilities" means any unsecured loan, except a loan made as a campaign contribution recorded as required by law, of $3,000 or more received from a person not a relative. Reportable liabilities do not include:  

J. "Self-employed" means that the person qualifies as an independent contractor under Title 39‑A, section 102, subsection 13‑A.   [PL 2011, c. 643, §2 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 643, §14 (AFF).]

A. If the executive employee is an employee of another person, firm, corporation, association or organization that has provided the executive employee with compensation of $2,000 or more, the name and address of the employer;   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (RPR).]

B. If the executive employee is self-employed, the name and address of the executive employee's business and each source of income derived from self-employment that represents more than 10% of the employee's gross income from self-employment or $2,000, whichever is greater;   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (RPR).]

C. [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (RP).]

D. [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (RP).]

E. [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (RP).]

F. [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (RP).]

G. [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (RP).]

H. The name, address and principal economic or business activity of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business in which the executive employee or members of the employee's immediate family own or control, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of the outstanding equity, whether individually or in the aggregate, that has received revenue of $2,000 or more;   [PL 2013, c. 401, §3 (AMD).]

I. Each source of income of $2,000 or more the executive employee derived from providing services as an attorney, the major areas of law practiced by the executive employee and, if associated with a law firm, the major areas of practice of the firm;   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (NEW).]

J. Each additional source of income of $2,000 or more received by the executive employee and a description of the nature of the income, such as rental income, dividend income and capital gains;   [PL 2013, c. 401, §3 (AMD).]

K. The specific source of each gift received by the executive employee;   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (NEW).]

L. Each source of income of $2,000 or more received by any member of the immediate family of the executive employee, except that the employee is not required to identify the names of dependent children. If the member of the executive employee's immediate family received income of $2,000 or more in compensation, the executive employee shall identify the source of the compensation, the type of the economic activity and the title of the position held by the immediate family member;   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (NEW).]

M. Each source of honoraria of $2,000 or more that the executive employee accepted;   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (NEW).]

N. Each executive branch agency before which the executive employee or a member of the employee's immediate family has represented or assisted others for compensation;   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (NEW).]

O. Each state governmental agency, board or commission to which the executive employee, a member of the employee's immediate family or an associated organization has sold, rented or leased goods or services with a value of $10,000 or more during the preceding calendar year and a description of the goods or services sold, rented or leased;   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (NEW).]

P. Each party as defined in Title 21‑A, section 1, subsection 28, including a party committee, and each organization that is required under Title 21‑A, chapter 13 to register with the commission as a political action committee or ballot question committee for which the executive employee or a member of the executive employee's immediate family is a treasurer, principal officer or principal fund-raiser or decision maker of the organization;   [PL 2013, c. 401, §3 (AMD).]

Q. Any offices, trusteeships, directorships or positions of any nature, whether compensated or uncompensated, held by the executive employee or a member of the employee's immediate family with any for-profit or nonprofit firm, corporation, association, limited liability company, partnership or business. For the purposes of this paragraph, service as a clerk of a corporation or as a registered agent authorized to receive service of any process, notice or other demand for a business entity is not considered a position with the corporation or business entity; and   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (NEW).]

R. All reportable liabilities incurred by the executive employee or members of the employee's immediate family during the reporting period.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §19 (NEW).]

A. An elected executive employee shall file an initial report within 30 days of the executive employee's election. An appointed executive employee shall file an initial report prior to confirmation by the Legislature.   [RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. B, §7 (COR).]

B. Each executive employee shall file the annual report by 5:00 p.m. on April 15th of each year, unless that employee has filed an initial or updating report during the preceding 30 days or has already filed a report for the preceding calendar year pursuant to paragraph A.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §20 (AMD).]

C. An executive employee shall file an updated statement concerning the current calendar year if the income, reportable liabilities or positions of the executive employee or an immediate family member, excluding dependent children, substantially change from those disclosed in the employee's most recent statement. Substantial changes include, but are not limited to, a new employer that has paid the executive employee or immediate family member, excluding dependent children, $2,000 or more during the current year, another source that has provided the employee with income that totals $2,000 or more during the current year or the acceptance of a new position with a for-profit or nonprofit firm that is reportable under subsection 2, paragraph Q. The executive employee shall file the updated statement within 30 days of the substantial change in income, reportable liabilities or positions.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §21 (RPR).]

A. Failing to file a statement within 15 days of having been notified by the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices is a civil violation for which a fine of not more than $100 may be adjudged. A statement is not considered filed unless it substantially conforms to the requirements of Title 1, chapter 25, subchapter 2 and is properly signed. The commission shall determine whether a statement substantially conforms to such requirements.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §23 (NEW).]

B. The intentional filing of a false statement is a Class E crime. If the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices concludes that it appears that an executive employee has willfully filed a false statement, it shall refer its findings of fact to the Attorney General.   [PL 2011, c. 634, §23 (NEW).]