127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 412 LR 1068(01)
An Act Regarding Telephonic Political Communications and Push Polling
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper of Yarmouth
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: No
             
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Any additional costs to the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices from requiring certain telephonic political communications and push polls to state the name of the persons or organizations making or financing expenditures for the communication at the start of the call and providing more information to respondents of these calls, if requested, are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.