| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§3-B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 628, Pt. | B, §3, is further amended to read: |
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| | 3-B. Accelerated reporting schedule. Additional reports are | required from nonparticipating Maine Clean Election Act | candidates pursuant to this subsection. |
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| 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. |
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| 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: |
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| (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; |
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| (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 |
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| (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. |
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| 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: |
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