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expenditures or by noon of the first business day after the | contributions or expenditures, whichever is later |
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| | | Sec. 14. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§3-A, ¶C, as amended by PL 2003, c. 628, | | Pt. B, §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | | C. Contributions aggregating $1,000 or more from any one | | contributor or single expenditures of $1,000 or more, made | | after the 12th day before any election and more than 24 | | hours before 5 p.m. on the day of any election must be | | reported within 24 hours of those contributions or | expenditures, or by noon of the first business day after the | contributions or expenditures, whichever is later |
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| | | Sec. 15. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1999, c. 729, §4, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 6. Forms. Reports required by this section not filed | | electronically must be on forms prescribed, prepared and sent by | | the commission to the treasurer of each registered candidate at | | least 7 days before the filing date for the report. | | Establishment of or amendments to the campaign report filing | | forms required by this section must be by rule. Persons filing | | reports may use additional pages if necessary, but the pages must | | be the same size as the pages of the form. Although the | | commission mails the forms for required reports, failure to | | receive forms by mail does not excuse treasurers, committees and | | other persons who must file reports from otherwise obtaining the | | forms. |
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| | | Rules of the commission establishing campaign report filing forms | for candidates are major substantive | defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A |
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| | | Sec. 16. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§8, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 504, | | §§17 and 31, is amended to read: |
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| | A. Pro rata distribution | | candidate's or candidate's authorized political committee's | | contributors, as long as no contributor receives more than | | the amount contributed; |
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| | | Sec. 17. 21-A MRSA §1017, sub-§10 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 10.__Electronic filing.__Beginning January 1, 2006, the | | treasurer of a candidate or committee that has receipts or | | expects to have receipts of more than $1,500 shall file each | | report required by this section through an electronic filing | | system developed by the commission.__The commission may make an | | exception to this electronic filing requirement if a candidate or |
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