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C. For contested legislative general elections, the amount of | | revenues distributed is the average amount of campaign | | expenditures made by each candidate during all contested | | general election races for the immediately preceding 2 general | | elections, as reported in the initial filing period subsequent | to the general election, for, | | Senate and State House of Representatives. |
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| | | Sec. 25. 21-A MRSA §1125, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2003, c. 448, §5 | | and c. 453, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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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 expenditures reported | | under section 1019-B, exceeds the distribution amount under | | subsection 8, the commission shall issue immediately to any | | opposing Maine Clean Election Act candidate an additional amount | | equivalent to the reported excess.__Matching funds are limited to | | 2 times the amount originally distributed under subsection 8, | | paragraph A, C, E or F, whichever is applicable. |
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| | | Sec. 26. 21-A MRSA §1204, sub-§55, ¶A, as repealed by PL 2003, c. 44, | | §1 and amended by c. 62, §2 and affected by §§5 and 6, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 27. 21-A MRSA §1204-A, sub-§61, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 289, | | §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | A. In Lincoln County, the following undefined ocean | | divisions: Block 0996 and Block 0997 of Tract 000000; and | | the minor civil divisions of Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, | | Southport and Westport Island; and |
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| | | Sec. 28. 22 MRSA c. 1, as amended, is further amended by repealing | | the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its place: |
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| | | Sec. 29. 25 MRSA §2801-B, sub-§1, ¶H, as amended by PL 2003, c. 400, | | §3, is further amended to read: |
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| | | H. The State Fire Marshal; or |
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