CHAPTER 61
H.P. 318 - L.D. 440
An Act to Require Responsibility of the Employers of Persons who Collect Signatures
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §904-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 599, §1, is amended to read:
§904-A. Payment per signature; prohibition
A person may not pay a circulator of an initiative or a referendum petition or a another person who causes the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition may not receive payment for the collection of signatures if that payment is based on the number of signatures collected. Nothing in this section prohibits a circulator of an initiative or a referendum petition or a person who causes the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition from being paid a salary that is not based on the number of signatures collected.
Unless otherwise indicated, effective June 26, 1997.
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