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First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 590
Item 1
Bill Tracking Chamber Status

An Act To Limit Expenditures by Political Action Committees

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

Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1056, sub-§1,  as amended by PL 2001, c. 430, §10, is further amended to read:

1. Aggregate expenditures.   A committee may not make contributions in support of or against the candidacy of one person aggregating more than $500 in any election for a gubernatorial candidate, or $250 in any election for any other candidate.

summary

Current law limits expenditures by political action committees in support of a candidate. This bill limits in the same amount expenditures by political action committees against a candidate.


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