| | | 5. Electronic filing.__Beginning January 1, 2006, committees | | shall file each report required by this section through an | | electronic filing system developed by the commission.__The | | commission may make an exception to this electronic filing | | requirement if a committee submits a written request that states | | that the committee lacks access to the technology or the | | technological ability to file reports electronically.__The | | request for an exception must be submitted no later than March 1, | | 2006 or within 30 days of the registration of the committee, | | whichever is later.__The commission shall grant all reasonable | | requests for exceptions. |
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| | | Sec. 26. 21-A MRSA §1060, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 615, §3, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Itemized expenditures. An itemization of expenditures and | the date | | candidate, campaign, political committee, political action | | committee, political party, referendum or initiated petition, | | including the date, payee and purpose of the expenditure and the | | address of the payee. If expenditures were made to a person | | described in section 1012, subsection 3, paragraph A, | | subparagraph (4), the report must contain the name of the person; | | the amount spent by that person on behalf of the candidate, | | campaign, political committee, political action committee, | | political party, referendum or initiated petition; the reason for | | the expenditure; and the date of the expenditure. The commission | | may specify the categories of expenditures that are to be | | reported to enable the commission to closely monitor the | | activities of political action committees; |
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| | | Sec. 27. 21-A MRSA §1122, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2001, c. 465, §3, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 9. Seed money contribution. "Seed money contribution" means | | a contribution of no more than $100 per individual made to a | | candidate, including a contribution from the candidate or the | | candidate's family. To be eligible for certification, a | | candidate may collect and spend only seed money contributions | | subsequent to becoming a candidate as defined by section 1, | | subsection 5 and throughout the qualifying period. A | | participating candidate who has accepted contributions or made | | expenditures that do not comply with the seed money restrictions | | under this chapter may petition the commission to remain eligible | | for certification as a Maine Clean Election Act candidate in | | accordance with rules of the commission, if the failure to comply | | was unintentional and does not constitute a significant | | infraction of these restrictions.__Prior to certification, a | | candidate may obligate an amount greater than the seed money | | collected if the value of the goods and services received from a |
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