LD 1339
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any candidate and state the name and address of the person who
made or financed the expenditure for the communication.

 
Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §1014, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

 
2-A.__Additional broadcast disclosure requirements; not
authorized by candidate.__In addition to the requirements of
subsection 2, the following requirements apply to
communications broadcast on television or radio not authorized
by a candidate, a candidate's authorized political party, a
candidate's party committee or their agents in which a
candidate is identified, either by name, voice, picture or
other reference.

 
A.__If the communication described in subsection 1 is
broadcast on television, the advertisement must contain an
unobscured, full-screen picture, either still or moving,
of the person who made or financed the communication
accompanied by the following words, or words substantially
similar, spoken by that person: "I am (name of person) and
I sponsored this ad (opposing or supporting) (name of
candidate) for (name of office)."

 
B.__If the communication described in subsection 1 is
broadcast on radio, the advertisement must contain the
following words, or words substantially similar, spoken by
the person: "I am (name of person) and I sponsored and
paid for this ad (opposing or supporting) (name of
candidate) for (name of office)."

 
Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §1014, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
3.__Broadcasting prohibited without disclosure.__A person
operating a broadcasting station within this State may not
broadcast any communication, as described in subsections 1, 1-
A, 2 and 2-A without the oral or written visual announcements
required by those subsections.

 
Sec. 7. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1991, c. 839, §17,
is further amended to read:

 
5. Content. A report required under this section must
contain the itemized accounts of contributions received during
that report filing period, including the date a contribution
was received, and the name, address, occupation, principal
place of business, if any, and the amount of the contribution
of each person who has made a contribution or contributions
aggregating in excess of $50. The report must contain the
itemized expenditures made or authorized during the report
filing period, the date and purpose of each expenditure and
the name of each


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