{"data":{"id":"us-me/1-m.r.s.-1020","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"1 M.R.S. §1020","heading":"Penalty for false accusations","body":"A person who files a false charge of a conflict of interest with the commission or a member of the commission that the person does not believe to be true, or a person who induces another to file a false charge of a conflict of interest that the person does not believe to be true, is guilty of a Class E crime.","path":["TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 25: GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS","SUBCHAPTER 2: LEGISLATIVE ETHICS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/1/title1sec1020.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:21Z","sha256":"44f39e64f85e98862b82c5c4f82cfbd3a854c32a239e21efa813af1b5ee58651","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/1-m.r.s.-1019","next":"us-me/1-m.r.s.-1021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}