Maine § 21-A §1052 Definitions

Maine Statutes

§ 21-A §1052 — Definitions

Maine § 21-A §1052

Title 21-AELECTIONS

Ch. 13CAMPAIGN REPORTS AND FINANCES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 21-A §1052 (2026).

Text

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.Campaign. "Campaign" means any course of activities to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or to initiate or influence any of the following ballot measures:

2.Committee. "Committee" means any political action committee or ballot question committee and includes any agent of a political action committee or ballot question committee. 2-A. Ballot question committee. "Ballot question committee" means a person that receives contributions or makes expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000 for the purpose of initiating or influencing a campaign, other than a campaign for the nomination or election of a candidate. The term "ballot question committee" does not i

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As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Campaign.
"Campaign" means any course of activities to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or to initiate or influence any of the following ballot measures:
2.
Committee.
"Committee" means any political action committee or ballot question committee and includes any agent of a political action committee or ballot question committee.
2-A.
Ballot question committee.
"Ballot question committee" means a person that receives contributions or makes expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000 for the purpose of initiating or influencing a campaign, other than a campaign for the nomination or election of a candidate. The term "ballot question committee" does not include a political action committee or an exempt donor.
3.
Contribution.
"Contribution" includes:
3-A.
Exempt donor.
"Exempt donor" means a person that has not received contributions for the purpose of influencing a campaign in the prior 2 years and whose only payments of money to influence a campaign in the prior 2 years are:
4.
Expenditure.
The term "expenditure":
4-A.
Influence.
"Influence" means to promote, support, oppose or defeat.
4-B.
Initiate.
"Initiate" includes the collection of signatures on petitions and related activities to qualify a state or local initiative or referendum for the ballot.
4-C.
Leadership political action committee.
5.
Political action committee.
The term "political action committee":
6.
Separate segregated fund committee.

Legislative History

PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 614, §23 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 504, §§21-23,31 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 833, §§13,21 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 839, §27 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 839, §33 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 483, §17 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 683, §A12 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 729, §6 (AMD). RR 2005, c. 2, §14 (COR). PL 2005, c. 301, §22 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 575, §§3-5 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 443, Pt. A, §§27, 28 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 477, §2 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 190, Pt. A, §16 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 389, §§26-32 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 334, §18 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 408, §1 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 563, §3 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 217, §3 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 274, §§9, 10 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 274, §13 (AFF). PL 2023, c. 244, §§11, 12 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 224, §§17, 18 (AMD).