LIST OF BILLS CARRIED OVER TO SECOND SESSION

 

The Senate adjourned June 13, 2009 at 2:16 a.m.  

Regular Bills and Resolves passed during the First Regular Session
become effective September 12, 2009.

 

According to the Maine Constitution the Second Regular Session of the Legislature
must convene on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday of January
in even-numbered years.

The Second Regular Session of the 124th Maine Legislature
will convene on Wednesday, January 6, 2010.

 

 

HEARINGS 11/10/2009 - 11/10/2009

 

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Business, Research and Economic Development (287-1670)

   9:00 AM Room 208, Cross State Office Building

 

        L.D. 1          WORK SESSION:  An Act To Stimulate Capital Investment for Innovative Businesses in Maine (Sponsor: Sen. MILLS of Somerset)

 

        L.D. 355      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Protect Residential Consumers of Home Heating Fuel (Sponsor: Sen. BLISS of Cumberland)

 

        L.D. 1389    WORK SESSION:  An Act To Create State and Regional Quality of Place Investment Strategies for High-value Jobs, Products and Services in Maine (Sponsor: Sen. DAMON of Hancock) (GOVERNOR'S BILL)

 

        L.D. 696      WORK SESSION:  Resolve, To Reclaim Past Unredeemed Beverage Container Deposits (Sponsor: Rep. MARTIN of Eagle Lake)

 

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Taxation (287-1670)

   1:00 PM Room 127, State House

 

        L.D. 71        WORK SESSION:  An Act To Raise the Property Tax Exemption for Veterans (Sponsor: Rep. NASS of Acton)

 

        L.D. 195      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Base the Excise Tax on Vehicles on a Percentage of the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (Sponsor: Rep. KNIGHT of Livermore Falls)

 

        L.D. 588      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Amend the Excise Tax on Motor Vehicles To Reflect Depreciation (Sponsor: Rep. PILON of Saco)

 

        L.D. 659      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Remove the Sales Tax on Watercraft (Sponsor: Rep. PILON of Saco)

 

        L.D. 662      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Phase Out the Distribution of the Disproportionate Tax Burden Fund under the State-municipal Revenue Sharing Program over a 5-year Period (Sponsor: Rep. SHAW of Standish)

 

        L.D. 788      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Aid Municipalities and the Unorganized Territory in the Reduction of Property Taxes (Sponsor: Rep. CHASE of Wells)

 

        L.D. 839      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Authorize an Alternative Calculation of the Property Growth Factor for Municipalities with Exempt Personal Property (Sponsor: Rep. GILBERT of Jay)

 

        L.D. 931      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Expand the Economic Development Benefit of Tax Increment Financing in Counties That Include Unorganized Territories (Sponsor: Sen. RAYE of Washington)

 

        L.D. 993      WORK SESSION:  An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study the Protection of Farms and Farmland Pertaining to Taxation (Introduced By: Sen. NUTTING of Androscoggin) (Submitted by Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry)

 

        L.D. 1121    WORK SESSION:  An Act To Protect Elderly Residents from Losing Their Homes Due to Taxes or Foreclosure (Sponsor: Rep. CHASE of Wells)

 

        L.D. 1253    WORK SESSION:  An Act To Establish a Local Option Sales Tax (Sponsor: Rep. CROCKETT of Augusta)

 

        L.D. 1273    WORK SESSION:  An Act To Simplify the Application for Benefits under the Circuitbreaker Program (Sponsor: Rep. STUCKEY of Portland)

 

        L.D. 1279    WORK SESSION:  An Act To Reduce Income Tax to 4.5% and Remove Low-income Families from Taxation (Sponsor: Sen. COURTNEY of York)

 

        L.D. 1296    WORK SESSION:  An Act To Strengthen the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program (Sponsor: Rep. WATSON of Bath)

 

        L.D. 1335    WORK SESSION:  An Act To Exempt from the Sales Tax Meals Provided at Retirement Facilities (Sponsor: Sen. PERRY of Penobscot)

 

        L.D. 1449    WORK SESSION:  An Act To Expand Tax Incentives for Visual Media Productions (Sponsor: Rep. WATSON of Bath)

 

 

 

During Session weekly schedules and supplements are available
at the Senate Office (Room 327) in the State House
and at the Legislature's web site at http://www.maine.gov/legis/senate/Documents/hearing/ANPHFrame.htm

 

Work Session schedules and hearing updates are available
at the Legislative Information page at http://janus.state.me.us/legis/lio/

 

You should check your Newspapers for Legal Notices

as there may be changes in the hearing schedule.

 

Bills are not necessarily being heard in the order printed.

 

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You can now join the Senate Mailing List at the ANPH web page.

 

Available on-line
A Guide to Participating in Public Hearings
the link is on the ANPH web page.