Gubernatorial and Legislative Reports

The State Planning Office is routinely called upon to write reports for the Governor and Legislature on topics related to its statutory duties. These range from economics to governance, to natural resources, to community services. This page provides links to reports specifically required by executive order or statute or resolve.

A list of reports for the Governor.

• Annual Report of the Maine Quality of Place Council, January 2010 (PDF 78KB)
• Final Report of the Ocean Energy Task Force, December 2009 (PDF 837K)
• Natural Resource Agency Task Force Report - 2009 (PDF 1.22MB)

• Ocean Energy Task Force: Interim Report to Governor Baldacci – April 2009
• State of Maine Energy Emergency Management Plan, 2008-2009

• Report of the Maine Quality of Place Council, December 2008 (PDF 315KB)

• Report of the Governor’s Council on Maine’s Quality of Place, December 2007

• Report of the Governor’s Steering Committee on Maine’s Natural Resource-based Industry, November 2006 (PDF 1MB)
• Report of the Task Force on Wind Power Development in Maine, February 2008

A list of reports by statute or resolve in PDF format.

 

125th Session (2010-2011)

• Land for Maine’s Future: 2011 Biennial Progress Report

• 2010 LD 1 Tax Burden Reduction Progress Report, January 2011

• Annual Report on Poverty, January 2011

• Annual Report of the Community Preservation Advisory Committee, February 2011 (PDF 89KB)

• Land and Water Resources Council, Biennial Report, January 2011 (PDF 48KBl)

• Annual Report of the Maine Quality of Place Council, January, 2011

• Regulatory Fairness Board 2010 Annual Report, February 15, 2011

• 2010 Solid Waste Management Advisory Council Report, December 2010 (46KB)

• 2009 Solid Waste Generation and Disposal Capacity Report, January 2011 (PDF 627KB)

124th Session (2009-2010)

• Supporting Maine’s Economic Growth (P.L. 2009, Chapter 571, Part JJJJ), November 2010 (PDF 209KB)
• Assessment of State-owned Landfill Management and Oversight – February 5, 2010 (PDF 1.47MB)
  • Town of Norridgewock letter received on February 5, 2010
  • Town of Old Town letter
    received on February 19, 2010
• Analysis of State Planning Office Purpose and Duties, February 1, 2010
• 2009 LD1 Report, January 2010
• 2010 Report on Poverty, January 2010
• LD 11 - To Encourage the Preservation of Dark Skies, A Report to the Business, Research, and Economic Development Committee of the 124th Session of the Maine Legislature (PDF 9.3MB) January 2010

• Land for Maine's Future: 2009 Biennial Progress Report, February 2009 (PDF 1.87MB)

• Municipal Exemption Under Maine’s Informed Growth Act, January 2009 (committee request) (PDF 2MB)

• 2007-2008 Biennial Report of the Land and Water Resources Council, January 2009 (PDF 89KB)
• LD 1 Progress Report 2008, January 2009 (PDF 137KB)
• 2009 Report on Poverty (PDF 1MB)
• Proposal to Consolidate Maine’s Solid Waste Management Program, January 2009 (PDF 202KB)
• The Costs and Benefits of State and Local Options to Stimulate an Increase in the Recycling of Plastics, January 2009 (PDF 88KB)
• Special Report on Interagency Cooperation for Floodplain Mapping, January 15, 2009 (PDF 274KB)

123rd Session (2007-2008)

• Renewable Energy Use at State Facilities, December 2007 (PL 2007, Ch 52)(PDF 74K)

• Building Code Implementation Plan, January 2008 (Resolve 2007, c. 46) (PDF 34KB)
• Report on Land Conservation Funding Sources for Towns, January 2008 (Resolve 2007, c. 108) (Excel 39KB)
• Municipal Education Foundation templates, January 2008 (P.L. 2007, c. 405)
  • Education Foundation Standards Letter (PDF 12KB)
  • Template for Nonprofit Education Foundations By-Laws (PDF 25KB)
  • Nonprofit Education Foundations Investment Policy Statement (PDF 33KB)
• Managing Maine’s Nearshore Coastal Resources: Final Report of the Bay Management Study, January 2007
  • Executive Study (PDF 906KB)
  • Full Report (PDF 431KB)
• 2008-2009 State of Maine Comprehensive Energy Plan (PL 2007, Public Law 656)

• Annual Report of the Community Preservation Advisory Committee, April 2008

122nd Session (2005-2006)

• Establishing a Process for the Collection of Municipal and County Data for the US Census Bureau, January 2006 (P.L. 2005, c. 15) (PDF 51KB)
• An Evaluation of the Growth Management Act and its Implementation, March 2006 (Resolve 2004, c. 73) (PDF 358KB)
• Municipal Internet Service Providers(PDF 222KB)
• Regional Opportunities for the Town of Cooper (PDF 613KB)
• Facilitating Intergovernmental Cooperation (PDF 190KB)
• Model Chart of Accounts (PDF 156KB)

121st Session (2003 - 2004)

• Report of the Governor’s Task Force of the Planning and Development of Marine Aquaculture in Maine, January 2004 (PDF 53KB)
• Report of the Commission to Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management, and Incarceration of Prisoners, January 2004 (PDF 1.45MB)