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An Act To Prohibit Maine Clean Election Act Candidates from Accepting Special Interest Money through a Political Party or Political Action Committee
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  21-A MRSA §1125, sub-§6-F  is enacted to read:
 
6-F.  Participation in political action or party committees.     A certified candidate may not establish a political action committee of which the candidate is a principal officer, fund-raiser or decision maker or act as a decision maker for a party committee with regard to independent expenditures of the committee in support of the election or defeat of a candidate for Governor, State Senate or State House of Representatives.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits a certified candidate under the Maine Clean Election Act from establishing a political action committee of which the person is a principal officer, fund-raiser or decision maker. A certified candidate is also prohibited from acting as a decision maker for a party committee with regard to independent expenditures in support of the election or defeat of a candidate for Governor, State Senate or State House of Representatives.