Maine § 21-A §1013-A Registration

Maine Statutes

§ 21-A §1013-A — Registration

Maine § 21-A §1013-A

Title 21-AELECTIONS

Ch. 13CAMPAIGN REPORTS AND FINANCES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 21-A §1013-A (2026).

Text

1.Candidates, their treasurers and political committees. A candidate shall register the candidate's name and the name of a treasurer with the commission at least once in each legislative biennium, as provided in this section. A candidate may have only one treasurer, who must be appointed pursuant to paragraph A or B. For purposes of this section, "legislative biennium" means the term of office a person is elected to serve in the Legislature.

2.Authorized political committees.

3.Party committees. The district, county and municipal committees of parties shall submit to their state party committees the names, mailing addresses and e-mail addresses of all their officers and of their treasurers and the name and address of the principal paid employee, if any, within 10 days after the appointm

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1.
Candidates, their treasurers and political committees.
A candidate shall register the candidate's name and the name of a treasurer with the commission at least once in each legislative biennium, as provided in this section. A candidate may have only one treasurer, who must be appointed pursuant to paragraph A or B. For purposes of this section, "legislative biennium" means the term of office a person is elected to serve in the Legislature.
2.
Authorized political committees.
3.
Party committees.
The district, county and municipal committees of parties shall submit to their state party committees the names, mailing addresses and e-mail addresses of all their officers and of their treasurers and the name and address of the principal paid employee, if any, within 10 days after the appointment, election or hiring of these persons. Municipal committees shall file copies of the same information with the municipal clerk. No later than June 15th of each year, the state party committee shall submit to the commission a consolidated report of the names, mailing addresses and e-mail addresses of the chair and treasurer of the district, county and municipal committees of that party or of another officer if a chair or treasurer has not been appointed.
4.
Reporting by registered treasurers.
Any contribution accepted and any expenditure made or authorized by or on behalf of a candidate registered under this section or qualified under sections 335 and 336 or sections 354 and 355 must be recorded and reported as provided in sections 1016 and 1017.
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Changes in registration information.
Every change in information required by this section to be reported to the commission shall be reported within 10 days of the date of the change.

Legislative History

PL 1989, c. 504, §§4,31 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 833, §1 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 839, §§4-6 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 839, §34 (AFF). RR 1995, c. 2, §35 (COR). PL 1995, c. 384, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 483, §§4,5 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 729, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 443, Pt. A, §7 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 642, §9 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 642, §14 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 366, §2 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 366, §12 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 389, §9 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 389, §62 (AFF). PL 2015, c. 350, §4 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 323, §4 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 132, §4 (AMD).