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Updated through the 130th Legislature

Introduction

The University of Maine was founded as the state's land-grant institution in 1865. Originally called the Maine State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, its name was changed in 1897. The University of Maine System was created in 1968.

This legislative history includes all session laws enacting and amending the University's charter.

Session Law:

Year	LD	Amendments	Session Law	Legislative Record Debate & Remarks	Other Documents & News Clips	Full LD History
1865	HD 39 An act to establish the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts	Enacted with amendments: HA "A" SA "B" SA "C"	P&SL 1865, c. 532	N/A	Governor's Address: Address of Governor Cony to the Legislature (Jan. 5, 1865) Report: Report of Board of Commissioners regarding the establishment of a College for the benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (Jan. 16, 1865)	N/A
1879	HD 119 AN ACT to amend section thirteen of chapter five hundred and thirty-two, private and special laws of· eighteen hundred and sixty-five, relating to the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts	N/A	P&SL 1879, c. 173	N/A	N/A	N/A
1891	Not printed An Act to repeal chapter 173 of the Private and Special Laws of 1879, relating to the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts	N/A	P&SL 1891, c. 284	N/A	N/A	N/A
1897	HD 347 AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An Act to establish the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," with statement of facts	N/A	P&SL 1897, c. 551	Wednesday, March 24, 1897 p. 410-411	N/A	N/A
1951	LD 607 AN ACT Authorizing the Trustees of the University of Maine to Operate a College of Medicine	N/A	P&SL 1951, c. 97	Senate, March 20, 1951 p. 584	N/A	N/A
1951	LD 608 AN ACT Relating to the Number of Trustees of the University of Maine OTP-ND: LD 1234	Enacted with amendment: #145	P&SL 1951, c. 122	No debate.	N/A	N/A
1963	LD 619 AN ACT Repealing the Teaching of Military Tactics at the University of Maine	Enacted with amendment: S-33	P&SL 1963, c. 73	No debate.	N/A	N/A
1968	LD 1849 AN ACT Relating to Coordination of Public Higher Education	Enacted with amendment: S-344	P&SL 1967, c. 229, §§1-3	Senate, January 18, 1968 p. 191-202 House, January 19, 1968 p. 221 House, January 22, 1968 p. 246-261 Senate, January 23, 1968 p. 352	Report: Report of the Committee on Education on Its Study on the University of Maine Since Consolidation: Submitted to the Legislative Council, 107th Legislature (Jan. 1975)	N/A
1969	LD 864 AN ACT Relating to the Protection of Rights of Employees of the Unified University of Maine	Enacted with amendment: S-41	P&SL 1969, c. 66	No debate.	N/A	N/A
1969	LD 1460 An Act Relating to Contracts between University of Maine and Town of Orono for Sewer Charges	Enacted with amendment: H-280	P&SL 1969, c. 117	No debate.	N/A	N/A
1970	LD 1634 AN ACT Clarifying Laws Relating to the University of Maine OTP-ND: LD 1804	Enacted with amendment: S-419	P&SL 1969, c. 238, §§2, 3	Senate, January 22, 1970 p. 334-336 Senate, January 23, 1970 p. 374-378 Senate, January 26, 1970 p. 414-415 Senate, January 27, 1970 p. 483-485 House, January 28, 1970 p. 507-508 Senate, January 28, 1970 p. 538-539 House, February 3, 1970 p. 655-657 House, February 4, 1970 p. 775-777	News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	N/A
1970	LD 1749 AN ACT Making Supplemental Appropriations and Deductions for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 1970 and June 30, 1971 OTP-ND: LD 1842	Enacted with amendment: H-706	P&SL 1969, c. 251, Section D	House, February 4, 1970 p. 779-781 Senate, February 4, 1970 p. 793 Senate, February 4, 1970 p. 804-805 Senate, February 4, 1970 p. 809-810 House, February 5, 1970 p. 839 House, February 5, 1970 p. 843 House, February 6, 1970 p. 938-939	News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	N/A
1971	LD 1594 AN ACT to Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Public Laws OTP-ND: LD 1835	Enacted with amendments: S-312 H-503	PL 1971, c. 544, §142	Senate, June 22, 1971 p. 4524 House, June 23, 1971 p. 4538 House, June 23, 1971 p. 4606-4607	N/A	N/A
1973	LD 1197 AN ACT Relating to Ownership of any Property Formerly Held by the State Colleges OTP-ND: LD 1926	N/A	P&SL 1973, c. 84	Senate, May 15, 1973 p. 2819	N/A	N/A
1973	LD 1883 AN ACT to Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Public Laws OTP-ND: LD 2044	Enacted with amendments: S-256 S-267 S-258 S-270 S-261 S-280 S-262 H-617	PL 1973, c. 625, §280	Senate, June 21, 1973 p. 4717 House, June 22, 1973 p. 4737-4738 Senate, June 25, 1973 p. 4778-4779 Senate, June 25, 1973 p. 4781-4783 Senate, June 25, 1973 p. 4785-4786 Senate, June 26, 1973 p. 4839 Senate, June 28, 1973 p. 4943-4944 House, July 2, 1973 p. 4984-4985 House, July 2, 1973 p. 4987-4988 House, July 3, 1973 p. 5045-5046	News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	N/A
1976	LD 2197 AN ACT Redistributing the Powers of the Executive Council	Enacted with amendments: H-1115 S-526 H-1166 S-532 H-1183 S-529 H-1191 S-519 S-524	PL 1975, c. 771, §426	House, March 31, 1976 p. 841-845 House, April 1, 1976 p. 896 House, April 2, 1976 p. 919-920 Senate, April 5, 1976 p. 960 Senate, April 5, 1976 p. 968-972 House, April 6, 1976 p. 988-990 House, April 7, 1976 p. 1020-1024 House, April 9, 1976 p. 1059 Senate, April 9, 1976 p. 1067-1068 House, April 12, 1976 p. 1082-1083 Senate, April 12, 1976 p. 1099-1101 House, April 13, 1976 p. 1108-1109	Report: Replacing the Executive Council: the Final Report of the Joint Standing Committee on State Government, 107th Legislature, H.P. 1781 (Feb. 1976) News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	N/A
1978	LD 2132 AN ACT to Make Additional Corrections of Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine OTP-ND: LD 2199	Enacted with amendments: H-1184 S-574 H-1189 S-575 H-1190 S-576 H-1191 S-577 H-1194 S-578 H-1195 S-579 H-1196 S-580 H-1198 H-1202 S-567 H-1203 S-569 H-1204 S-571 H-1206 S-572 H-1207 S-573 H-1208	PL 1977, c. 696, §§352-354	House, March 17, 1978 p. 631-637 House, March 17, 1978 p. 638 Senate, March 17, 1978 p. 641-645 Senate, March 17, 1978 p. 650-651	Report: Report of a Study by the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture to the Maine Legislature (Dec. 17, 1982)	N/A
1979	LD 1639 AN ACT to Make Additional Corrections of Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine	Enacted with amendments: S-328 S-336 S-332 S-337 S-334 H-705	PL 1979, c. 541, Part B, §§71, 72	Senate, May 30, 1979 p. 1482 Senate, June 5, 1979 p. 1664 Senate, June 7, 1979 p. 1749 Senate, June 7, 1979 p. 1758 House, June 8, 1979 p. 1768-1769 Senate, June 8, 1979 p. 1780-1782 Senate, June 8, 1979 p. 1793 House, June 14, 1979 p. 1854	N/A	N/A
1981	LD 978 An Act to Make Corrections of Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine OTP-ND: LD 1677	Enacted with amendments: H-522 S-318 H-525 S-319 H-526 S-320 S-314 S-321 S-315 S-322 S-317	PL 1981, c. 470, B-13	Senate, June 2, 1981 p. 1468-1469 Senate, June 2, 1981 p. 1473 House, June 3, 1981 p. 1492-1493 House, June 3, 1981 p. 1504-1505	N/A	Yes
1983	LD 29 An Act to Create a Student Seat on the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine	Enacted with amendments: H-177 S-91	P&SL 1983, c. 33	House, May 3, 1983 p. 712-714 Senate, May 3, 1983 p. 726 Senate, May 5, 1983 p. 750-751 House, May 9, 1983 p. 763-765 House, May 12, 1983 p. 848-849 Senate, May 25, 1983 p. 1016 House, May 26, 1983 p. 1017-1019	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1984	LD 2023 An Act to Remove the Retirement Age Restriction for Trustees of the University of Maine	N/A	P&SL 1983, c. 63	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1984	LD 2221 An Act Concerning Higher Education	Enacted with amendments: H-649 H-668	PL 1983, c. 799, §4	House, April 9, 1984 p. 521	Report: Education: Maine's Most Important Investment (Jun. 1984) Report: Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Commission on the Status of Education in Maine (Aug. 1985) Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1986	LD 2347 An Act to Change the Name of the University of Maine to the State University of Maine and to Clarify the Public Policy on Higher Education OTP-ND: LD 2385	N/A	PL 1985, c. 779, §§87-98, §102	Senate, April 12, 1986 p. 1348 Senate, April 12, 1986 p. 1361 House, April 14, 1986 p. 1419 Senate, April 15, 1986 p. 1497-1498	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1987	LD 227 AN ACT Relating to the Administrative Council of the University of Maine System	Enacted with amendment: H-9	PL 1987, c. 20, §§3, 4	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1988	LD 2521 AN ACT to Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine	Enacted with amendment: S-404	PL 1987, c. 769, §§A-189, A-190	Senate, April 5, 1988 p. 767 House, April 8, 1988 p. 842	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1988	LD 2602 AN ACT Relating to Periodic Justification of Departments, Agencies and Programs of State Government under the Maine Sunset Laws	Enacted with amendment: H-656	PL 1987, c. 735, §§73, 74	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1991	LD 881 An Act to Amend the University of Maine System Charter	Enacted with amendment: S-80	PL 1991, c. 147, §§2, 3	House, April 25, 1991 p. H-585	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1991	LD 1954 An Act Correcting Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine	Enacted with amendments: H-698 H-699 H-708 S-383 S-385	PL 1991, c. 548, §A-36	Senate, June 26, 1991 p. S-1352-S-1353 House, June 28, 1991 p. H-1292-H-1293	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
1997	LD 1557 An Act to Create Efficient and Effective Administration of the University of Maine System	Enacted with amendment: H-580	P&SL 1997, c. 37, §§1-6	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2003	LD 469 An Act To Clarify Arrest Powers of Law Enforcement Officers	Enacted with amendments: H-123 H-290	PL 2003, c. 233, §5	Senate, May 7, 2003 p. S-546 House, May 8, 2003 H-534	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian. News Clips: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2003	LD 1116 An Act Regarding University of Maine System Boards of Visitors	Enacted with amendment: H-138	P&SL 2003, c. 14	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes
2005	LD 1528 An Act To Create a Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Maine	Enacted with amendments: S-165 S-398	P&SL 2005, c. 28	No debate.	Committee File: Please contact a Reference Librarian.	Yes