| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 13-C MRSA §102, sub-§2-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | 2-B.__Commercial communication.__"Commercial communication" | | means expression that is related to the presentation or sale of a | | product or service or other commercial transaction. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 13-C MRSA §102, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 11. Entity. "Entity" includes a domestic or foreign business | | corporation; a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation; an | | estate; a partnership; a trust; 2 or more persons having a joint | | or common economic interest; a domestic or foreign unincorporated | | entity; a municipal corporation and all agencies of a municipal | | corporation; a state and all agencies of a state; the United | States and all agencies of the United States; and | | government and all agencies of a foreign government; an | | association; an organization; a trustee; a trustee in bankruptcy; | | a receiver; and any other legal representative. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 13-C MRSA §102, sub-§28, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 28. Person. "Person" includesand | | "Person" does not include an entity. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 13-C MRSA §102, sub-§28-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 28-A.__Political speech or activity.__"Political speech or | | activity" means speech or activity that is not commercial | | communication. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 13-C MRSA §105, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 | | and affected by Pt. B, §7, is repealed and the following enacted | | in its place: |
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| | | §105.__Reservation of power |
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| | | Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Legislature may | | amend or repeal all or part of this Act and any other act | | relating to domestic and foreign corporations passed on or after | | March 17, 1831 in the same manner as if an express provision to | | that effect were contained in the act, the articles of | | incorporation of a domestic corporation or the application for | | authority to transact business of a foreign corporation.__All | | domestic and foreign corporations subject to this Act are | | governed by the amendment or repeal. |
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