5.__Length of residence.__The length of time the circulator has been a resident of this State; and

6.__Other information.__Any other information the commission determines necessary to preserve the integrity of the direct initiative of legislation and people's veto procedures.

§1043.__Forms; filing dates; cumulative information

The commission shall prepare and make available forms to be used by the paid signature collectors. Using these forms, a paid signature collector shall file monthly with the commission the reports required by section 1042.__The reports must be filed each month until the process of collecting signatures is completed.__ The paid signature collector shall include the monthly and total amounts.

§1044.__Exemption

This subchapter does not apply to a circulator who is a paid employee of a paid signature collector required to file a report by this subchapter.

SUMMARY

This bill requires a person, firm or organization that contracts, subcontracts or agrees for compensation to circulate a petition for the constitutional procedure of direct initiative of legislation or people's veto to file monthly reports with the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices. Information in the report must include the names and addresses of the person, firm or organization responsible for the collection of signatures and the amount of payments made to the person, firm or organization and its directors. Also required are the names, addresses and length of residency in Maine of any persons hired or used to circulate the petition.