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An Act To Prohibit Payments to Persons Who Collect Signatures for the Direct Initiative or People's Veto of Legislation
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §904-C  is enacted to read:
§ 904-C.  Payment prohibited
A person may not pay or offer to pay a circulator of an initiative or a referendum petition for circulating an initiative or a referendum petition. A circulator of an initiative or a referendum petition may not receive payment for circulating an initiative or a referendum petition.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that a person may not pay or offer to pay a circulator of an initiative or a referendum petition for circulating an initiative or a referendum petition. A circulator of an initiative or a referendum petition may not receive payment for circulating an initiative or a referendum petition.