Sec. 27. 21-A MRSA §1021 is enacted to read:

§1021.__Civil Offenses

If no other penalty for a violation of this subchapter is prescribed, the commission may assess a penalty equal to 3 times the amount of an unlawful contribution or expenditure.

Sec. 28. 21-A MRSA §1053, sub-§§6 and 7, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, are amended to read:

6. Statement of support or opposition. A statement indicating the positions of the committee, support or opposition, with respect to a candidate, political committee, referendum, initiated petition or campaign, if known at the time of registration. If a committee has no position on a candidate, campaign or issue at the time of registration, the committee must inform the commission as soon as the committee knows this information; and

7. Contributions to committee. The names and mailing addresses of contributors who donate in excess of $50 each year to the committee with amount or value of each contribution at the time of registration. Any person who makes contributions on an installment basis, the total of which exceeds $50 in the calendar year, is considered a contributor to be identified under this subsection.; and

Sec. 29. 21-A MRSA §1053, sub-§8 is enacted to read:

8.__Changes in registration information.__Changes in the information required under this section must be reported to the commission in the form of an amended registration within 10 business days of the change.

Sec. 30. 21-A MRSA §1054, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is repealed.

Sec. 31. 21-A MRSA §1056-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 715, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 32. 21-A MRSA §1057, as amended by PL 1989, c. 504, §§27 and 31, is repealed.