APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
LD 1 -- SP0012
An Act to Transfer Funds from the Service Retirement Benefit Reserve to the Maine State Retirement System in Order to Fund the Modification of Retirement Laws for Certain Law Enforcement Personnel.
LD 35 -- HP0025
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Create Affordable Housing.
LD 36 -- HP0027
An Act to Appropriate Funds to Ensure Forestry Industry Training Education.
LD 45 -- SP0035
An Act to Appropriate $50,000 for the Muskie Memorial Committee in Rumford.
LD 50 -- HP0036
Original Title: An Act to Make Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government.
New Title An Act to Make Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1999. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 103 -- HP0090
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to State Earned Income Credit.
LD 104 -- HP0091
An Act to Fund a Cranberry Specialist Position in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.
LD 121 -- SP0051
An Act to Require the State to Fully Fund Out-of-district Placement of Special Education Students.
LD 123 -- SP0053
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $5,000,000 for the Acquisition of Water Access Sites by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
LD 132 -- SP0062
An Act to Increase the Cap on the Maine Rainy Day Fund.
LD 135 -- HP0104
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $25,000,000 to Help Increase Fish Production at the State Hatcheries.
LD 152 -- HP0121
An Act to Enhance Economic Development in Hancock County.
LD 154 -- HP0123
An Act to Provide Funding to the Maine Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
LD 172 -- SP0069
An Act to Enhance Maine's Relationship with Aomori, Japan by Hosting a Cultural Exchange.
LD 190 -- SP0087
An Act to Designate the Allagash Wilderness Waterway as a Separate Program for Budgeting Purposes.
LD 191 -- SP0088
An Act to Provide Equitable Treatment of Visitor Information Centers.
LD 214 -- HP0152
An Act to Provide Funds for the Repair of Schools.
LD 217 -- HP0155
An Act to Increase the Appropriation to the Saco River Corridor Commission.
LD 269 -- HP0191
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Repair and Renovation of Schools.
LD 271 -- HP0193
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $25,000,000 to Build or Rehabilitate Regional Psychiatric Facilities.
LD 288 -- HP0210
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $5,000,000 to Assist Municipalities to Provide Water and Sewer Service to Areas Zoned by Municipalities for Industrial and Light Industrial Uses.
LD 360 -- HP0256
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Place Critical Land Tracts in Southern Maine into the Land for Maine's Future Program.
LD 361 -- HP0257
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $25,000,000 for the Expansion of the Fogler Library and Laboratories at the University of Maine.
LD 389 -- HP0281
An Act to Achieve Equity in Transportation Funding.
LD 444 -- HP0328
An Act to Permit Senior Citizens to Remain in Their Homes by Providing Funds for Necessary Modifications.
LD 462 -- HP0346
An Act to Require That All Fines Collected by State Agencies Be Deposited in the General Fund.
LD 475 -- SP0155
An Act to Promote Adult Education.
LD 487 -- HP0362
An Act to Strengthen Child Abuse Prevention in Maine.
LD 499 -- HP0374
An Act to Appropriate Funds for Acquisitions for the Maine State Library and for Library Resource Sharing.
LD 516 -- HP0385
An Act to Restore and Improve Family Planning and Pregnancy Prevention Services.
LD 547 -- HP0405
An Act to Restore Advocacy Services for Children with Disabilities.
LD 548 -- HP0406
An Act to Appropriate Funds for Conservation at the Local Level.
LD 549 -- HP0407
An Act to Fund Maine Agricultural Education Programs.
LD 565 -- HP0423
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $30,000,000 for Infrastructure Improvements for the Maine Technical College System.
LD 585 -- SP0196
An Act to Appropriate $4,000,000 for School-based Health Clinics.
LD 591 -- SP0202
An Act to Increase Access to Primary Health Care in Rural Maine.
LD 599 -- SP0210
An Act to Expand Peer Support Services for the Mentally Ill.
LD 613 -- HP0450
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $7,000,000 to Purchase School Buses for Public Schools.
LD 614 -- HP0451
Original Title: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $26,850,000 for Maine's 7 Technical Colleges.
New Title An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $26,420,000 for Maine's 7 Technical Colleges.
LD 617 -- HP0454
An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and to Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 618 -- HP0455
Original Title: An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001.
New Title An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 674 -- SP0252
An Act to Support Community Radio.
LD 690 -- HP0483
An Act to Appropriate Funds for Staff Development to Meet the Learning Results Standards.
LD 729 -- HP0522
An Act to Increase State Funding for the Purchase of School Buses.
LD 740 -- HP0533
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Public Land Acquisition.
LD 797 -- SP0279
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $9,400,000 to Enable Maine Public Broadcasting to Implement the Federally Mandated Conversion to Digital Broadcasting.
LD 807 -- SP0289
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine Establishing a Rainy Day Fund.
LD 827 -- HP0587
An Act to Promote the Cranberry Industry and to Encourage Cultivation of Cranberries in the State.
LD 842 -- HP0602
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $100,000,000 for School Construction and Renovation.
LD 848 -- HP0608
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Coastal Quality Improvement Council.
LD 862 -- HP0622
An Act Authorizing a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $7,500,000 to Fund Seat Belts for School Buses.
LD 864 -- HP0624
An Act to Establish the Expenditure Forecasting Committee.
LD 882 -- HP0632
An Act to Require Live Answering of Department of Human Services Hot Lines.
LD 887 -- HP0637
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Expenditure of $1,000,000 to Provide Water Safety Zone Marker Buoys for Maine's Lakes and Ponds for the Facilitation of Compliance with Safe Boating Laws.
LD 937 -- HP0681
An Act to Improve Access to Health Care for School-age Children.
LD 943 -- HP0687
Original Title: An Act to Implement the Tobacco Settlement.
New Title An Act Regarding Tobacco Manufacturers.
LD 983 -- SP0329
An Act to Amend the Centers for Innovation Program.
LD 990 -- SP0336
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Reduce Household Hazardous Waste and Mercury Contamination and to Increase Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste through Investment in Capital Equipment and Collection Programs in the Amount of $2,000,000.
LD 993 -- SP0339
An Act to Reinvest in the Land for Maine's Future Fund.
LD 996 -- SP0342
An Act to Strengthen the Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence.
LD 1004 -- HP0714
An Act Regarding Access to Higher Education.
LD 1013 -- HP0723
An Act to Provide Funding to Install Water Mains on Certain Roads in Standish.
LD 1022 -- HP0732
An Act to Provide Funding for the Advisory Commission on Women Veterans.
LD 1024 -- HP0734
An Act to Revise the Purpose and Authority of the Long-term Care Steering Committee.
LD 1028 -- HP0738
Original Title: An Act to Prevent Tampering With Indian Archeological Sites.
New Title Resolve, to Prevent Tampering With Indian Archeological Sites.
LD 1037 -- HP0747
An Act to Protect Children from Internet Predators.
LD 1059 -- SP0355
An Act to Appropriate $20,000 from the General Fund to Assist the Salmon Restoration Project on the St. Croix River.
LD 1118 -- HP0795
An Act to Enhance the Drug Testing Law.
LD 1143 -- HP0820
An Act to Provide Funding for the Education Research Institute.
LD 1152 -- HP0829
An Act to Fund the Maine Resident Homestead Property Tax Exemption Program.
LD 1187 -- SP0396
Resolve, to Preserve the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Block Grant Funds Reserved for Future Use.
LD 1191 -- SP0400
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $5,000,000 to Promote the Cranberry Industry.
LD 1198 -- SP0409
An Act to Expand Opportunities for Education, Training and Employment for Displaced Homemakers.
LD 1234 -- HP0877
An Act to Establish the Maine School Technology Fund.
LD 1238 -- HP0881
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $10,000,000 for Historic Preservation.
LD 1275 -- SP0438
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Wage Fairness Task Force.
LD 1279 -- HP0901
An Act to Provide Funds for a New Historical Atlas of Maine.
LD 1302 -- HP0925
An Act to Provide Partial Funding for Construction of the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service.
LD 1317 -- SP0442
An Act to Appropriate Additional Funding for Court-appointed Counsel.
LD 1321 -- SP0446
An Act to Increase Long-term Health Care Options.
LD 1341 -- HP0944
An Act to Provide Additional Funding for the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission.
LD 1360 -- HP0962
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Joint Committee on Substance Abuse.
LD 1389 -- HP0991
An Act to Establish Fair Funding for Independent and 3rd-Party Legislators.
LD 1408 -- SP0469
An Act to Increase Reimbursement for Hands-on Care to Nursing Home Residents.
LD 1412 -- SP0474
An Act to Fund the Special Educational Adjustment.
LD 1451 -- HP1029
An Act to Establish a Fund to Promote Acadian Cultural Tourism for St. Croix Island.
LD 1453 -- HP1031
An Act to Expand the Homestead Exemption Program Based Upon the Level of Funds in a Homestead Tax Relief Fund.
LD 1461 -- HP1039
An Act to Improve the Efficiency of State Government by Increasing Flexibility in Staffing Patterns.
LD 1530 -- HP1083
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $120,000,000 for Land Acquisition by the Land for Maine's Future Board.
LD 1531 -- HP1084
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $13,500,000 for the Repair and Upgrading of Roads in the Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation System.
LD 1548 -- HP1101
An Act to Increase Reimbursement for Home Health Care Services.
LD 1552 -- SP0518
Original Title: An Act to Ensure Adequate Nutrition Services for Maine's Elderly and to Create the Senior One-stop Program.
New Title An Act to Ensure Adequate Nutrition Services for Maine's Elderly.
LD 1558 -- SP0524
Resolve, to Provide Incentives for School Breakfast Programs in Maine Public Schools.
LD 1573 -- HP1114
An Act to Implement Training for School Counselors at the Maine Youth Center and Upgrade Pay Classifications.
LD 1590 -- HP1131
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $10,000,000 to Support the Construction of the Gulf of Maine Aquarium.
LD 1599 -- SP0537
An Act to Allow Philip Wolley to Receive Certain Legal Costs from the State.
LD 1617 -- SP0555
An Act to Improve Accountability in the Budget Process.
LD 1641 -- HP1144
An Act to Provide Financial Support for Teachers Seeking National Board Certification.
LD 1651 -- HP1154
An Act to Ensure that Tobacco Settlement Funds Are Used for Health Purposes.
LD 1662 -- SP0582
An Act to Protect the Public's Health through State-funded Rabies Testing.
LD 1666 -- SP0586
An Act to Ensure That Funds from Maine's Medicaid Settlement with Tobacco Product Manufacturers are used to Expand Access to Health Care for Maine People.
LD 1675 -- HP1164
An Act to Provide Adequate Maine State Museum Services.
LD 1682 -- HP1171
An Act to Provide Funding for the Frye Island Ferry.
LD 1701 -- HP1191
Resolve, to Increase Access to Maine's Technical College System.
LD 1742 -- HP1213
An Act to Create Fairness in Mental Health Funding for Southern York County.
LD 1819 -- HP1265
An Act Regarding the Use of Excess Funds in the State Treasury.
LD 1831 -- HP1270
Resolve, to Require the State to Fully Fund All Educational Program Costs.
LD 1880 -- SP0658
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for Protected Capital Reserve Funds.
LD 1881 -- SP0659
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Limit the Debt Issued by the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority.
LD 1886 -- SP0664
An Act to Appropriate Funds for Marketing to Promote Economic Development.
LD 1911 -- HP1328
An Act to Relocate the Maine Legislative Law and Reference Library to Comply with the Federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
LD 1928 -- SP0678
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Repairs, Renovations and Additions to Public Schools.
LD 1934 -- SP0688
Resolve, to Reinstate Emergency Assistance for Dependents of Veterans.
LD 1935 -- SP0689
Original Title: An Act to Create Staff Positions at the Maine Commission on Domestic Abuse.
New Title An Act to Create a Staff Position at the Maine Commission on Domestic Abuse.
LD 1939 -- SP0693
An Act to Fund a Minimum Level of Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons in all Regions of the State.
LD 1973 -- SP0698
An Act to Increase the Availability of Home Care Services for Maine's Elderly.
LD 2079 -- SP0729
An Act to Improve the State Budgeting Process.
LD 2089 -- SP0740
Original Title: An Act to Authorize Department of Transportation Bond Issues in the Amount of $56,616,000 to Match Available Federal Funds for Improvements to Highways and Bridges, Airports and State-owned Ferry Facilities; Development of Rail Corridors and Marine Infrastructure; and Replacement of Public Transportation Fleets Statewide.
New Title An Act to Authorize Department of Transportation Bond Issues in the Amount $56,042,031 to Match Available Federal Funds for Improvements to Highways and Bridges, Airports and State-owned Ferry Facilities; Development of Rail Corridors and Marine Infrastructure; and Replacement of Public Transportation Fleets Statewide. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 2103 -- SP0744
An Act to Appropriate $125,000 for the Fort Knox Visitor Center.
LD 2107 -- SP0748
Original Title: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $20,500,000 to Construct Water Pollution Control Facilities and Make Other Environmental Improvements.
New Title An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $12,500,000 to Construct Water Pollution Control Facilities and Make Other Environmental Improvements. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 2111 -- HP1471
An Act to Implement Funding the Recommendations of the Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and Housing Opportunities in the November 1997 Task Force Report.
LD 2116 -- HP1476
An Act to Provide Funds for a National World War II Memorial in Washington.
LD 2120 -- HP1480
Resolve, Establishing an Improved Capital Planning Process.
LD 2126 -- HP1488
An Act to Enforce the Laws Governing Family Medical Leave.
LD 2144 -- HP1500
An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $50,000,000 to Finance the Acquisition of Lands and Interests in Lands for Conservation, Water Access, Outdoor Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Farmland Protection and to Access $25,000,000 in Matching Contributions from Public and Private Sources. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 2145 -- HP1504
An Act to Fund Continuing Public Access to Maine Lands.
LD 2159 -- HP1511
An Act to Reimburse Androscoggin County for Shortfalls in State Reimbursement for Jail Costs.
LD 2203 -- SP0790
An Act to Appropriate Funds for the Welfare-to-work Program.
LD 2210 -- HP1553
An Act to Encourage Expanded Use of Maine's Port Facilities.
LD 2221 -- HP1573
An Act to Restore Majority State Funding of Public Education in Maine.
LD 2232 -- SP0832
An Act to Allow the Cumberland County Domestic Violence Unit to Hire 2 New Assistant District Attorneys Immediately.
LD 2247 -- SP0847
An Act to Fund the Collective Bargaining Agreements and Benefits of Employees Covered by Collective Bargaining and for Certain Employees Excluded from Collective Bargaining. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 2248 -- SP0848
An Act to Fund the Collective Bargaining Agreements and Benefits of Employees Covered by Collective Bargaining and for Certain Employees Excepted from Collective Bargaining for the Judicial Branch. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).