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Page 7 of 8 An Act To Promote Candidate Accountability in Elections LD 910 Title Page
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subsection 2 may result in a civil penalty of no more than $200.__
Enforcement and collection procedures must be in accordance with
section 1062-A.

 
Sec. 13. 21-A MRSA §1056, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 430,
§10, is further amended to read:

 
1. Aggregate expenditures. A committee may not make
contributions in support of the candidacy of one person
aggregating more than $500 in any election for a gubernatorial
candidate, or $250 in any election for any other candidate.

 
Sec. 14. 21-A MRSA c. 14, as amended, is repealed.

 
Sec. 15. 36 MRSA §5286, as enacted by IB 1995, c. 1, §18, is
repealed.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill repeals the Maine Clean Election Act. This bill
limits the expenditures a candidate may make in an election
and includes all expenditures made on behalf of the candidate
as well as by the candidate. This bill requires the candidate
to personally authorize all expenditures made on the
candidate's behalf by any person, organization or committee.
Fines for violations of the provisions of this bill include a
$50 fine for every dollar over the limit a candidate may spend
and a fine of $5,000 for a person, organization or committee
making an expenditure without the candidate's consent, with a
2nd offense and subsequent offenses resulting in a $15,000
fine and, if the offender is a political action committee,
revocation of the right to operate in the State.


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