An Act Pertaining to Volunteer Lobbyists for Nonprofit Organizations

Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §313,   as amended by PL 1999, c. 745, §1, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

Notwithstanding this chapter, a person who acts as a lobbyist or a lobbyist associate for a nonprofit organization as defined in Title 5, section 1660-D, subsection 17 whose only compensation for that lobbying is reimbursement for travel expenses and the employer of that person are exempt from the requirement to pay a registration fee in this section.

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This bill provides that a person who acts as a lobbyist or a lobbyist associate for a nonprofit organization whose only compensation for that lobbying is reimbursement for travel expenses and the employer of that person are exempt from the requirement to pay a registration fee.