Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1008, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 430, §4, is further amended to read:

2. Election practices. To administer and investigate any violations of the requirements for campaign reports and campaign financing, including the provisions of the Maine Clean Election Act and the Maine Clean Election Fund;

Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §1008, sub-§4, as amended by IB 1995, c. 1, §5, is further amended to read:

4. Lobbyist activities. To administer the lobbyist disclosure laws, Title 3, chapter 15; and

Sec. 3. 1 MRSA §1008, sub-§5, as enacted by IB 1995, c. 1, §6, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §1013-A, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 1999, c. 729, §1, is further amended to read:

C. No later than 10 days after becoming a candidate, as defined in section 1, subsection 5, a candidate for the office of State House of Representatives or Senate shall file in writing a statement declaring that the candidate agrees to accept voluntary limits on political expenditures or that the candidate does not agree to accept voluntary limits on political expenditures, as specified in section 1015, subsections 7 to 9, or that the candidate has filed a declaration of intent to become certified as a candidate under the Maine Clean Election Act.

The statement filed by a candidate who voluntarily agrees to limit spending must state that the candidate knows the voluntary expenditure limitations as set out in section 1015, subsection 8 and that the candidate is voluntarily agreeing to limit the candidate's political expenditures and those made on behalf of the candidate by the candidate's political committee or committees, the candidate's party and the candidate's immediate family to the amount set by law. The statement must further state that the candidate does not condone and will not solicit any independent expenditures made on behalf of the candidate.

The statement filed by a candidate who does not agree to voluntarily limit political expenditures must state that the candidate does not accept the voluntary expenditure limits as set out in section 1015, subsection 8.