Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1003, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 621, §1, is amended to read:

2. Records. Except as provided in section 1013 1014-C, subsection 2 9, paragraph J, all records of the commission, including business records, reports made to or by the commission, findings of fact and opinions, shall must be made available to any interested member of the public who may wish to review them. Any member of the public may request copies of any record held by the commission which that is available for public inspection. The commission shall furnish these copies upon payment of a fee covering the cost of reproducing them.

Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §1005, as amended by PL 1997, c. 562, Pt. D, §1 and affected by §11, is further amended to read:

§1005. Open meetings

Notwithstanding any other provision of law chapter 13 and section 1014-C, all meetings, hearings or sessions of the commission shall be are open to the general public unless, by an affirmative vote of at least 3 members, the commission requires the exclusion of the public.

Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §1008, sub-§6, as enacted by IB 1995, c. 1, §6, is amended to read:

6. Enhanced monitoring; source of revenue. To provide for enhanced monitoring and enforcement of election practices and to institute electronic submission of reports and computerized tracking of campaign, election and lobbying information under the commission's jurisdiction. Funds to support enhanced monitoring and computerized data collection must come from the Maine Clean Election Fund, established pursuant to Title 21-A, section 1124, the commission's share of lobbyist registration fees, penalties and other revenues pursuant to Title 3, section 320 chapter 15, as well as other revenue sources that may benefit from the commission's acquisition and use of an electronic data collection and disclosure system.

Sec. 4. 1 MRSA §1012, sub-§§1-A, 1-B and 3-A are enacted to read:

1-A.__Anything of value.__"Anything of value" means any money, property, favor, service, payment, advance, forbearance, loan or promise of future employment.__"Anything of value" does not include compensation and expenses paid by the State, political contributions that are reported pursuant to Title 21-A,