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makes an independent electioneering expenditure shall file a | report with the commission.__In the case of a municipal | election, a copy of the same information must be filed with the | municipal clerk. |
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| A.__A report required by this subsection must be filed | with the commission according to a reporting schedule that | the commission shall establish by rule that takes into | consideration existing campaign finance reporting | requirements and matching fund provisions under chapter | 14.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, | subchapter 2-A. |
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| B.__A report required by this subsection must contain an | itemized account of each contribution or expenditure | aggregating in excess of $100 in any one candidate's | election, the date and purpose of each contribution or | expenditure and the name of each payee or creditor.__The | report must state whether the contribution or expenditure | is in support of or in opposition to the candidate and | must include, under penalty of perjury, as provided in | Title 17-A, section 451, a statement under oath or | affirmation whether the contribution or expenditure is | made in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at | the request or suggestion of, the candidate or an | authorized committee or agent of the candidate. |
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| C.__A report required by this subsection must be on a form | prescribed and prepared by the commission.__A person | filing this report may use additional pages if necessary, | but the pages must be the same size as the pages of the | form. |
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| | Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §1020-A, sub-§5-A, ķA, as enacted by PL 2001, c. | 714, Pt. PP, §1 and affected by §2, is amended to read: |
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| A. Five thousand dollars for reports required under | section 1017, subsection 2, paragraphs paragraph B, C, D, | E or H; section 1017, subsection 3-A, paragraphs paragraph | B, C, D or F; section 1017, subsection 4; and section 1019 | 1019-B, subsection 4; |
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| | Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §1125, sub-§9, as enacted by IB 1995, c. 1, §17, | is amended to read: |
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| | 9. Matching funds. When any campaign, finance or election | report shows that the sum of a candidate's expenditures or | obligations, or funds raised or borrowed, whichever is | greater, alone or in conjunction with independent | electioneering expenditures reported under section 1019 1019- | B, exceeds the |
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