Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1060 – Content of reports
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The reports must contain the following information and any additional information required by the commission to monitor the activities of committees: [PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (AMD).]
1. Identification of candidates. The names of and offices sought by all candidates whose campaigns the committee supports or intends to influence;
[PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1060
- 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. 1052Influence: 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 Party: means a political organization which has qualified to participate in a primary or general election under chapter 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Person: means an individual, committee, firm, partnership, corporation, association or organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1001 Question: means any proposition submitted to the voters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Referendum: means an election for the determination of a question. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1 Signature: includes a signature stamp and a signature written by another registered voter on behalf of an individual in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 153?A and, for an individual who is unable to sign that individual's own name, a mark. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
2. Identification of committees; parties. The names of all political committees or party committees supported in any way by the committee;
[PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (AMD).]
3. Identification of ballot question campaigns. The ballot question campaigns that the committee intends to initiate or influence;
[PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (AMD).]
4. Itemized expenditures. An itemization of each expenditure made to initiate or influence any campaign, including the date, payee and purpose of the expenditure and the name of each candidate, and each referendum or initiated petition supported or opposed by the expenditure. If expenditures were made to a person described in section 1012, subsection 3, paragraph A, subparagraph (4), the report must contain the name of the person; the amount spent by that person on behalf of the committee, including, but not limited to, expenditures made during the signature gathering phase; the reason for the expenditure; and the date of the expenditure. The commission may specify the categories of expenditures that are to be reported to enable the commission to closely monitor the activities of committees;
[PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (AMD).]
5. Aggregate expenditures.
[PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (RP).]
6. Identification of contributions. An itemization of each contribution of more than $50 made to or received by the committee for the purpose of initiating or influencing a campaign, including the name, occupation, places of business and mailing address of each contributor and the amount and date of the contribution;
[PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (AMD).]
6-A. Funds deposited into campaign account. Any funds deposited into or transferred into the campaign account described in section 1054, including but not limited to funds from the general treasury of an organization that is required to establish a committee; and
[PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (NEW).]
7. Other payments. Operational expenses and any other payments made from the campaign account described in section 1054.
[PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 839, §§30,31 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 839, §33 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 615, §§3,4 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 301, §27 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 575, §8 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 443, Pt. A, §36 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 477, §§6, 7 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 190, Pt. A, §§25, 26 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 389, §§46-48 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 408, §6 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 563, §§14-16 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 217, §11 (AMD).