Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1057 – Required records for committees
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Any committee that is required to register under section 1052?A or 1053?B shall keep records as provided in this section for 4 years following the election to which the records pertain. [PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).]
1. Details of records. The treasurer of a committee shall record a detailed account of:
A. All expenditures made to or in behalf of a candidate, campaign or committee; [PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).]
B. The identity of each candidate, campaign or committee; [PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).]
C. The office sought by a candidate and the district the candidate seeks to represent, for candidates that a committee has made an expenditure to or in behalf of; and [PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).]
D. The date of each expenditure. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1057
- Campaign: means any course of activities to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or to initiate or influence any of the following ballot measures:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1052Candidate: means any person who has filed a petition under either sections 335 and 336 or sections 354 and 355 and has qualified as a candidate by either procedure, or any person who has received contributions or made expenditures or has given consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures with the intent of qualifying as a candidate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Commission: means the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices established under Title 1, section 1002. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1001 Committee: means any political action committee or ballot question committee and includes any agent of a political action committee or ballot question committee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1052 Contribution: includes :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1052Donor: The person who makes a gift. Election: means any primary, general or special election for state or county office or municipal office in a municipality subject to Title 30?A, section 2502, subsection 1 and any referendum, including a municipal referendum in a municipality subject to Title 30?A, section 2502, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1001 Influence: means to promote, support, oppose or defeat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1052 Initiate: includes the collection of signatures and related activities to qualify a state or local initiative or referendum for the ballot. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1052 may: when used in this Title, is used in a permissive sense to grant authority or permission, but not to create duty, to act in the manner specified by the context. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 7 Question: means any proposition submitted to the voters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Register: means to enlist as a voter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Treasurer: means a person appointed by a candidate or a political committee to accept or disburse money to promote or defeat a candidate, party or principle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
2. Receipts. The treasurer of a committee shall retain a vendor invoice or receipt stating the particular goods or services purchased for every expenditure in excess of $50 to initiate or influence a campaign.
[PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).]
3. Record of contributions. The treasurer of a committee shall keep a record of all contributions to the committee, by name and mailing address, of each donor and the amount and date of the contribution. This provision does not apply to aggregate contributions from a single donor of $50 or less. When any donor’s contributions to a committee exceed $50, the record must include the aggregate amount of all contributions from that donor.
[PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).]
4. Account statements. The treasurer of a committee shall keep account statements relating to the deposit of funds of the committee required by section 1054.
[PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).]
5. Simplified record-keeping requirements. The commission may adopt by rule simplified record-keeping requirements for an individual registering as a ballot question committee to initiate or influence a ballot question. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2?A.
[PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 504, §§27,31 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 443, Pt. A, §§32, 33 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 190, Pt. A, §21 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 334, §25 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 408, §§4, 5 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 563, §12 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 217, §9 (AMD).