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LD 491
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 1370
Item 1
Bill Tracking Chamber Status

An Act To Set Limits on Political Action Committee Contributions

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1056-C  is enacted to read:

§ 1056-C Contribution limitations

1 Maximum contribution.   A committee required to register under this chapter may not accept an aggregate amount of contributions from a person exceeding $1,000 in a primary campaign and $1,000 in a campaign for a general election.
2 Leadership campaigns.   A committee required to register under this chapter having the purpose of promoting a campaign for President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, leader or assistant leader of a party in the Senate or leader or assistant leader of a party in the House of Representatives may not accept an aggregate amount of contributions from a person exceeding $500.

summary

This bill limits contributions to a political action committee by:

1. Limiting the aggregate amount of contributions from any one source to $1,000 in a primary campaign and $1,000 in a campaign for a general election; and

2. Limiting the aggregate amount of contributions from any one source to $500 for promoting a leadership campaign.


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