HP0184
LD 231
First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-39, Sponsored by
LR 624
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

‘Resolve, Directing the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices To Adopt Routine Technical Rules Governing the Maine Clean Election Act and Equipment Repurchase’

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to adopt rules. Resolved: That the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices shall adopt rules governing the Maine Clean Election Act so that equipment that has been purchased for a candidate's campaign using Maine Clean Election Act funds must be sold for at least 75% of the original purchase price if the equipment is sold to the candidate or a member of the candidate's immediate family or campaign staff. Rules adopted in accordance with this resolve are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’

SUMMARY

This amendment strikes the bill and replaces it with a resolve directing the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to adopt routine technical rules that require equipment purchased using Maine Clean Election Act funds to be sold for at least 75% of the original purchase price if that equipment is sold to the candidate or to a member of the candidate's immediate family or campaign staff. Current rules require that the item be sold for at least 40% of the purchase price.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)


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