CHAPTER 589
H.P. 1664 - L.D. 2169
An Act to Ensure Proper Disbursement of Matching Funds under the Maine Clean Election Act
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§3-B, ¶B, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 1, §25, is amended to read:
B. A nonparticipating candidate with a Maine Clean Election Act opponent shall file the following additional reports detailing the candidate's total campaign contributions, obligations and expenditures to date, unless that candidate signs an affidavit by the date the report is due, attesting that the candidate has not received, spent or obligated an amount sufficient to require a report under paragraph A:
(1) A report filed not later than 5 p.m. on the 42nd day before the date on which an election is held and complete as of the 49th 44th day before that date;
(2) A report filed no later than 5 p.m. on the 21st day before the date on which an election is held and complete as of the 28th 23rd day before that date; and
(3) A report filed no later than 5 p.m. on the 12th day before the date on which an election is held and complete as of the 19th 14th day before that date.
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§3-B, ¶C is enacted to read:
C. A candidate who is required to file a report under paragraph A must file with the commission an updated report that reports single expenditures in the following amounts that are made after the 14th day before an election and more than 48 hours before 5:00 p.m. on the date of that election:
(1) For a candidate for Governor, a single expenditure of $1,000;
(2) For a candidate for the state Senate, a single expenditure of $750; and
(3) For a candidate for the state House of Representatives, a single expenditure of $500.
A report filed pursuant to this paragraph must be filed within 48 hours of the expenditure.
Effective July 25, 2002, unless otherwise indicated.
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