122ND LEGISLATURE - SECOND REGULAR SESSION

               PRELIMINARY LIST OF REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY LEGISLATORS

                               SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

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 Sen.   Andrews   of York

 

  LR 2611  An Act To Make the Taxing of Lobster Traps Optional

 

  LR 2612  An Act To Provide a Bill of Rights for Condominium Owners

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Ash, Jr.   of Belfast

 

  LR 2486  An Act To Prevent Dangerous Commercial Drivers on

           Maine's Highways

 

  LR 2627  An Act To Protect Consumers from Credit Card and Debit

           Card Holds

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Austin   of Gray

 

  LR 2898  An Act To Protect Volunteer-earned Funds of the Maine

           Wildlife Park

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Babbidge   of Kennebunk

 

  LR 2928  An Act To Establish a Minimum Financial Educational Standard

 

  LR 2972  An Act To Promote Recycling of Cellular Telephones

 

  LR 2984  An Act Regarding the Sharing of Educational Costs

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Barstow   of Gorham

 

  LR 2510  An Act To Modernize Maine Government

 

  LR 2511  Resolve, Establishing a Working Group in the Department

           of Public Safety and the Department of Education

           To Examine the Powers of University Police Departments

 

 

 

 

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                  122ND LEGISLATURE - SECOND REGULAR SESSION

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  LR 2512  Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental

           Protection To Adopt Rules Addressing Health

           and Safety Issues Relating to the Operation of

           Wood-burning Furnaces

 

  LR 2513  An Act To Exempt Municipalities from Paying Fees

           for Filing Deeds

 

  LR 2514  An Act To Increase the Number of Cumberland County

           Commissioners from 3 to 7

 

  LR 2526  Resolve, To Study Municipal Services Billing Problems

 

  LR 2533  An Act To Restore Funding to the Fund for the Efficient

           Delivery of Local and Regional Services

 

  LR 2734  An Act To Ensure Eligibility for Citizens 65 Years of Age

           and Older to Purchase Dirigo Choice Insurance

 

  LR 2988  An Act To Strengthen County Government

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Bartlett II   of Cumberland

 

  LR 2474  An Act To Create Regional Economic Councils

 

  LR 2492  An Act To Increase the Penalty for the 3rd Offense

           of Operating after Suspension

 

  LR 2503  An Act To Require Mandatory Training for Law Enforcement

           Officers and Prosecutors Regarding Interaction with

           Citizens with Developmental Disabilities

 

  LR 2509  An Act To Prohibit the Advertisement of Tobacco and

           Alcohol within 500 Feet of a School

 

  LR 2599  An Act To Make Changes to the Maine Juvenile Code

 

  LR 2695  An Act To Encourage Energy Independence for Maine

 

  LR 2761  An Act To Increase the Availability of Household

           Hazardous Waste Disposal Options

 

  LR 2931  An Act To Improve the Maine Enterprise Option Program

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Bierman   of Sorrento

 

  LR 2926  An Act Relating to Flanders Bay Community School District

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Bishop, Jr.   of Boothbay

 

  LR 2702  An Act To Extend the Veterans' Property Tax

           Exemption to All Veterans

 

  LR 2703  An Act To Amend the Charter of the Boothbay Harbor Sewer

           District

 

  LR 2855  RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution

           of Maine To Limit Increases in Property Valuation for

           Residents 62 Years of Age and Older

 

  LR 2856  An Act To Provide Additional Home Heating Assistance to

           Low-income Residents

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Blanchard   of Old Town

 

  LR 2472  An Act To Ensure Business Equity and Vehicle Registration

 

  LR 2521  An Act To Fund Pesticide Education in the State

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Blanchette   of Bangor

 

  LR 2632  An Act To Require Clean Election Candidates To Submit

           Receipts for Expenditures above $10

 

  LR 2633  An Act To Prohibit Clean Election Candidates from Hiring

           Immediate Family Members as Campaign Workers

 

  LR 2634  An Act To Prohibit a Clean Election Candidate from

           Organizing a Political Action Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Bowles   of Sanford

 

  LR 2784  An Act To Require That the Costs Associated with Enacting

           a Direct Initiative Appear on the Ballot

 

  LR 2878  An Act To Allow the Display of POW-MIA Flags at Courthouses

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Brannigan   of Portland

 

  LR 2896  An Act To Ensure Coordination and Effectiveness in the

           Provision of Outpatient and Medication Management

           Services under Maine's Noncategorical Waiver

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Brautigam   of Falmouth

 

  LR 2958  An Act To Protect Maine's Electricity Consumers

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Brennan   of Cumberland

 

  LR 2629  An Act To Guarantee Access to Medically Necessary

           Medications during the Implementation of the Medicare Part

           D Prescription Drug Program

 

  LR 2644  An Act Regarding Standardized Testing in Maine

 

  LR 2785  An Act To Prevent the Use of Nutritional Supplements

           by Maine Student Athletes

 

  LR 2868  An Act To Provide Emergency Assistance to People at Risk

           Due to the High Cost of Heating Fuel

 

  LR 2869  An Act To Improve the Health, Safety, Welfare and Education

           of Maine People

 

  LR 2870  An Act To Invest in the Future of Maine Citizens

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Sen.   Bromley   of Cumberland

 

  LR 2566  An Act To Change the Name of Little Island to Chickering

           Island

 

  LR 2567  An Act To Modify the Gross Weight Limits for Certain 2 and 3

           Axle Vehicles

 

  LR 2598  An Act To Improve the Process for Issuing Duplicate Motor

           Vehicle Certificates of Title

 

  LR 2748  An Act To Ensure the Continued Ability of the Maine

           Economic Growth Council To Produce Reports on Measures

           of Growth

 

  LR 2762  An Act Regarding Preferences in Bidding on Maine State

           Housing Authority Contracts

 

  LR 2775  An Act To Improve the Governance Structure of the Maine

           State Housing Authority

 

  LR 2845  An Act To Ensure Economic Fairness for Partners of

           Long-term Marriages

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Browne   of Vassalboro

 

  LR 2874  An Act To Allow Farm Trucks That Weigh over 9,000 Pounds

           To Be Eligible for Farm Specialty Plates

 

  LR 2875  An Act To Establish a Residency Requirement for MaineCare

           Recipients

 

  LR 2876  An Act To Provide Job Opportunities for Students by

           Lowering the Minimum Wage for Young People

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Bryant   of Oxford

 

  LR 2464  An Act To Ensure the Authority of "Do-Not-Resuscitate"

           Orders in Health Care Directives

 

  LR 2473  An Act Concerning Members of School Administrative

           Districts' Finance Committees

 

 

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  LR 2584  An Act To Make Changes To Certain Laws Governing Fish

           and Wildlife

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Bryant   of Windham

 

  LR 2927  An Act To Increase Agent Participation for Insurance

           Products

 

  LR 2981  An Act To Protect the Employment Rights of Military

           Reserve and National Guard Personnel

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Burns   of Berwick

 

  LR 2613  Resolve, To Study the Efficient Delivery of Contracted

           Services by Social Workers to MaineCare Recipients

 

  LR 2710  Resolve, To Study the Efficient Billing and Delivery

           of Social Services by 3rd Parties

 

  LR 2711  An Act Concerning Seat Belts

 

  LR 2712  An Act To Require Insurance Companies To Notify the

           Secretary of State upon Issuance of New Automobile Policies

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Cain   of Orono

 

  LR 2516  RESOLUTION, Amending the Constitution of Maine To Lower

           the Age of Eligibility for Election to the House of

           Representatives

 

  LR 2867  An Act To Promote Youth Involvement in County and Local

           Government

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Campbell, Sr.   of Newfield

 

  LR 2640  An Act To Keep Senior Citizens Safe from Falls

 

 

 

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  LR 2641  An Act To Provide Supplemental Funding for Mileage

           Reimbursement for Volunteers for the Meals on Wheels

           Program

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Canavan   of Waterville

 

  LR 2454  An Act To Provide Access to Health Care for Workers

 

  LR 2715  An Act To Require Lobbyists To Wear Identification Badges

 

  LR 2716  An Act To Promote Transitional Employment for People with

           Mental Illness

 

  LR 2859  An Act To Extend the Lobbyist Reporting Requirements

           to Executive Branch Lobbying Activities

 

  LR 2872  An Act To Amend the Disclosure Law for Public Officials

 

  LR 2879  An Act To Require the Commission on Governmental Ethics and

           Election Practices To Produce a Register with Photos of All

           Registered Lobbyists

 

  LR 2880  An Act To Amend the Law Concerning Sentinel Event

           Reporting

 

  LR 2884  An Act To Amend the Law Concerning Public Officials and

           Conflict of Interest

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Carr   of Lincoln

 

  LR 2607  An Act To Increase Efficiency in Truck Hauling

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Cebra   of Naples

 

  LR 2529  An Act To Establish a Back-to-school Tax-free Shopping

           Weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Churchill   of Washburn

 

  LR 2877  An Act To Prohibit Bear Hunting with Dogs in Organized

           Territories

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Clark   of Millinocket

 

  LR 2597  An Act To Amend the Law Governing Smoking in Private Clubs

 

  LR 2804  An Act To Enable Local Adult Education Programs To Play

           a Greater Role in Helping Dislocated Workers

 

  LR 2841  An Act To Delay New Assessment Practices for High School

           Students

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Clukey   of Aroostook

 

  LR 2496  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Municipal Tax Cap

           To Protect Municipalities That Use Reserve Funds To Lower

           Their Mill Rates

 

  LR 2936  An Act To Define "Disability" in the Maine Human Rights Act

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Collins   of Wells

 

  LR 2779  An Act To Require Voters To Provide Proof of United

           States Citizenship

 

  LR 2919  An Act To Implement the Privatization of Work Performed by

           the Maine Geological Survey

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Courtney   of York

 

  LR 2490  An Act To Provide State Funding for the Fingerprinting of

           School Personnel

 

 

 

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  LR 2523  An Act To Reduce Heating Fuel Taxes Paid by Businesses

 

  LR 2527  An Act To Prohibit Insurance Companies from Refusing To

           Issue or Renew Homeowners Insurance to People Who Own Dogs

 

  LR 2631  An Act To Amend the Sex Offender Registration Laws

 

  LR 2732  An Act To Increase the Governor's Salary

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Cowger   of Kennebec

 

  LR 2457  An Act To Require Insurance Companies To Notify the Bureau

           of Motor Vehicles when a Motor Vehicle Has Been Insured

 

  LR 2466  An Act To Require Health Insurers To Provide Notice of

           Reinstatement

 

  LR 2524  An Act To Exempt Certain Businesses from the Service

           Provider Tax for Use of Audio and Visual Rentals

 

  LR 2635  An Act To Ensure Long-term Capacity of Municipal Landfills

 

  LR 2698  An Act To Protect the Health and Welfare of Children

           and Spouses in Need of Enhanced Child Support

           Enforcement Services

 

  LR 2802  An Act To Clarify the Taxable Status of Processing Fees

           Charged in Connection with Cancelled Lodging Reservations

 

  LR 2810  An Act To Change Responsibility for the Regulation of

           Above-ground Storage Tanks to the Department of

           Environmental Protection

 

  LR 2925  An Act To Consolidate the Management of Solid Waste

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Craven   of Lewiston

 

  LR 2470  An Act To Allow for the Reimbursement of the Private

           Nonmedical Institution Service Provider Tax

 

  LR 2651  An Act To Require That New Road Construction or Repair

           Include Sidewalks or Bike Trails or Both

 

 

 

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  LR 2652  Resolve, Directing the Department of Inland Fisheries and

           Wildlife To Examine Issues Associated with Laws Requiring

           Permission To Use All-terrain Vehicles on Another's Land

 

  LR 2653  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Assessment of

           Property Taxes in the Event of a Change of Ownership of

           the Property

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Cressey, Jr.   of Cornish

 

  LR 2481  An Act To Adopt Jessica's Law

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Crosby, III   of Topsham

 

  LR 2700  An Act To Allow Businesses To Place a Sign at the

           Topsham Mall Exit on Interstate 95

 

  LR 2937  An Act To Allow All Races Approved by the Maine Harness

           Racing Commission for an Agricultural Fair To Be Simulcast

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Crosthwaite   of Ellsworth

 

  LR 2676  An Act To Provide for the Issuance of a Bench Warrant

           upon Failure To Appear for a Hearing on Nonpayment of a

           County Jail Reimbursement Fee

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Cummings   of Portland

 

  LR 2537  An Act To Provide Additional Property Tax Relief to Maine

           Citizens

 

  LR 2575  An Act To Provide Supplemental Funds for Heating Assistance

 

  LR 2817  An Act To Establish Requirements and Standards for Health

           Savings Accounts for Small Businesses

 

  LR 2973  An Act To Improve Education in Maine

 

 

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  LR 2985  An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Create a

           Block Grant Program to Promote Economic and Cultural

           Development

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Curley   of Scarborough

 

  LR 2488  An Act To Safeguard Maine's Highways

 

  LR 2563  An Act To Establish November as "Cancer Awareness Month"

 

  LR 2672  An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies To Maintain Public

           Sex Offender Registry Websites

 

  LR 2747  An Act To Cap the Rate of Increase for Property

           Valuation

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Daigle   of Arundel

 

  LR 2718  An Act To Assist the Cities of Biddeford and Saco

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Damon   of Hancock

 

  LR 2530  An Act To Improve Highway Safety

 

  LR 2760  An Act To Amend Maine's Noise Ordinance Laws

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Davis   of Falmouth

 

  LR 2450  An Act To Provide Access to Birth Records by Adopted Persons

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Davis, Sr.   of Piscataquis

 

  LR 2534  An Act To Increase Certain Fees Paid to Sheriffs and Their

           Deputies

 

 

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  LR 2535  An Act To Eliminate the State Portion of the Gasoline Tax

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Diamond   of Cumberland

 

  LR 2497  An Act To Establish and Classify Penalties for Multiple

           Driving License Suspensions

 

  LR 2625  An Act To Clarify the Assessment of Costs To Maintain a

           Private Way or Bridge

 

  LR 2626  An Act To Clarify the Responsibilities of the State Tax

           Assessor Regarding Local Assessors

 

  LR 2675  An Act To Exempt Fuel Distributors from Filing Quarterly

           Reports if Tax Is Paid at the Time of Purchase

 

  LR 2767  An Act To Expand the List of Prior Crimes That May Be

           Considered When Determining Whether a Person Is a Repeat

           Sexual Assault Offender

 

  LR 2768  An Act Regarding the Sentencing and Release of Sex

           Offenders

 

  LR 2770  An Act To Create Mandatory Minimum Sentences for

           Persons Convicted of Certain Sex Offenses against

           Victims under 12 Years of Age

 

  LR 2771  An Act To Require Presentence Investigations of All

           Persons Convicted of a Sex Offense

 

  LR 2906  An Act To Provide Funding for the Construction of a

           Regional Career Center

 

  LR 2929  An Act To Improve Housing Conditions for Equines

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Dow   of Lincoln

 

  LR 2909  An Act To Control Bomb Threats at Public Education

           Facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Driscoll   of Westbrook

 

  LR 2975  An Act To Promote College Savings Accounts

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Dudley   of Portland

 

  LR 2687  An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the

           Land for Maine's Future Program

 

  LR 2993  An Act To Expand Childhood Readiness To Learn through Dental

           Screening

 

  LR 2994  An Act To Reduce the Long-term Costs of Substance Abuse

 

  LR 2995  An Act To Assess Maine Residents' Vulnerabilities to Natural

           and Man-made Disasters

 

  LR 2996  An Act To Protect Children's Access to Mental Health

           Services

 

  LR 2997  An Act To Increase Public Control over the Designation of

           ATV Trails

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Dugay   of Cherryfield

 

  LR 2885  An Act Concerning the Use of Clean Election Funds

 

  LR 2964  An Act Regarding the Confidentiality of Reports of the

           Ombudsman Program

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Dunn   of Bangor

 

  LR 2888  An Act To Adjust the Excise Tax Filing Schedule for Wine

           Producers

 

  LR 2889  An Act To Provide Redemption Centers with Handling Supplies

 

  LR 2890  An Act To Allow Independent Wineries To Serve Wine at

           Trade Shows

 

 

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  LR 2920  An Act Regarding Child Custody Evaluations

 

  LR 2921  An Act Regarding Criminal Record Checks

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Duplessie   of Westbrook

 

  LR 2684  An Act To Improve Traffic Safety at Intersections

 

  LR 2685  An Act To Allow the Importation of Wine

 

  LR 2686  An Act To Clarify Municipal Valuations of Resort Property

 

  LR 2691  An Act To Enhance Firefighter Safety

 

  LR 2980  An Act To Provide for Victims of Drivers Operating Under

           the Influence

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Eder   of Portland

 

  LR 2515  Resolve, To Save Moosehead Lake

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Edgecomb   of Caribou

 

  LR 2619  An Act To Dedicate a Portion of Automobile Registration Fees

           To Fund Veterans Cemeteries

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Edmonds   of Cumberland

 

  LR 2517  An Act To Improve Transparency in Elections and the

           Operation of Government

 

  LR 2791  An Act To Appropriately Compensate and Ensure the Supply

           of Personal Care Assistants

 

  LR 2792  An Act To Ban Vaccines Containing Thimerasol

 

  LR 2793  An Act To Strengthen Maine's Purchasing Code of Conduct

 

 

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  LR 2794  An Act To Prevent State Taxpayers from Subsidizing

           Large Employers

 

  LR 2795  An Act To Protect Workers from Intimidation

 

  LR 2796  An Act To Protect Maine's Groundwater Resources

 

  LR 2797  An Act To Enhance Maine's Image as a Dog-friendly State

 

  LR 2798  An Act To Strengthen Maine's Craft Brewing Industry

 

  LR 2799  An Act To Sustain Good Local Planning Practices

 

  LR 2800  An Act To Enhance Competition and Consumer Choice in

           the Telecommunications Industry

 

  LR 2850  An Act To Maintain Standards for the Plumbing Profession

 

  LR 2854  An Act To Maintain Standards for Consumers of Mechanical

           Services

 

  LR 2983  An Act To Clarify an Easement across State Park Land

 

  LR 2989  An Act To Improve the State's Authority To Prevent Price

           Gouging

 

  LR 2991  An Act To Improve Retention, Quality and Benefits for Direct

           Care Health Workers

 

  LR 2992  An Act To Protect Injured College Students

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Emery   of Cutler

 

  LR 2479  An Act To Allow Sea Urchin Harvesters To Make Up Fishing

           Days Lost to Inclement Weather

 

  LR 2480  An Act To Improve Water Monitoring at Clam Flats

 

  LR 2484  An Act To Establish a Scale for Teacher Salaries That

           Is Uniform throughout the State

 

  LR 2485  An Act To Provide Funds to the Machias Wastewater

           Treatment Plant

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Faircloth   of Bangor

 

  LR 2489  An Act To Require a Business To Request Proof of a Valid

           Driver's License before Hiring a Trucker To Haul Its

           Goods

 

  LR 2519  An Act To Provide Parents with Information about

           Biohazards Affecting Children

 

  LR 2600  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Use of Deadly Force

           in the Defense of Premises

 

  LR 2720  An Act To Increase the Excise Tax Imposed on Beer and Wine

           Except for Beer and Wine Produced by Microbreweries

 

  LR 2902  An Act To Increase Child Safety and Health through

           Biomonitoring of Infants and Toddlers

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Farrington   of Gorham

 

  LR 2835  An Act To Inform Parents of Students' Privacy Rights

 

  LR 2836  An Act To Reduce Taxes on the Property of Religious

           Societies

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Finch   of Fairfield

 

  LR 2671  An Act To Protect Real Estate Values Impaired by Railroad

           Operations

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Fischer   of Presque Isle

 

  LR 2539  An Act To Streamline MaineCare Billing

 

  LR 2540  An Act To Improve Workplace Safety

 

  LR 2541  An Act To Direct the Office of Program Evaluation and

           Governmental Accountability To Investigate the MaineCare

           Billing Crisis and To Hold Individuals Accountable

 

 

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  LR 2542  Resolve, To Create a Task Force To Ensure Fairness for

           Municipal Police Departments

 

  LR 2543  Resolve, To Create a Task Force To Study the Child Support

           System

 

  LR 2544  An Act To Protect Citizens from Unfair Taxation

 

  LR 2615  An Act To Protect Military Families

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Fletcher   of Winslow

 

  LR 2722  An Act To Improve Water-skiing Safety

 

  LR 2723  An Act To Clarify the Eminent Domain Statutes

 

  LR 2724  An Act To Conserve Energy in Maine Homes

 

  LR 2932  An Act To Encourage Energy Efficiency

 

  LR 2933  An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Fund

           Energy Conservation Programs through Efficiency Maine

 

  LR 2934  An Act To Lower the Cost of Electricity

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Flood   of Winthrop

 

  LR 2587  An Act To Control the Number of Bill Proposals of the

           Legislature

 

  LR 2588  An Act To Establish a Reasonable Length for the Work Day

 

  LR 2589  An Act To Provide Concealed Weapon Permit Fees to

           Municipalities

 

  LR 2590  An Act To Allocate Child Support Appropriately

 

  LR 2591  An Act To Ensure Reimbursement for Towing Services

 

  LR 2754  An Act To Allow Public Notification of Minors 16 Years of

           Age and 17 Years of Age Arrested for Violent Felonies

 

 

 

 

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  LR 2755  An Act To Prohibit Registered Sex Offenders from

           Establishing Residence within 1,000 Feet of a Public or

           Private School

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Gagnon   of Kennebec

 

  LR 2678  An Act To Allow Municipalities To Enact a Local Option

           Homestead Property Tax Exemption

 

  LR 2679  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing All-terrain Vehicles

 

  LR 2680  An Act To Improve the Liquor Laws

 

  LR 2681  An Act To Improve the Efficiency of the Office of Program

           Evaluation and Government Accountability

 

  LR 2682  An Act To Improve the Laws Governing Gaming

 

  LR 2683  An Act To Improve the Laws Governing Election Practices

           and Ethics

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Gerzofsky   of Brunswick

 

  LR 2738  An Act To Require the Secretary of State to Notify Local

           Law Enforcement Agencies of Driver's License Suspensions

 

  LR 2990  An Act To Create the 2-1-1 Information System

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Glynn   of South Portland

 

  LR 2669  An Act To Increase Accessibility to Health Insurance

 

  LR 2737  An Act To Protect Services for MaineCare Clients Designated

           as Noncategorical

 

  LR 2918  An Act To Lower Property Taxes by Exempting State and

           Municipal Employees from the Savings Offset Payment under

           Dirigo

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Goldman   of Cape Elizabeth

 

  LR 2765  An Act To Promote the Efficient Use of State and Local

           Resources in the Calculation of the Transportation

           Costs Component of the School Funding Formula

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Grose   of Woolwich

 

  LR 2448  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Living Wills of

           Terminally Ill Persons

 

  LR 2586  An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Smoking in Private Clubs

 

  LR 2623  An Act To Provide a Free Moose Hunting Permit to Residents

           70 Years of Age or Older

 

  LR 2970  An Act To Modify the Requirements for Provisional

           Social Worker Licenses

 

  LR 2971  An Act To Accommodate Victims of Identity Theft

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Hanley   of Paris

 

  LR 2452  An Act To Allow the Buckfield Village Corporation To Be

           Dissolved and Combined with the Town of Buckfield

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Hanley   of Gardiner

 

  LR 2616  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Crime of Refusing To

           Submit to Arrest or Detention

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Hastings III   of Oxford

 

  LR 2709  An Act Regarding the Appointment of Harbormasters

 

 

 

 

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  LR 2801  An Act Concerning the Disclosure of Proprietary

           Information by Independent Schools

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Hobbins   of York

 

  LR 2721  An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Governor's

           Task Force Regarding the Shutdown of the Maine Energy

           Recovery Corporation Trash-burning Facility in Biddeford

 

  LR 2959  An Act To Confirm the Authority of the City of Saco To

           Acquire Extraterritorial Facilities

 

  LR 2960  An Act To Implement Model Timeshare Foreclosure Procedures

 

  LR 2961  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Sand Dune Protection

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Hogan, Sr.   of Old Orchard Beach

 

  LR 2548  An Act To Require That Passengers in the Beds of Pick-up

           Trucks Wear Seat Belts

 

  LR 2549  An Act To Enhance the Laws Prohibiting Profiteering on Fuel

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Hotham   of Dixfield

 

  LR 2739  An Act To Provide Funding to the Fractionation

           Development Center in Rumford

 

  LR 2740  An Act To Support Campgrounds in Maine

 

  LR 2741  An Act To Protect Access to Social Security Numbers

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Jackson   of Fort Kent

 

  LR 2585  An Act To Increase the Number of Moose Permits for the

           Lottery by 500

 

 

 

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  LR 2620  An Act To Change the Charter of the Saint Francis Water

           District

 

  LR 2719  An Act To Clarify the Intent of the Law That Allows

           Retired Firefighters To Retain Their Firefighter License

           Plates

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Jacobsen   of Waterboro

 

  LR 2706  An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to Issuance of a

           Worthless Instrument

 

  LR 2707  An Act To Exempt Platform Lifts from the Annual

           Elevator Inspection

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Jennings   of Leeds

 

  LR 2654  An Act To Clarify the Voting Procedures for Private Clubs

           To Determine Smoking Policies

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Joy   of Crystal

 

  LR 2498  RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution

           of Maine To Change the Scope of Application for Eminent

           Domain Property Seizures

 

  LR 2499  Resolve, To Create a Study Commission To Coordinate Maine's

           Climate Change Policy

 

  LR 2701  An Act To Control Alcohol in the Maine Woods

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Lerman   of Augusta

 

  LR 2536  An Act To Provide an Energy Emergency Relief Fund for Home

           Heating Oil and Gasoline

 

 

 

 

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  LR 2821  An Act To Adjust the Real Estate Property Valuation

           Process

 

  LR 2822  An Act To Establish a Tax-free Day

 

  LR 2823  An Act To Promote the Redevelopment of Historic Structures

 

  LR 2824  An Act To Protect a National Historic Landmark

 

  LR 2825  An Act To Adjust the Eligibility for Nonprofit

           Exemption

 

  LR 2826  An Act To Provide Health Care Security

 

  LR 2827  An Act To More Equitably Pay for Municipal Services

 

  LR 2828  An Act To Create Employment Opportunities for People

           with Disabilities

 

  LR 2829  An Act To License Behavioral Analysts

 

  LR 2830  An Act To License Guardians Ad Litem

 

  LR 2831  An Act To Protect Pregnant Women from Mercury Overexposure

 

  LR 2832  An Act To Protect Children from the Onset of Autism

 

  LR 2833  An Act To Ensure Adequate Capacity at Riverview

           Psychiatric Center

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Lindell   of Frankfort

 

  LR 2460  An Act To Limit the Use of Eminent Domain

 

  LR 2487  An Act To Exempt from Property Tax Church Residences and

           Residences Maintained for the Staff of Tax-exempt

           Organizations

 

  LR 2837  An Act To Authorize a Sales Tax Holiday

 

  LR 2838  Resolve, To Establish a Commission To Study and Recommend

           Ethical Standards for State Agencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Makas   of Lewiston

 

  LR 2462  An Act To Clarify the Eminent Domain Laws in the State

 

  LR 2873  An Act To Protect the Rights of Women

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Marley   of Portland

 

  LR 2494  Resolve, To Study the Designation of a Portion of Tobacco

           Settlement Funds for Hospital-based Smoking Cessation

           Programs

 

  LR 2495  Resolve, To Establish a Commission To Study the Feasibility

           of Establishing Sound and Pollution Barriers along

           Portions of Interstate 295

 

  LR 2531  An Act To Ensure Accountability Regarding Commercial

           Vehicle Contractors

 

  LR 2621  An Act To Prohibit Parking in Access Aisles Adjacent to

           Parking Spaces for the Physically Disabled

 

  LR 2643  RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of

           Maine To Limit Increases in Property Tax Assessments

 

  LR 2674  An Act To Remove the Clergy as a Signatory on a Marriage

           License

 

  LR 2689  Resolve, To Reevaluate Maine's Ban on the Sale of Efficient

           Diesel Vehicles

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Martin   of Aroostook

 

  LR 2568  An Act To Allow the Towns of Mapleton, Castle Hill and

           Chapman To Deposit All Tax Receipts, Grant Receipts and

           Other Income and Revenues into One Depository Account

 

  LR 2569  An Act To Authorize the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries

           and Wildlife To Allow the Operation of Snowmobiles

           Registered outside the State at Special Events Occurring in

           the State

 

 

 

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  LR 2596  An Act To Create the Washburn Water and Sewer District

 

  LR 2667  An Act To Create a Single Board of Trustees To Oversee the

           University of Maine System and the Maine Community College

           System

 

  LR 2668  Resolve, To Direct the University of Maine System Board of

           Trustees To Study the Feasibility of Establishing Certain

           Postgraduate Degrees

 

  LR 2746  An Act To Provide Greater Control of the Sale and

           Distribution of Liquor

 

  LR 2780  An Act To Reform the Maine Tort Claims Act

 

  LR 2788  An Act To Ensure Patient Safety

 

  LR 2809  An Act To Protect Health Insurance Consumers

 

  LR 2848  An Act To Protect Maine Families and the Environment by

           Improving the Collection and Recycling of Mercury

           Thermostats

 

  LR 3033  An Act To Restructure the Composition of the State

           Parole Board

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Mayo, III   of Sagadahoc

 

  LR 2468  An Act To Improve the MaineCare Program

 

  LR 2560  An Act To Prevent Elder Financial Abuse

 

  LR 2561  An Act Regarding Competitive Bidding by the Maine Turnpike

           Authority

 

  LR 2639  An Act To Provide Additional Opportunities To Purchase

           Affordable Prescription Drugs

 

  LR 2657  An Act Regarding the Sharing of Costs in Certain School

           Districts

 

  LR 2789  Resolve, To Ensure Proper Accounting for Funds at the

           Department of Health and Human Services

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Mazurek   of Rockland

 

  LR 2564  An Act To Amend the Restrictions for Enlarging a Cemetery

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   McKane   of Newcastle

 

  LR 2483  An Act To Enhance Free Market Health Insurance Reform

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   McKenney   of Cumberland

 

  LR 2562  An Act To Authorize Chebeague Island To Secede from the

           Town of Cumberland

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Merrill   of Appleton

 

  LR 2504  An Act To Restrict the Use of Eminent Domain Law

 

  LR 2610  An Act To Reimburse School Districts 75% of the Rise in Fuel

           Costs

 

  LR 2642  An Act To Protect Businesses from Unnecessary Eminent

           Domain Takings

 

  LR 2857  Resolve, To Examine the Sufficiency of Representation

           for Students in Special Education Cases

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Miller   of Somerville

 

  LR 2577  An Act To Restore the Cost-sharing Agreement Established by

           the Voters of School Administrative District No. 40

 

  LR 2694  An Act To Clarify the Workplace Smoking Act of 1985

 

  LR 2772  An Act To Strengthen and Improve Review Procedures

           in the Certificate of Need Program

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Millett, Jr.   of Waterford

 

  LR 2742  An Act To Improve Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Services

 

  LR 2907  An Act To Enact the Maine Recovery Act

 

  LR 2922  An Act To Clarify the Change of Beneficiary Provision

           in the Maine State Retirement System Laws

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Mills   of Farmington

 

  LR 2565  An Act To Prevent Price Gouging

 

  LR 2778  An Act To Improve the Efficiency of the District Court

           with Regard to Certain Evictions

 

  LR 2846  An Act To Prevent Price Gouging in Necessities of Life

 

  LR 2847  An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the

           Emery Center at the University of Maine at Farmington

 

  LR 2864  An Act To Protect Community Pharmacies

 

  LR 2881  An Act To Authorize Flexibility in School Attendance

           Requirements in Emergencies

 

  LR 2891  An Act To Require Legislative Review of Department of

           Environmental Protection Shoreland Zoning Rules

 

  LR 2894  An Act To Allow Small Businesses To Participate

           in Liquor Sales

 

  LR 2897  An Act To Provide Proportionality in the Offense of

           Trafficking in Prison Contraband

 

  LR 2901  Resolve, Regarding the Operation of the University of

           Maine System and the Maine Community College System

 

  LR 2903  An Act To Correct Deficiencies in the Divorce Laws

 

  LR 2908  Resolve, To Establish a Commission To Study Possible Uses

           of the Navy Facility in Franklin County

 

 

 

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  LR 2911  Resolve, Authorizing the Family Law Advisory Commission To

           Study Property Division Issues in Unmarried Relationships

 

  LR 2963  An Act Concerning the Tagging of Coyotes

 

  LR 2986  An Act To Clarify the Unemployment Laws Relating To

           Subcontractors

 

  LR 3038  An Act Relating to Automobile Graveyards and Junkyards

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Mills   of Somerset

 

  LR 2532  An Act To Establish the Athens Water District

 

  LR 2545  An Act To Repeal the Surcharge on the Sale of Dogs and Cats

           That Have Not Been Neutered

 

  LR 2645  An Act To Provide Continued Funding for the Land for

           Maine's Future Program

 

  LR 2892  An Act To Improve the Efficiency of State Government

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Mitchell   of Kennebec

 

  LR 2528  An Act To Establish a Refundable Historic

           Rehabilitation Credit

 

  LR 2547  An Act To Expand Pine Tree Zone Tax Credits To Aid in the

           Refurbishing of Historic Maine Buildings

 

  LR 2559  An Act To Create the Maine Self-sufficiency Trust

 

  LR 2628  An Act To Promote Economic Development by Enhancing

           Educational Opportunities

 

  LR 2806  An Act To Expand the Responsibilities of the State Board

           of Education

 

  LR 2807  An Act To Require Appointment by the Governor to Boards

           of Visitors of the University of Maine System Campuses

 

  LR 2862  An Act To Prevent Noise and Air Pollution in the

           Town of Oakland

 

 

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  LR 2863  An Act To Increase College Attainment of Maine Students

           by Expanding the Maine Tuition Waiver Program

 

  LR 2910  An Act To Establish a Child Advocate Position in the

           Disability Rights Center

 

  LR 2912  An Act To Provide for Accountability in Maine's Educational

           Systems by Creating a Higher Education Council

 

  LR 2962  An Act To Ensure Continuation of the Planning and

           Development of Collaborative Partnerships

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Moody   of Manchester

 

  LR 2661  An Act To Enhance the Integrity of the Moose Lottery

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Moore   of Standish

 

  LR 2463  An Act To Increase the Salary of the Governor

 

  LR 2482  An Act To Repeal the Requirement That Employees Who Are

           Minors Be Overseen by a Superior in Order To Sell Tobacco

           Products

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Muse   of Fryeburg

 

  LR 2451  An Act To Protect the Water Quality of Colcord Pond and

           Bickford Pond in Porter

 

  LR 2662  An Act To Ban Alcohol Consumption on the Saco River

 

  LR 2663  An Act To Amend the Maine Education Law

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Norton   of Bangor

 

  LR 2803  An Act To Facilitate the Transition of Adult Education

           Students to Postsecondary Learning

 

 

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  LR 2923  An Act To Prohibit School Systems from Voting on a Budget

           until a Collective Bargaining Agreement Has Been Finalized

 

  LR 2924  An Act To Amend the Essential Programs and Services Funding

           Formula

 

  LR 2979  An Act To Increase the Refund Value of Beverage Containers

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Nutting   of Androscoggin

 

  LR 2656  An Act To Ensure Adequate Posting of Notices of Holding

           on Credit Card Machines

 

  LR 2935  An Act To Deter Environmental Terrorism in the State

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Paradis, Jr.   of Frenchville

 

  LR 2904  An Act To Amend the Law Governing DNA Testing

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Patrick   of Rumford

 

  LR 2697  An Act To Clarify Provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Laws

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Pelletier-Simpson   of Auburn

 

  LR 2459  An Act To Clarify Laws Governing Eminent Domain

 

  LR 2465  An Act Relating to Event Data Recorders in Motor Vehicles

 

  LR 2743  An Act To Protect Alewives

 

  LR 2744  Resolve, To Protect Drinking Water

 

  LR 2883  An Act Regarding Child Welfare Services Contracting

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Percy   of Phippsburg

 

  LR 2688  An Act To Support Small Businesses with Limited Sales of

           Alcoholic Beverages

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Perry   of Calais

 

  LR 2576  An Act To Increase Supervision of Red Tide on the Maine

           Coast

 

  LR 2745  An Act To Address the Problems Created by Substance Abuse

           in Maine

 

  LR 2818  An Act To Require That a Written Agreement Regarding

           Responsibility for Property Taxes Be Filed with the

           Municipality upon the Transfer of Ownership of That

           Property

 

  LR 2852  An Act To Clarify the Accountability of Advanced Practice

           Registered Nurses

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Perry   of Penobscot

 

  LR 2781  An Act To Encourage the Use of Biodiesel Fuel in Home

           Heating

 

  LR 2782  RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution

           of Maine To Provide for a $40,000 Nonreimbursable

           Homestead Exemption

 

  LR 2783  An Act To Increase the Bottle Deposit

 

  LR 2915  An Act To Protect Children from Contact with Convicted Sex

           Offenders

 

  LR 2982  An Act To Ensure Continued Viability of Affordable Housing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Pilon   of Saco

 

  LR 2646  An Act To Assist Municipal Clerks in Certifying Citizen's

           Initiative Petitions

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Pingree   of North Haven

 

  LR 2930  An Act To Ensure Special Education Funding under Essential

           Programs and Services to All Maine School Districts

 

  LR 3020  An Act To Require Audiological Reporting for Screenings

           of Young Children

 

  LR 3029  An Act To Maintain Prescription Drug Benefits for Seniors

           and People with Disabilities

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Piotti   of Unity

 

  LR 2812  An Act To Repeal the Tax on Vegetable Seeds for Home

           Gardens

 

  LR 2813  An Act To Create a Self-insurance Pool for Crossing of

           State-owned Railroad Tracks

 

  LR 2886  Resolve, To Require a Study of the Laws Relating to

           Conservation Easements

 

  LR 2887  An Act To Guide Growth within Unorganized Areas and Promote

           Economic Prosperity in Less Developed Regions

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Plowman   of Penobscot

 

  LR 2573  An Act To Place a Moratorium on the Imposition of the

           Sales Tax on Wood Stoves and Furnaces

 

  LR 2574  An Act To Allow the Department of Health and Human Services

           To Locate Parents Who Are Delinquent in Child Support

           Payments through Information Related to Cell Phones

 

 

 

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  LR 2858  An Act Concerning Court Orders Issued for the Protection

           of Children

 

  LR 2938  An Act To Require the State To Honor Its Obligations to

           Health Care Providers under the Tax and Match Program

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Raye   of Washington

 

  LR 2453  An Act Authorizing the Deorganization of Drew Plantation

 

  LR 2699  An Act To Ensure Enhanced Red Tide Testing

 

  LR 2725  An Act To Assist Lobstermen Deployed for Military Service

           in Time of War

 

  LR 2726  An Act To Ensure Options for Early Childhood Education

           Programs and Services

 

  LR 2773  An Act To Save the Marine Trades Center and Strengthen

           Maine's Boatbuilding Workforce

 

  LR 2900  An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations of the

           Washington County Economic Development Task Force

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Richardson   of Brunswick

 

  LR 2603  An Act To Enhance Health Care Safety

 

  LR 2604  An Act To Establish a Development Authority for Brunswick

           Naval Air Station

 

  LR 2605  An Act To Provide Emergency Regional Economic Development

           Assistance for Brunswick Naval Air Station

 

  LR 2617  An Act To Assist the Visually Impaired To Obtain Information

           Regarding Current Events

 

  LR 2749  An Act To Eliminate the Double Taxation of Motor Fuels

 

  LR 2750  An Act To Ensure Appropriate Reimbursement of Rising

           Energy Costs for Long-term Care Facilities

 

 

 

 

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  LR 2751  An Act To Reduce the Impact of the Motor Vehicle Excise

           Tax on Maine Residents

 

  LR 2752  An Act To Encourage New Businesses and Business Expansions

           in Maine

 

  LR 2753  An Act To Recapitalize the Maine Downtown Center

 

  LR 2763  An Act To Promote Homeland Defense

 

  LR 2808  An Act To Permit the Direct Shipment of Wine to Maine

           Consumers

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Rines   of Wiscasset

 

  LR 2776  An Act To Recover Costs for School Districts

 

  LR 2777  An Act To Allow School Districts To Recover Certain

           Funds

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Robinson   of Raymond

 

  LR 2520  An Act To Allow for Access to Digital Phone Service for

           Customers in Rural Areas

 

  LR 2692  An Act To Exempt Military Pensions from State Income Tax

 

  LR 2704  An Act To Protect Small Payroll Processors

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Rosen   of Hancock

 

  LR 2583  An Act To Improve Water Quality and Safety of Phillips

           Lake

 

  LR 2601  Resolve, To Name the New Hancock-Waldo Bridge

 

  LR 2677  An Act To Conform the Certificate of Need Law To

           Industry Standards

 

 

 

 

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  LR 2717  Resolve, To Improve Quality and Access to Care through

           the Development of a Joint Strategic Plan

 

  LR 2811  An Act To Conform the Certificate of Need Law to Industry

           Standards

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Rotundo   of Androscoggin

 

  LR 2696  An Act To Eliminate Inequities in the Service Provider Tax

 

  LR 2714  An Act To Improve the Procedures of the Board of Licensure

           in Medicine

 

  LR 2805  Resolve, To Ensure Continued Success in Procuring Grants

           for Arts Agencies

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Sampson   of Auburn

 

  LR 2659  An Act To Modernize the Charter of the Lewiston and Auburn

           Railroad Company

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Savage   of Knox

 

  LR 2622  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Ferry Service Travel

           for Individuals with Catastrophic Illness

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Saviello   of Wilton

 

  LR 2500  An Act To Increase the Number of Franklin County

           Commissioners from 3 to 5

 

  LR 2501  An Act To Regionalize the Supervision of Students from the

           Unorganized Territory

 

  LR 2502  An Act To Provide an Exemption from Wearing a Seat Belt for

           Medical Reasons

 

 

 

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  LR 2551  An Act To Allow Deputy Sheriffs To Serve on County

           Commission Committees

 

  LR 2602  An Act To Require Legislative Approval of Changes Made to

           the Educational Assessment Testing

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Schatz   of Blue Hill

 

  LR 2965  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Excise

           Tax on New Automobiles

 

  LR 2966  An Act To Create Provisions for Exemptions of County

           Government Spending Caps

 

  LR 2967  An Act To Streamline Criteria for Municipal General

           Assistance for Heating and Utility Assistance

 

  LR 2968  An Act To Improve the Public Hearing Process

 

  LR 2969  An Act To Exempt Dentists from Jury Duty

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Schneider   of Penobscot

 

  LR 2606  An Act To Assist Maine Military Families

 

  LR 2790  An Act To Encourage Reporting of Potential Fraud in

           State Government

 

  LR 2899  Resolve, To Direct the Joint Standing Committee

           on Education and Cultural Affairs To Review and Amend

           Warrants

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Sherman   of Hodgdon

 

  LR 2733  An Act To Amend the Maine-Canada Trade Ombudsman Act

 

  LR 2735  An Act To Appropriate Funds To Fund the Office of the

           Maine-Canada Trade Ombudsman

 

 

 

 

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               PRELIMINARY LIST OF REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY LEGISLATORS

                            SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

  LR 2736  An Act To Require That Automobile Extended Warranties

           Purchased by Maine Citizens Provide That Arbitration

           Regarding the Warranty Occur in the State of Maine

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Smith   of Monmouth

 

  LR 2648  An Act To Inform and Protect the Public Regarding State

           Employees with Certain Criminal Records

 

  LR 2649  An Act To Clarify the Qualifications for Certain State

           Employment

 

  LR 2650  An Act To Require State Agencies To Report the Number

           of Convicted Felons Currently in Their Employ

 

  LR 2665  An Act To Develop an Appropriate Measure for a Loose Cord of

           Firewood

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Smith   of Van Buren

 

  LR 2756  An Act To Protect Retirement Funds

 

  LR 2764  An Act To Preserve Patient Records

 

  LR 2774  An Act To Allow Smelt Dipping in Long Lake in Aroostook

           County

 

  LR 2819  An Act To Include Unemployment Benefits in the Calculation

           of Average Weekly Wage for Seasonal Workers

 

  LR 2820  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Calculation of

           Average Weekly Wages for Seasonal Workers

 

  LR 2834  An Act To Preserve Citizens' Access to the Courts

 

  LR 2839  An Act To Protect Workers and Medical Examinations

 

  LR 2840  An Act To Limit Double-dipping of Retirement Funds

 

  LR 2987  An Act To Revise the Unemployment Law

 

 

 

 

 

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                            SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

 

 Sen.   Snowe-Mello   of Androscoggin

 

  LR 2558  An Act To Increase the Penalty for Throwing an Object at a

           Moving Vehicle

 

  LR 2849  An Act To Clarify the Definition of "Employee" for State

           Government and Ensure the Continued Use of Subcontractors

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Sockalexis   of Penobscot Nation

 

  LR 2449  An Act To Clarify the Requirements for Maine Native

           American Studies Curricula

 

  LR 2578  An Act To Provide Funding for Tribal Economic Development

           for the Penobscot Indian Nation and Other

           Federally Recognized Tribes

 

  LR 2579  An Act To Provide Penobscot Tribal Members with the Same

           Privilege To Take Marine Organisms as Is Provided to

           Passamaquoddy Tribal Members

 

  LR 2580  An Act To Return Sales Tax Collected on Sales Occurring on

           the Penobscot Indian Nation Reservation and Tribal Lands

           to the Penobscot Indian Nation

 

  LR 2581  Resolve, Authorizing the Public Utilities Commission To

           Permit the Establishment of a Tribal Energy District

           within Penobscot Indian Nation Lands for the Development

           of Renewable Energy Resources

 

  LR 2582  An Act To Establish a Penobscot Language Preservation Fund

           in the Department of Education

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Strimling   of Cumberland

 

  LR 2461  RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of

           Maine To Prohibit the Taking of Private Property for

           Commercial Development

 

  LR 2471  Resolve, To Direct the Maine State Retirement System To

           Divest Certain Holdings

 

 

 

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  LR 2525  An Act To Cap the Price of Gas

 

  LR 2570  An Act To Provide Funding for Firearms Safety Instructors to

           the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

 

  LR 2571  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

 

  LR 2974  Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution To

           Restrict Tax Increases

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Sullivan   of York

 

  LR 2630  An Act Permitting the Recycling of Unused Prescription Drugs

 

  LR 2655  An Act To Amend the Maine Consumer Credit Code as It Relates

           to Finance Charges for Loans on Open-end Credit

 

  LR 2664  An Act To Require Maine Residency in Order To Sell Lobster

           In-state

 

  LR 2666  An Act To Clarify the Qualifications for the Maine

           Residents Property Tax Program

 

  LR 2670  An Act To Include Dental Screening with Other Preschool

           Testing for Maine's Children

 

  LR 2693  An Act To Amend the Maine Insurance Guaranty Association

           Act

 

  LR 2759  An Act To Increase the Number of Members on the Board

           of Pesticide Control

 

  LR 2786  An Act To Appropriate Funds To Eliminate Cost Sharing

           under Certain MaineCare Programs

 

  LR 2787  An Act To Reexamine and Reformulate Nursing Home Licensing

           and Inspection

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Sykes   of Harrison

 

  LR 2556  An Act To Ensure Fair Inheritance

 

 

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                            SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

  LR 2769  An Act To Reduce the Number of Sexually Explicit Items

           Possessed To Raise a Permissible Inference of the Intent

           To Disseminate the Items

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Tardy   of Newport

 

  LR 2814  An Act To Access Federal Money for Health Insurance

           Reform

 

  LR 2815  Resolve, To Investigate the Causes of the State Computer

           Malfunctions

 

  LR 2816  An Act To Restore Fairness in Funding Kindergarten to Grade

           12 Education

 

  LR 2882  An Act To Establish Guidelines and Criteria for Maine

           Revenue Services Audits

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Thomas   of Ripley

 

  LR 2469  An Act Concerning State-issued Fire Permits

 

  LR 2552  An Act To Improve Cell Phone Service in Maine

 

  LR 2553  An Act To Exempt Equipment Sold for Alternate Energy Use

           from Sales Tax

 

  LR 2757  An Act To Clarify Provisions Governing Technical Education

 

  LR 2758  An Act To Increase the Penalties for Bomb Scares

 

  LR 2914  An Act To Facilitate Inspections of Heating Appliances and

           Chimneys

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Thompson   of China

 

  LR 2475  An Act To Clarify Prescription Drug Labels

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rep.   Trahan   of Waldoboro

 

  LR 2522  An Act To Clarify the Law Relating to the Digging of Clams

           in a Closed Area

 

  LR 2660  An Act To Clarify the Status of the Seaweed Harvesting

           Industry as a Public Resource

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Turner   of Cumberland

 

  LR 2467  An Act To Clarify the Use of Eminent Domain Power by the

           State and its Political Subdivisions

 

  LR 2647  An Act To Clarify the Workplace Smoking Laws

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Tuttle, Jr.   of Sanford

 

  LR 2505  An Act To Increase the Legislative Housing Allowance,

           Mileage Reimbursement and Constituent Expense

 

  LR 2506  An Act To Require a Truck Driver To Take a Driver's Test

           and Safety Course Every 3 Years

 

  LR 2507  An Act To Encourage a Law Enforcement Agency To Pursue

           Truckers with Suspended Licenses

 

  LR 2508  Resolve, To Create a Joint Select Committee To Study

           Agent Purple

 

  LR 2572  An Act To Reinstate the Clothing Allowance for Recipients

           of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

 

  LR 2608  Resolve, To Expedite a Workers' Compensation Case

 

  LR 2609  An Act To Increase Wheelchair Reimbursement Rates

 

  LR 2658  An Act To Allow an Ambulance Company To Function as

           a Medical Care Car

 

  LR 2916  An Act To Establish a Transferable Lobster Trap Tag System

 

  LR 2917  An Act Concerning Energy Conservation in Schools

 

 

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 Rep.   Twomey   of Biddeford

 

  LR 2491  An Act To Require a Solid Waste Facility Decommissioning Fee

 

  LR 3034  An Act To Address Bypass Waste at Incinerators

 

  LR 3035  An Act To Allow the Use of Fallen Apples in Apple Cider

 

  LR 3036  An Act To Purchase Maine Energy Company

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Valentino   of Saco

 

  LR 2865  An Act To Require Approval of the Gambling Control

           Board for the Transfer of Any Ownership in an Off-track

           Betting Facility

 

  LR 2866  Resolve, To Consolidate the Jurisdiction over Any Entity

           Involved in Gambling

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Walcott   of Lewiston

 

  LR 2705  An Act To Streamline the Reporting Requirements of the

           Department of Health and Human Services

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Watson   of Bath

 

  LR 2614  An Act To Prevent the Introduction of Chronic Wasting

           Disease

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Webster   of Freeport

 

  LR 2842  An Act To Ensure Appropriate Services for Certain

           Adults with Disabilities in Transition Due to Actions of

           the State

 

 

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                            SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

 

  LR 2851  An Act To Create Fairness in Liquor Licensing Fees

 

  LR 2893  An Act To Provide Information to the Public Regarding

           Lobbying and Lobbyists

 

 

 

 

 Sen.   Weston   of Waldo

 

  LR 2673  An Act To Prohibit the Maine State Housing Authority

           from Imposing Requirements Regarding Health Insurance

           on Contractors Who Bid on Maine State Housing Authority

           Projects

 

  LR 2690  An Act To Amend the Fees for Probate Filings

 

  LR 2708  An Act Concerning the Implementation of Cuts in Child

           Development Services

 

  LR 2860  An Act To Establish the Maine State Agricultural Drought

           Protection Act

 

  LR 2861  An Act To Create the Maine Agricultural Water Source

           Development and Management Program

 

  LR 2895  An Act To Allow Employers To Make Payments for Undisputed

           Portions of Workers' Compensation Claims

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Wheeler, Sr.   of Kittery

 

  LR 2624  An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Archery Hunting

           Season

 

 

 

 

 Rep.   Woodbury   of Yarmouth

 

  LR 2905  An Act To Make Minor Technical Changes to Maine's Spending

           Growth Benchmarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Sen.   Woodcock   of Franklin

 

  LR 2595  An Act To Increase the Penalty for the Crime of Terrorizing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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