| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1016-A, first ¶, as amended by PL 1989, c. 734, is | further amended to read: |
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| | Each Legislator shall file a statement of specific sources of | income received in the preceding calendar year with the | commission by 5:00 p.m. on February 15th of each year on forms | provided by the Secretary of State commission. Prior to the end | of the first week in January of each year, the Secretary of State | commission shall deliver a form to each Senator and member of the | House of Representatives. The statement of specific sources of | income filed under this subchapter must be on a form prescribed | by the commission and prepared by the Secretary of State and is a | public record. |
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| | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §19, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 608, §3, is | further amended by amending the first paragraph to read: |
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| | 2. Statement of sources of income. Each executive employee | shall annually file with the Secretary of State Commission on | Governmental Ethics and Election Practices a sworn and notarized | statement of finances for the preceding calendar year. The | statement shall must indicate: |
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| | Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §19, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 734, §2, is | amended to read: |
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| B. Each executive employee shall file the annual report | prior to the close of the 2nd week in April, inless he | unless that employee has filed an initial or updating report | during the preceding 30 days; except that, if an elected or | appointed executive employee has already filed a report for | the preceding calendar year pursuant to paragraph A, a | report does not need to be filed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §19, sub-§§4 and 5, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 734, §2, | are amended to read: |
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| | 4. Penalties. Failing to file the statement, within 15 days | of having been notified by the Secretary of State Commission on | Governmental Ethics and Election Practices of failing to meet the | requirements of subsection 2, is a civil violation for which a | forfeiture of not more than $100 may be adjudged. |
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| | 5. Rules. The Secretary of State Commission on Governmental | Ethics and Election Practices may adopt or amend rules to specify | the reportable categories or types and the procedures and forms | for reporting and to administer this section. Rules adopted | pursuant to this section are routine technical rules in | accordance with chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |
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