Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1053-C – Caucus political action committees
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1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
A. “House caucus leader” means a member of a political party in the House of Representatives who has been elected the leader of that political party in the House of Representatives. For purposes of this paragraph, if the Speaker of the House of Representatives is a member of a political party, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is deemed the House caucus leader of that political party. [PL 2019, c. 635, §4 (NEW).]
B. “Political party” has the same meaning as “party” as defined by section 1, subsection 28. [PL 2019, c. 635, §4 (NEW).]
C. “Senate caucus leader” means a member of a political party in the Senate who has been elected the leader of that political party in the Senate. For purposes of this paragraph, if the President of the Senate is a member of a political party, the President of the Senate is deemed the Senate caucus leader of that political party. [PL 2019, c. 635, §4 (NEW).]
[PL 2019, c. 635, §4 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1053-C
- Caucus: means a meeting of a political party or committee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
- Caucus political action committee: means a political action committee designated under section 1053?C to promote the election of nominees of a political party to the Senate or the House of Representatives. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1001
- Commission: means the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices established under Title 1, section 1002. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1001
- Committee: means any political action committee or ballot question committee and includes any agent of a political action committee or ballot question committee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1052
- Election: means any primary, general or special election for state or county office or municipal office in a municipality subject to Title 30?A, section 2502, subsection 1 and any referendum, including a municipal referendum in a municipality subject to Title 30?A, section 2502, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1001
- may: when used in this Title, is used in a permissive sense to grant authority or permission, but not to create duty, to act in the manner specified by the context. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 7
- Party: means a political organization which has qualified to participate in a primary or general election under chapter 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
2. Designation of caucus political action committee. Each Senate caucus leader and each House caucus leader may designate one caucus political action committee to promote the election of nominees of the caucus leader’s political party to the body of the Legislature of which the caucus leader is a member. The designation must be made in a letter to the commission and remains effective until a new designation is made in a letter to the commission from the caucus leader of the same political party and same body of the Legislature.
[PL 2019, c. 635, §4 (NEW).]
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PL 2019, c. 635, §4 (NEW).