An Act Concerning Nonprofit Political Action Committees
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §1052, sub-§5, ¶A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 575, §5, is further amended to read:
(1) Any separate or segregated fund established by any corporation, membership organization, cooperative or , labor organization or nonprofit entity whose purpose is to influence the outcome of an election, including a candidate or question;
(2) Any person who serves as a funding and transfer mechanism and spends money to initiate, advance, promote, defeat or influence in any way a candidate, campaign, political party, referendum or initiated petition in this State;
(3) Any organization, including any corporation or , association or nonprofit entity, that has as its major purpose advocating the passage or defeat of a ballot question and that makes expenditures other than by contribution to a political action committee, for the purpose of the initiation, promotion or defeat of any question; and
(4) Any organization, including any corporation or , association or nonprofit entity, that has as its major purpose advocating the passage or defeat of a ballot question and that solicits funds from members or nonmembers and spends more than $1,500 in a calendar year to initiate, advance, promote, defeat or influence in any way a candidate, campaign, political party, referendum or initiated petition, including the collection of signatures for a direct initiative, in this State; and
Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1053, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:
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This bill includes nonprofit entities in the laws governing required reporting by political action committees.