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Amend the bill in section 3 in §1056-B by striking out all of subsections 2 and 2-A (page 2, lines 21 to 43 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘2. Content.   A report required by this section must contain an itemized account with the date, amount and purpose of each expenditure made to and contributionfor the purpose of initiating or influencing a campaign; an itemized account of contributions received from a single source aggregating in excess of $100$50 in any election; the date of each contribution; the date and purpose of each expenditure; the name and address of each contributor, payee or creditor; and the occupation and principal place of business, if any, for any person who has made contributions exceeding $100$50 in the aggregate. The filer is required to report only those contributions made to the filer for the purpose of initiating or influencing a campaign and only those expenditures made for those purposes. The definitions of "contribution" and "expenditure" in section 1052, subsections 3 and 4, respectively, apply to persons required to file ballot question reports.
 
2-A. Contributions.   For the purposes of this section, "contribution" includes, but is not limited to:
 
A. Funds that the contributor specified were given in connection with a campaign;
 
B. Funds provided in response to a solicitation that would lead the contributor to believe that the funds would be used specifically for the purpose of initiating or influencing a campaign;
 
C. Funds that can reasonably be determined to have been provided by the contributor for the purpose of initiating or influencing a campaign when viewed in the context of the contribution and the recipient's activities regarding a campaign; and
 
D. Funds or transfers from the general treasury of an organization filing a ballot question report.’
Amend the bill in section 3 in §1056-B in subsection 4 in paragraph B in the last line (page 3, line 10 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "$50$100" and inserting the following: '$50'
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 5 and 6 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §1057, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2013, c. 334, §25, is further amended to read:
 
2. Receipts.   The treasurer of a political action committee shall retain a vendor invoice or receipt stating the particular goods or services purchased for every expenditure in excess of $50 to initiate or influence a campaign.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8.
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment removes the provisions in the bill that increase the threshold for itemizing expenditures for political action committees from $50 to $100. Under the amendment both political action committees and ballot question committees are required to itemize expenditures exceeding $50. The amendment also removes the provision in the bill that establishes a framework for reporting by political action committees and ballot question committees of contributions received from multipurpose organizations for the purpose of influencing a candidate election or ballot question.
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