SP0345
LD 923
First Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number S-287
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LR 1464
Item 2
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Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. Funding reduced for Maine Clean Election Act candidates. Resolved: That, notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, chapter 14 and Public Law 2009, chapter 213, Part NNNN, the amount distributed to certified candidates for the Legislature by the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices pursuant to the Maine Clean Election Act during the 2010 election cycle must be equal to the amount distributed to certified candidates for the Legislature by the commission during the 2008 election cycle; and be it further

Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following appropriations and allocations are made.

ETHICS AND ELECTION PRACTICES, COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL

Governmental Ethics and Election Practices - Commission on 0414

Initiative: Reduces funding for Maine Clean Election Act candidates.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2009-10 2010-11
All Other
($353,000) $0
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL ($353,000) $0

summary

This amendment removes the requirement that Maine Clean Election Act distributions for 2010 be reduced by 20% and provides that 2010 distributions for certified legislative candidates be equal to the amounts distributed in 2008. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)


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