Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 316 – Registration forms
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The commission shall prepare and make available registration forms for the registration of lobbyists and employers required to register pursuant to section 313. These forms must include the following information: [PL 1993, c. 691, §16 (RPR).]
1. Names. The name of the lobbyist, a list of the lobbyist associates, the name of the person authorized by the lobbyist to sign the registration and reports for the lobbyist and the name of the person employing the lobbyist;
[PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, §13 (AMD); PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, §20 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 316
- Commission: means the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices as defined in Title 1, chapter 25. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
- Compensation: means anything of value that is received or to be received in return for, or in connection with, services rendered or to be rendered. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
- Employer: means a person who agrees to reimburse for expenditures or to compensate a person who in return agrees to provide services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
- Lobbying: includes the time spent to prepare and submit to the Governor, an official in the legislative branch, an official in the executive branch, a constitutional officer or a legislative committee oral and written proposals for, or testimony or analyses concerning, a legislative action. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
- Lobbyist: means any person who is specifically employed by another person for the purpose of and who engages in lobbying in excess of 8 hours in any calendar month, or any individual who, as a regular employee of another person, expends an amount of time in excess of 8 hours in any calendar month in lobbying. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
- Lobbyist associate: means an individual who:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-AMonth: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Person: means an individual, corporation, proprietorship, joint stock company, business trust, syndicate, association, professional association, labor union, firm, partnership, club or other organization, whether profit or nonprofit, or any municipality or quasi-municipality or group of persons acting in concert, but does not include this State or any other agency of this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A Year: means a 12-month period starting December 1st and ending the following November 30th. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
2. Business addresses. The business address and other contact information for the lobbyist, the lobbyist associates and the person employing the lobbyist;
[PL 2007, c. 630, §12 (AMD).]
3. Date. The date upon which lobbying commenced and the date on which the lobbyist exceeded 8 hours of lobbying in a calendar month or a statement that the lobbyist is registering without having reached the 8-hour threshold for registering pursuant to section 313;
[PL 2019, c. 587, §9 (AMD); PL 2019, c. 587, §18 (AFF).]
4. Nature of business. A description of the employer‘s business activity or mission or a description of the industry, trade or profession that the employer represents;
[PL 2007, c. 630, §12 (AMD).]
4-A. Legislative interests. The general areas of legislation that the employer is attempting to influence;
[PL 2007, c. 630, §12 (NEW).]
4-B. Legislative committees. The joint standing committees of the Legislature that the lobbyist expects to lobby during the year;
[PL 2007, c. 630, §12 (NEW).]
4-C. Website of employer. The address for the employer’s publicly accessible website;
[PL 2017, c. 443, §3 (AMD).]
4-D. Date of completion or request for extension of or exemption from required harassment training. The date that the lobbyist and each lobbyist associate completed the training required under section 170?B or, if the lobbyist or lobbyist associate has not completed the required training, a statement that the lobbyist or lobbyist associate has requested or is requesting an extension or exemption pursuant to section 312?B; and
[PL 2019, c. 587, §10 (AMD); PL 2019, c. 587, §18 (AFF).]
5. Compensation. The amount of compensation that the lobbyist will receive for that lobbyist’s services or, if an exact amount is unascertainable, the basis upon which the lobbyist will charge for those services.
[PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, §13 (AMD); PL 1993, c. 446, Pt. A, §20 (AFF).]
The lobbyist must certify that the information on that form is true, correct and complete and that the employer has approved the information in the registration. [PL 2007, c. 630, §12 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 576 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 621, §2 (RP). PL 1975, c. 724 (REEN). PL 1993, c. 446, §§A13,B6 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 446, §A20 (AFF). PL 1993, c. 691, §16 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 630, §12 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 443, §§3, 4 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 587, §§9, 10 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 587, §18 (AFF).