Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§3-B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 628, Pt. B, §3, is further amended to read:

3-B. Accelerated reporting schedule. Additional reports are required from nonparticipating Maine Clean Election Act candidates pursuant to this subsection.

A. In addition to other reports required by law, any candidate for Governor, State Senate or State House of Representatives who is not certified as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate under chapter 14 and who receives, spends or obligates more than 1% in excess of the primary or general election distribution amounts for a Maine Clean Election Act candidate in the same race shall file by any means acceptable to the commission, within 48 hours of that event, a report with the commission detailing the candidate's total campaign contributions, obligations and expenditures to date.

B. A nonparticipating candidate with a Maine Clean Election Act opponent candidate for Governor,__State Senate__or State House of Representatives shall file the following additional reports detailing the candidate's total campaign contributions, obligations and expenditures to date, unless that candidate signs an affidavit by the date the report is due, attesting that the candidate has not received, spent or obligated an amount sufficient to require a report under paragraph A:

(1) A report filed not later than 5 p.m. on the 42nd day before the date on which an election is held and complete as of the 44th day before that date;

(2) A report filed no later than 5 p.m. on the 21st day before the date on which an election is held and complete as of the 23rd day before that date; and

(3) A report filed no later than 5 p.m. on the 12th day before the date on which an election is held and complete as of the 14th day before that date.

C. A candidate who is required to file a report under paragraph A must for Governor, State Senate or State House of Representatives shall file with the commission an updated report that reports single expenditures in the following amounts that are made after the 14th day before an election and more than 24 hours before 5:00 p.m. on the date of that election: