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Agencies:
- 18-119 Office of the State Controller (formerly Bureau of Accounts and Control)
- 18-125 Bureau of Revenue Services
- 18-127 Maine Library of Geographic Information Board
- 18-134 Capitol Planning Commission
- 18-185 State Claims Commission
- 18-352 State Employee Health Commission
- 18-364 State Liquor and Lottery Commission (see 18-553)
18 119 Office of the State Controller
18 125 Bureau of Revenue Services
- Ch. 101 General Administrative Provisions (Word)
- Ch. 102 Electronic Funds Transfer (Word)
- Ch. 103 Recordkeeping and Retention (Word)
- Ch. 104 Filing of Maine Tax Returns (Word)
- Ch. 110 Requests for Advisory Rulings (Word)
- Ch. 201 Rules of Procedure Used to Develop State Valuation (Word)
- Ch. 202 Tree Growth Tax Law Valuations (Word)
- Ch. 205 Certification of Assessors (Word)
- Ch. 207 Controlling Interest Transfers (Word)
- Ch. 208 Guidelines for Professional Assessing Firms that Provide Revaluation Services to Municipalities (Word)
- Ch. 210 Telecommunications Excise Tax (Word)
- Ch. 211 Deferred Collection of Homestead Property Taxes (Word)
- Ch. 301 Sales for Resale and Sales of Packaging Materials (Word)
- Ch. 302 Sales to Governmental Agencies and Exempt Organizations (Word)
- Ch. 303 Sales to Industrial Users (Word)
- Ch. 304 Sales and Use Tax Returns and Payments (Word)
- Ch. 308 Direct Payment Permits (Word)
- Ch. 318 Instrumentalities of Interstate or Foreign Commerce (Word)
- Ch. 321 Meals Provided in the Wild (Word)
- Ch. 323 Commercial Agricultural Production, Commercial Aquacultural Production, Commercial Fishing and Commercial Wood Harvesting (Word)
- Ch. 325 Sales to Tribes, Tribal Members, and Tribal Entities (Word)
- Ch. 401 Service Provider Tax - Return and Payment of Tax (Word)
- Ch. 501 Reporting Under Gasoline Tax Act (Word)
- Ch. 601 Estate Tax (Word)
- Ch. 603 Maine Estate Tax after 2012 (Word)
- Ch. 801 Apportionment (Word)
- Ch. 803 Income Tax Withholding Reports and Payments (Word)
- Ch. 805 Composite Filing (Word)
- Ch. 806 Nonresident Individual Income Tax (Word)
- Ch. 807 Residency (Word)
- Ch. 808 Corporate Income Tax Nexus (Word)
- Ch. 810 Maine Unitary Business Taxable Income, Combined Reports and Tax Returns (Word)
- Ch. 811 Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (Word)
- Ch. 812 Credit for Educational Opportunity (Word)
- Ch. 813 Property Tax Fairness Credit (Word)
- Ch. 815 Dirigo Business Incentives Program (Word)
- Ch. 818 Renewable Chemicals Tax Credit (Word)
- Ch. 825 Tribal Member Income from Sources on Tribal Land (Word)
- Ch. 901 Maine Residents Property Tax Program (Word)
18 127 Maine Library of Geographic Information Board
18 134 Capitol Planning Commission
18 185 State Claims Commission
- Ch. 110 Rules of Practice Governing Conduct of Adjudicatory Proceedings for Real Property Acquisition Cases (Word)
- Ch. 120 Rules of Practice Governing Conduct of Adjudicatory Proceedings for State Claims (Word)
18 352 State Employee Health Commission
18 364 State Liquor and Lottery Commission
(rules moved to 18-553)
18 389 Bureau of Human Resources
- Ch. 1 Purpose, Adoption and Amendment of Rules and Definition of Terms (Word)
- Ch. 2 Intermittent Employment (Word)
- Ch. 3 Division of Classified Service (Word)
- Ch. 4 Classification Plan (Word)
- Ch. 5 Compensation Plan (Word)
- Ch. 6 Applications and Examinations (Word)
- Ch. 7 Eligible Registers (Word)
- Ch. 8 Certification and Appointment (Word)
- Ch. 9 Probationary Period (Word)
- Ch. 10 Performance Appraisal and Training (Word)
- Ch. 11 Holidays, Leaves of Absence and Related Compensation Practices (Word)
- Ch. 12 Disciplinary Action, Demotion, Resignation and Layoff (Word)
- Ch. 13 Complaints, Grievances and Investigations (Word)
- Ch. 14 Employee Work Records and Payroll Certification Procedure (Word)
- Ch. 15 The Maine Management Service (Word)
18 553 Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations (BABLO)
- Ch. 1 Liquor Inventory Exchanges from Agency Liquor Stores (Word)
- Ch. 2 Pricing of Spirits (Word)
- Ch. 3 On Premise Data Collection Cost Mitigation Stipend (Word)
- Ch. 4 Agency Liquor Store Relocation: Rules Governing the Process to Provide Input by Agency Liquor Stores in the Same Municipality of a Relocation Request (Word)
- Ch. 10 Maine State Lottery (Word)
- Ch. 20 Powerball Rules (Word)
- Ch. 30 Cash Pop Game Rules (Word)
- Ch. 40 Mega Millions Rules (Word)
- Ch. 50 Lucky for Life Rules (Word)
- Ch. 70 World Poker Tour Game Rules (Word)
- Ch. 80 Lotto America Game Rules (Word)
- Ch. 101 Operation and Control of All Licensed Premises (Word)
- Ch. 102 Premises Licensed for On-Premises Consumption Only (Word)
- Ch. 103 Premises Licensed for Off-Premise Sales Only (Word)
- Ch. 104 Premises Licensed as Wholesalers, Manufacturers and Certificates of Approval (Word)
- Ch. 105 Labeling (Word)
- Ch. 106 Salesmen (Word)
- Ch. 107 Advertising and Signs Applicable to all License Holders (Word)
- Ch. 110 Agency Stores (Word)
- Ch. 120 Licensing Procedure (Word)
- Ch. 130 Selection and Location of Agency Stores (Word)
- Ch. 140 Merchandising and Stock (Word)
- Ch. 150 Signs and Advertising (Word)
18 554 Bureau of General Services
- Ch. 1 Procedures for Procurement of Professional Architectural and Engineering Services (Word)
- Ch. 2 BOCA Basic Building Code - 1987 (Word)
- Ch. 3 Public Improvements Including Public School Projects (Word)
- Ch. 4 Standard 62-1981R "Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality Adoption (Word)
- Ch. 6 1981 Standards of Construction for Making Buildings Usable by Physically Handicapped (Word)
- Ch. 8 Alternative Project Delivery Methods (Word)
- Ch. 11 Rules Governing Qualification of Professionals for Single Source Procurement of Services that Do Not Exceed $25,000 (Word)
- Ch. 60 Improvement of Energy Efficiency in State-funded Construction (Word)
- Ch. 101 Bids, Awards and Contracts (Word)
- Ch. 110 Rules for the Purchase of Services and Awards (Word)
- Ch. 120 Rules for Appeal of Contract and Grant Awards (Word)
- Ch. 130 Implementing the State Purchasing Code of Conduct Requiring that Vendors Furnishing Apparel, Footwear, or Textiles to the State Provide Healthy, Safe, and Fair Working Conditions (Word)
- Ch. 150 Chapter Defining the Means by which Contractors and Subcontractors are to Provide Certain Records to the Bureau of General Services in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, and to Identify What Information in Those Records is Available to the Public (Word)
- Ch. 155 Rules for Defining an Equivalent Basis for Cost Comparison Between State Employee and Private Contractor Provision of Services (Word)
18 674 Maine Board of Tax Appeals
18 691 Office of Cannabis Policy
- Ch. 1 Adult Use Cannabis Program Rule (Word)
- Ch. 2 Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Program Rule (formerly 10-144 ch. 122) (Word)
- Ch. 4 Marijuana Manufacturing Facilities (Word)
- Ch. 5 Rules for the Certification of Cannabis Testing Facilities (Word)
- Ch. 10 (Word) Rules for the Administration of the Adult Use Cannabis Program
- Ch. 20 (Word) Rules for the Licensure of Adult Use Cannabis Establishments
- Ch. 30 (Word) Compliance Rules for Adult Use Cannabis Establishments
- Ch. 40 (Word) Rules for Testing of Adult Use Cannabis