CHAPTER 575

S.P. 780 - L.D. 2029

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission

To Study Alternative Voting Procedures, the Citizen

Initiative Process and Minor Party Ballot Access

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §903-A, sub-§3 is enacted to read:

3.__Information to circulators.__An applicant for a direct initiative or a people's veto referendum pursuant to section 901 shall provide to each person who will be circulating petitions a copy of the laws and rules governing the circulation of petitions for a direct initiative or people's veto as provided by the Secretary of State.__The Secretary of State shall provide a copy of the laws and rules governing the circulation of petitions for a direct initiative or people's veto when an approved petition form is provided to an applicant for a direct initiative or people's veto referendum.__The copy of the laws and rules provided by the Secretary of State may also include comments that may aid in the comprehension of those laws and rules.

Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §1012, sub-§3, ķA, as amended by PL 2003, c. 615, §1, is further amended to read:

A. Includes:

(1) A purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value made for