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Amend the amendment in section 2 in subsection 7-B by striking out all of paragraph A (page 1, line 23 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘A. An advertisement or other paid programming transmitted through a broadcast or cable station or satellite transmission;’
Amend the amendment in section 2 in subsection 7-B by striking out all of paragraph C (page 1, line 25 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘C. A paid advertisement in a newspaper or other print media;’
Amend the amendment in section 7 in §317-A in the first paragraph in the first line (page 2, line 28 in amendment) by striking out the following: "$2,000" and inserting the following: '$5,000'
 
SUMMARY
This amendment clarifies the definition of "grassroots lobbying" to specify that it includes an advertisement or other paid programming transmitted through a broadcast or cable station or satellite transmission and a paid advertisement in a newspaper or other print media.
This amendment also increases the grassroots lobbying spending threshold at which a person is required to file a report from $2,000 to $5,000.