Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 313-A – Registration of state employees or state agency employees
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Within 15 business days of the convening of a regular legislative session, a department or agency shall register with the commission those state employees or state agency employees who will serve as the department’s or agency’s legislative designees for the session by submitting to the commission a list that must include the name and position of each employee, the name of the department or agency and the name of the bureau or division within the department for which each employee works and the mailing address, e-mail address and phone number of each employee. The department or agency shall notify the commission in writing of any changes of its designees within 15 business days of the change. [PL 2019, c. 587, §8 (AMD); PL 2019, c. 587, §18 (AFF).]
1. Legislative designee.
[PL 2007, c. 630, §9 (RP).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 313-A
- Commission: means the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices as defined in Title 1, chapter 25. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
- in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Legislative designee: means any employee of a state department or agency who is designated by the head of the department or agency as the primary employee to lobby on behalf of the department or agency or who is reasonably expected to lobby on behalf of the department or agency for more than 10 hours during a legislative session. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- Lobbying: includes the time spent to prepare and submit to the Governor, an official in the legislative branch, an official in the executive branch, a constitutional officer or a legislative committee oral and written proposals for, or testimony or analyses concerning, a legislative action. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 3 Sec. 312-A
2. Lobbying requirements.
[PL 2007, c. 630, §9 (RP).]
An employee who is required to be registered under this section is exempt from all other requirements under the law regarding lobbyists. [PL 2007, c. 630, §9 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 691, §11 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 630, §9 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 587, §8 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 587, §18 (AFF).