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| LR 2898 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Protect Volunteer-earned Funds of the Maine Wildlife Park |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would ensure that volunteer-earned funds of the Maine Wildlife Park could not be used to reduce overall state funding of the park. |
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| LR 2748 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Ensure the Continued Ability of the Maine Economic Growth Council To Produce the Measures of the Growth Report
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would appropriate $10,000 to the Maine Economic Growth Council in order that it may continue to produce the Measures of Growth report. |
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| LR 2641 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Provide Supplemental Funding for Mileage Reimbursement for Volunteers for the Meals on Wheels Programs
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill provides supplemental funding for mileage reimbursement for volunteers for the meals on wheels program. This funding is needed as soon as possible due to the substantial increase in the price of gasoline |
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| LR 2985 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create a Block Grant Program To Promote Economic and Cultural Development |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would authorize a General Fund bond issue to authorize the Department of Economic and Cultural Development to create a block grant program to promote economic and cultural development. |
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| LR 2718 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Assist the Cities of Biddeford and Saco
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would provide an appropriation of up to $8,000,000 to help the cities of Biddeford and Saco purchase the Maine Energy Recovery Company incinerator. The amount is dependent upon the amount approved at local referendum in November 2005. |
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| LR 2906 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Provide Funding for the Construction of a Regional Career Center |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would provide funding for the construction of a regional career center in Casco. This center would provide career training and services, including technical training, job placement and transitional services, to teens and adults who are 20 years of age and younger. |
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| LR 2615 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Protect Military Families
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill will provide a $250,000 life insurance policy free to members of the Maine Army National Guard who go into combat zones.
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| LR 2576 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Increase Supervision of Red Tide on the Maine Coast
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would appropriate funding to the Water Quality Division in the Department of Marine Resources to allow the division to hire more seasonal interns to test for red tide.
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| LR 2617 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Assist Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Obtaining Information Regarding Current Events |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would establish an accessible electronic information service for eligible blind and disabled persons. The service would convert text-based information, including newspapers, into synthetic speech or Braille suitable for statewide distribution with modern telecommunications technology. |
| LR 2753 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Recapitalize the Maine Downtown Center
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would appropriate funds to recapitalize the Maine Downtown Center. |
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| LR 2578 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Provide Funding for Tribal Economic Development for the Penobscot Indian Nation and Other Federally Recognized Tribes |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill appropriates funds for the Department of Economic and Community Development to provide financial assistance to the Penobscot Indian Nation and other federally recognized tribes for economic development. These funds are to assist the nation and tribes with funds for feasibility studies, implementation of economic projects, matching funds and economic development planning activities.
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| LR 2582 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Establish a Penobscot Language Preservation Fund in the Department of Education |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill establishes the Penobscot Language Preservation Fund and appropriates funds for the Department of Education to provide financial assistance to the Penobscot Indian Nation to maintain and preserve the Penobscot language. The language program must be maintained and managed under the auspices of the tribal cultural and historic preservation department. These funds may also be used to match other funding sources as necessary. |
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| LR 2905 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Make Minor Technical Changes to Maine's Spending Growth Benchmarks |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would make technical changes to the spending growth limits enacted in Public Law 2005, chapter 2 correcting certain errors and omissions in the original language. |