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| LR 2878 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Allow the Display of POW-MIA Flags at Courthouses
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would authorize the District Court, Superior Court or Supreme Judicial Court to display the POW-MIA flag at a courthouse whenever the flag of the United States is flown. |
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| LR 2464 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Ensure the Authority of "Do Not Resuscitate" Orders in Advance Health-care Directives
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would clarify that a health care directive containing a "DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE" order must be followed by emergency responders.
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| LR 2450 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Provide Adult Adoptees Access to Their Original Birth Certificates |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would permit an adult adoptee to obtain a copy of the adoptee's original, unaltered bith certificate. It also permits a birth parent to express a preference regarding contact with the adoptee by filing a contact preference form with the registrar of vital records. |
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| LR 2920 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-11-28 |
| An Act Regarding Child Custody Evaluations |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill provides good-faith protection for psychologists conducting child custody evaluations similar to protections existing in Florida and West Virginia. |
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| LR 2590 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Allocate Child Support Appropriately
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would authorize a court to stop the collection process of back child support if the parent paying the support can prove that the child has been living with that parent during the time of nonpayment of the support. |
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| LR 2448 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Living Wills of Terminally Ill Persons |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill proposes to set forth standard language to be included in living wills to provide increased guidance and certainty when a patient is terminally ill or when a doctor has determined that all lifesaving means have been exhausted. |
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| LR 2741 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Protect Access to Social Security Numbers
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would prohibit the use of social security numbers as account numbers by public and private entities. |
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| LR 2560 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Prevent Elder Financial Abuse
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would make all employees of banks, savings institutions and credit unions mandated reporters of elder financial abuse. |
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| LR 2642 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Protect Businesses from Unnecessary Eminent Domain Takings |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would require the State to make a showing that the taking is an absolute necessity to accomplish the public purpose. In all instances where it is possible, the State may take only the portion of the business that is necessary for a public purpose so as to allow the private
business to continue. This bill would be retroactive in that it would apply to any taking in which the terms of the taking have not been finally determined, including both the process of determining price or a timely filed appeal of that value determination. |
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| LR 2778 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Improve the Efficiency of the District Court with Regard to Certain Evictions |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill is the recommendation of a working group of representatives of landlords, tenants and participants from the judicial system requested by the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary to suggest methods of improving the efficiency of the District Court in handling evictions for nonpayment while still ensuring substantive and procedural due process to tenants. This will give the District Court flexibility to adjudicate evictions for nonpayment while nonpayment of rent when the tenant fails to appear in court
It would authorize the court to designate a quasi-judicial officer to determine whether the landlord is in compliance with the forcible entry and detainer process, determine
that the only issue is nonpayment of rent and then grant judgment if the tenant fails to appeal. A request for a hearing or the inclusion of any other issues would require
the case to be scheduled for the usual eviction docket in that court. This process would be employed in courts in which eviction dockets are not scheduled on a weekly basis. |
| LR 2903 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Correct Deficiencies in the Divorce Laws |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would clarify the grounds and procedures for a divorce in cases in which one spouse has become permanently medically incompetent. This bill would also clarify that the trial court may entertain requests for and issue orders for spousal support while a case is on appeal. |
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| LR 2459 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Clarify Laws Governing Eminent Domain
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| SUMMARY |
| This bill would provide more limited-use eminent domain power than was allowed in the Kelo decision.
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| SPONSOR: |
| LR 2915 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-10-27 |
| An Act To Protect Children from Contact with Convicted Sex Offenders |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill would allow a court to consider persons with whom a parent lives in determining whether to grant primary residence or contact. It would allow the court to prohibit residence or contact with a parent who lives with a convicted sex offender. |
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| LR 2571 | ACCEPTED DATE: 2005-11-28 |
| An Act To Provide Notification to a Person Who Holds a Protection from Abuse Order When the Person against Whom the Order Is Held Attempts To Purchase a Firearm |
| SUMMARY |
| This bill provides notification to a person who holds a protection from abuse order when the person against whom the order is held attempts to purchase a firearm.
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