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Legislative WatchWelcome to Legislative Watch! The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce will take a position on legislative matters when doing so is in the best interest of a majority of Chamber members. To best accomplish this, the Chamber's Legislative Affairs Committee has a two-tiered membership comprised of advisory and business advocates. When Maine's legislature is in session, the LAC monitors bills that may affect the Oxford Hills business climate. (To see the full list of legislation the Chamber is monitoring, see below.) In addition to monitoring legislation, the Chamber may ask its membership for their opinion on certain types of legislation, such as the initiative to repeal the Beer, Wine, and Beverage Tax in 2009. In these instances, a simple survey will be sent to all chamber members in good standing. Data from this survey may be used to draft testimony for use in Augusta. If you have an opinion on specific legislation, or examples of how a particular piece of legislation supports or harms your business, we encourage you to email it to the chamber at LegislativeWatch@OxfordHillsMaine.Com. We also encourage you to let your local State Representatives know how you feel. Together, we can make the Oxford Hills a better place to live, play, and work! To contact your Representative(s), follow the links below: Rep. James Michael Hamper (R-Oxford) Rep. Teresea Hayes (D-Buckfield) Rep. H. Sawin Millett, Jr. (R-Waterford) Rep. Lawrence Sirois (D-Turner) Rep. Richard M. Sykes (R-Harrison) Sen. Bruce S. Bryant (D-Oxford) Sen. David R. Hastings III (R-Oxford) Legislation Your Chamber is Tracking (Download PDF)
Last Update: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, @ 1:50 pm
| LD# & Name |
Legislation Summary |
Legislative Committee |
Chamber Status |
Chamber Position |
Level |
Remarks |
Amended |
1 - "An Act To Stimulate Capital Investment for Innovative
Businesses in Maine"
Sponsored by Senator Peter Mills
|
This
bill is modeled on statutes in Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, Montana and Utah. It
authorizes the establishment of the Maine Fund of Funds within the Small
Enterprise Growth Board for the purpose of increasing the availability of
venture capital to the Maine economy. The fund is managed by a director
chosen by the Small Enterprise Growth Board by means of a competitive
selection. The Small Enterprise Growth Board has authority to close the fund
if necessary to protect the State's interests. The board raises capital for
the fund by offering as security refundable tax credits issued by the board,
with the goal of attracting venture capital investment in the State's
economy. The board maintains regulatory control over the fund. The bill
requires annual audits and reports on the fund. The goal of the fund is to
create investments in the Maine economy, which is broadly described as
including the development of intellectual capital as well as job creation.
The director may invest outside of the State as necessary to maximize returns
and reduce the likelihood that tax credits will be redeemed. The bill
provides that net profits from the fund after payment of obligations must be
remitted to the General Fund. It also provides the Maine Public Employees
Retirement System a preference in becoming a lender of capital and a special
provision that the Maine Public Employees Retirement System may be granted a
piece of the profits as an additional inducement to becoming a capital
lender. Tax credits may not be redeemed for defaults occurring later than
2031, and the bill restricts tax credit redemption to $10,000,000 per year. |
Business, Research and
Economic Development |
CARRIED
OVER TO ANY SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION OF THE 124th LEGISLATURE
-6/15/2009 |
OPPOSE |
1 |
|
|
5 - "An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Liquor
Licenses"
Sponsored by Senator Bill Diamond
|
This
bill amends the laws governing liquor licenses by deleting that provision of
law that limits the number of liquor stores that may be licensed in a
municipality. |
Committee
on Legal and Veterans Affairs |
Dead-
3/25/2009 |
NSO |
Monitor |
|
|
17 - "An Act To Prohibit the Sale of Energy Drinks to
Minors"
Sponsored by Representative Peggy Pendleton
|
This bill
prohibits the sale of energy drinks to minors. An energy drink is a soft
drink specifically designed to provide energy that contains 80 or more
milligrams of caffeine per 8 fluid ounces. |
Committee on Health and Human
Services |
Dead- 2/12/2009 |
OPPOSE |
2 |
|
|
20 - "An Act To
Require Insurance Companies To Cover the Cost of Prosthetics"
Sponsored by Representative Mark Bryant
|
This
bill requires health insurance policies, contracts and certificates to
provide coverage for prosthetics. The provisions of this bill apply to all
policies, contracts and certificates issued or renewed on or after January 1,
2010. |
Insurance and Financial
Services |
CARRIED
OVER TO ANY SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION OF THE 124th LEGISLATURE
-6/15/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
Letter
Completed - Joel A. |
|
27 - "An Act To Amend the Definition of Employment for
Purposes of Unemployment Compensation"
Sponsored by Representative Patrick Flood
|
Under
current law, an employment relationship exists and unemployment insurance
coverage is required unless all three parts of the so-called “ABC test"
can be demonstrated. This bill limits application of the ABC test to
situations in which the individual has performed services for a total of no
less than 16 hours. |
Labor |
Dead-
2/12/2009 |
TABLED |
|
|
|
42
- "An Act To Increase the Time Period for Motor Vehicle Inspections to 2
Years"
Sponsored by Representative Walter Wheeler |
This
bill changes the annual inspection requirement for motor vehicles, except for
commercial vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, to a biennial inspection
requirement. This bill also changes the annual enhanced inspection
requirement for vehicles registered in Cumberland County to a biennial
requirement. Finally, this bill changes the annual partial inspection
requirement for farm trucks, fish trucks and woods tractors to a biennial
requirement. |
TRANSPORTATION |
Dead-
4/2/2009 |
NSO |
|
|
|
52 - "An Act To Require Unredeemed Beverage Container
Deposits To Be Provided to the State"
Sponsored by Representative John
|
Most
returnable beverage containers in the State are subject to commingling
agreements and, as such, are not currently subject to the provisions that
require initiators of the deposits to transfer abandoned deposit amounts to
the State.
This bill amends current law to capture the abandoned deposit amounts on
returnable beverage containers that are subject to commingling agreements and
credits 50% of the amount collected from all transfers of abandoned deposit
amounts to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to
administer the provisions regarding returnable beverage containers.
This bill also addresses the same issue historically by requiring an audit
to estimate amounts unaccounted for during the last 10 years and requires
initiators of deposits to pay the estimates, plus interest, within 60 days of
notice from the department. Failure to pay will result in an additional daily
fine added to the assessment.
|
|
Dead-
2/17/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
|
|
63- "An Act To
Reduce Registration Fees for Certain Generators of Biomedical Waste"
Sponsored by Representative Wright Pinkham
|
This
bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules
assessing a one-time registration fee of $50 for generators of less than 10
pounds of biomedical waste per month in lieu of the current rules that
provide for an annual registration fee. It also provides that a generator
registered as producing less than 10 pounds of biomedical waste per month may
not be reclassified based on immunizations for annual influenza or mass
immunizations for a pandemic. |
NATURAL
RESOURCES |
Dead-
3/5/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
83 - "An Act To
Increase the Percentage of Retired Teachers' Health Insurance Paid by the
State"
Sponsored by Senator Troy Jackson
|
This
bill increases the State's contribution for health insurance for retired
teachers from 45% to 50% beginning January 1, 2010. |
Labor |
Dead-
6/13/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
Need
Letter |
X |
84 - "An Act To Ensure Fair Pay"
Sponsored by Senator Deborah Simpson
|
This
bill protects from employer discrimination employees who inquire about,
disclose, compare or otherwise discuss employee wages. |
Labor |
PASSED. Signed by Gov 4/16/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
Amended Need Letter |
X |
91 - "An Act To Fund the Maine Downtown Center"
Sponsored by Representative Thomas Watson
|
This
bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $75,000 per year to
recapitalize the Maine Downtown Center. |
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, and APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS |
CARRIED
OVER TO ANY SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION OF THE 124th LEGISLATURE
-6/15/2009 |
OPPOSE |
1 |
|
X |
146 -
"An Act To Require Telephone Directories To Include Cellular Telephone
Numbers for Businesses"
Sponsored by Representative Wesley Richardson
|
This
bill requires telephone directories published by telephone utilities to
include cellular telephone numbers for businesses at the request of a
customer. |
UTILITIES
AND ENERGY |
Dead-
2/19/2009 |
OPPOSE |
1 |
|
|
175 - "An Act To Modify the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit
Program"
Sponsored by Senator Christopher Rector
|
This
bill modifies the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program administered by the
Finance Authority of Maine by changing the requirements for increased credits
from businesses located in high unemployment areas to those located in areas
of the State classified as Pine Tree Development Zones. |
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
Dead
- 3/5/2009 |
TABLED |
|
|
|
176 - "An Act To Equitably Adjust the Workers' Compensation
Board's Assessment"
Sponsored by Senator Philip Bartlett
|
This
bill requires the Workers' Compensation Board to use collections that exceed
the maximum assessment by more than 10% to reduce the assessment on insured
employers. |
Labor |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 5/11/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
192 - "An Act To Index the State Minimum Wage to
Inflation"
Sponsored by Representative John Tuttle
|
This
bill provides for the state minimum hourly wage to be adjusted for inflation
beginning January 1, 2010 and annually thereafter. The bill requires the
Department of Labor to calculate the inflation-adjusted minimum hourly wage
based on changes in the consumer price index and to exclude from the
calculation any month in which the State's unemployment rate exceeds the
national unemployment rate. |
Labor |
CARRIED
OVER TO ANY SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION OF THE 124th LEGISLATURE
-6/15/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
|
|
195 - "An Act To
Base the Excise Tax on Vehicles on a Percentage of the Manufacturer's
Suggested Retail Price"
Sponsored by Representative L. Knight
|
Current
law requires the excise tax paid on motor vehicles to be based on the
manufacturer's suggested retail price, regardless of the amount actually paid
for the motor vehicle. This bill instead requires the excise tax to be based
on 90% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price for the motor vehicle,
regardless of the amount actually paid for the motor vehicle. |
TAXATION |
CARRIED
OVER TO ANY SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION OF THE 124th LEGISLATURE
-6/15/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
214- "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for
Economic Recovery"
(Emergency)
Sponsored by Representative Jayne Giles
|
The
funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $20,000,000, will be used
to increase 2 Finance Authority of Maine business programs, a direct loan
program and a loan insurance program, by $10,000,000 each to assist
businesses facing loss of revenues and that require business restructuring. |
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
Dead-6/8/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
Letter
Completed - Jack D. |
|
232- "An Act To Require Businesses To Make Toilet
Facilities Available to Individuals with Certain Medical Conditions"
Sponsored by Representative Wesley Richardson
|
This
bill requires an owner or employee of a retail establishment to make an
employee toilet facility available to an individual upon request if that
individual has an eligible medical condition as specified in the bill. It
includes liability protection for an owner or employee of a retail
establishment who provides a customer with an eligible medical condition
access to an employee toilet facility. |
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 5/18/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
Amended Need Letter |
X |
242 - "An Act To Repeal the Informed Growth Act"
Sponsored by Senator David Hastings
|
This
bill repeals the Informed Growth Act. |
State and Local Government |
Dead-
5/17/2009 |
SUPPORT |
3 |
Need
Letter |
|
270 - "An Act To Allow a Gasoline Retailer To Offer
Discounts to Customers Who Pay by Cash or Similar Means"
Sponsored by Representative W. MacDonald
|
This
bill establishes that motor fuel franchise agreements in Maine may not
prohibit a retail dealer or distributor from offering a discount to a buyer
to induce the buyer to pay by cash, debit card, check or similar means rather
than by credit card. The bill also provides that any provision in such a
franchise agreement prohibiting a retail dealer or distributor of motor fuels
from offering such a discount is void and without effect as contrary to
public policy. |
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
Dead
- 3/5/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
272 - "An Act To License Home Building and Improvement
Contractors"
Sponsored by Representative W. MacDonald
|
This
bill creates the Maine Home Contractor Licensing Act. The bill contains
provisions concerning: requirements for licensure of general contractors and
persons who perform framing, roofing, siding, insulating, window work or
chimney work, if the work concerns residential dwellings; certain specific
exemptions from licensure; required qualifications for general and specialty
licenses; requirements for criminal and financial disclosures; creation of
the Maine Home Contractor Licensing Board; and fees for licensing. |
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
CARRIED
OVER TO ANY SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION OF THE 124th LEGISLATURE
-6/15/2009 |
MONITOR |
|
|
|
290 - "An Act To Allow Maine Residents To Purchase Health
Insurance from Out-of-state Insurers"
Sponsored by Representative Jonathan McKane
|
This
bill permits out-of-state health insurers, which are referred to as regional
insurers in the bill, to offer their individual and group health plans for
sale in this State if certain requirements of Maine law are met, including
minimum capital and surplus and reserve requirements, disclosure and
reporting requirements and grievance procedures. The bill defines regional
insurers as those insurers authorized to transact individual or group health
insurance in one of the following states: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. It also permits Maine health insurers to
offer individual health plans of out-of-state parent or subsidiary health
insurers if similar requirements are met. If out-of-state health plans are
offered for sale in this State, the bill requires that prospective enrollees
be provided adequate disclosure of how the plans differ from Maine health
plans in a format approved by the Superintendent of Insurance. The bill takes
effect January 1, 2010. |
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
Dead-
5/20/2009 |
SUPPORT |
5 |
|
|
300 - "An Act To Increase Child Support Collection by
Expanding the New Hire Reporting Requirements"
Sponsored by Senator Deborah Simpson
|
The
purpose of this bill is to increase child support collection by expanding the
new hire reporting requirements to include the reporting of independent
contractors by any employer who is already required to report new hires. The
report is required when the aggregate compensation to be paid to the
independent contractor equals or exceeds $600. This is consistent with the
filing of the federal Internal Revenue Service 1099-MISC form under federal
requirements. This bill is modeled on the New Hampshire independent
contractor reporting requirements. |
JUDICIARY |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov. 5/26/2009 |
MONITOR |
|
|
X |
323 - "An Act To Improve Transparency in the Health
Insurance Markets"
Sponsored by Representative Sharon Treat
|
This
bill amends the Maine Insurance Code to require that health insurers provide
updated information to group enrollees regarding the status of their
employer-sponsored insurance coverage when a notice of termination for
nonpayment has been issued, post on their publicly accessible websites
current versions of their individual and small group policies that have the
most residents of the State enrolled and send clear explanations of benefits
to explain the services and payments made by insurance companies on behalf of
their policyholders. |
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
Dead-
5/7/2009 |
TABLED |
|
|
|
| 327
- "An Act To Strengthen Maine Small Business by Establishing a
Preference Percentage for State Contract Bids" Sponsored by
Representative Steven Butterfield |
This
bill requires the Director of the Bureau of General Services within the
Department of Administrative and Financial Services to adopt rules
establishing a preference percentage of up to 15% for Maine small businesses
bidding for state contracts. The rules are routine technical rules. |
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Dead-
3/31/2009 |
SUPPORT |
|
|
|
347 - "An Act To Reduce Regulatory Costs for Maine
Businesses"
Sponsored by Senator Douglas Smith
|
This
bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to
reduce regulatory costs for businesses in the State by establishing a council
on private sector regulatory costs composed of private sector business
leaders |
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
Dead-
6/1/2009 |
TABLED |
|
|
|
392 - "An Act To Reduce Minimum Participation to 60% for
Group Health Insurance"
Sponsored by Senator Debra Plowman
|
Under
current law, a carrier's minimum participation requirements for a small group
health plan may not exceed 75%. This bill reduces the minimum participation
requirement to 60%. |
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
Dead-
3/25/2009 |
SUPPORT |
3 |
Need
Letter |
|
403 - "An Act To Increase the Minimum Wage"
Sponsored by Representative John Tuttle
|
This
bill increases the minimum wage to $8.20 per hour in 2010 and to $8.90 in
2011. Each year after that, the minimum wage is adjusted based on changes in
prices, so that the minimum hourly wage rate maintains employee purchasing
power. The price adjustment is based on the change in the Consumer Price
Index. |
LABOR |
CARRIED
OVER TO ANY SPECIAL OR REGULAR SESSION OF THE 124th LEGISLATURE
-6/15/2009 |
OPPOSE |
5 |
|
|
406 - "An Act To Allow a Retailer To Offer To Pay Sales Tax
on Items and Services Sold by That Retailer"
Sponsored by Senator Jonathan Courtney
|
This
bill repeals the law that prohibits a retailer from advertising or offering
to pay or refund to a consumer the tax imposed on the sale of goods and
services. |
TAXATION |
Dead-
4/15/2009 |
SUPPORT |
2 |
|
|
448 - "An Act To Modify the Informed Growth Act"
Sponsored by Representative Stephen Beaudette
|
This
bill exempts a municipality that has adopted a review process for large-scale
retail development applications that include economic and community impacts
from the Informed Growth Act rather than a municipality that has adopted
economic and community impact review criteria that require a study. |
STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov. 6/4/2009 |
TABLED |
|
|
X |
462 - "An Act To Amend the Retail Tobacco and Liquor
Licensing Laws"
Sponsored by Senator Peter Mills
|
This
bill clarifies that all retail tobacco licenses expire March 31st each year
and requires the Department of Health and Human Services’ rules to provide
for prorated license fees for new applications received after April 1st. The
bill further clarifies the jurisdiction of and provides consistent procedures
for the District Court over agents and employees of both retail tobacco
licensees and liquor licensees when charged with administrative violations. |
HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES |
Emergency
PASSED: Signed by Gov. 5/26/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
X |
496 - "An Act To Amend the Employment Practices Laws"
Sponsored by Representative John Tuttle
|
Current
law allows public employers to deduct service fees owed by an employee to a
collective bargaining agent from employee's pay. This bill requires an
employer to deduct the fees. |
LABOR |
Dead-
5/5/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
Need
Letter |
|
514 - "An Act To Clarify Criminal Responsibility in the
Sale of Alcohol and Tobacco to Minors"
Sponsored by Representative Peter Edgecomb
|
This
bill amends the law to specify that only the person who furnishes tobacco or
liquor to a minor is criminally responsible for the act. |
LEGAL
AND VETERANS AFFAIRS |
Dead-
3/17/2009 |
SUPPORT |
3 |
|
|
539 - "An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Allowable
Uses of Tax Increment Financing Funds"
Sponsored by Representative Herbert Clark
|
This
bill allows for tax increment financing proceeds reserved for use by
municipalities to be used for expenses relating to recreational trails to
enhance recreational opportunities to promote economic growth. |
TAXATION |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 5/6/2009 |
OPPOSE |
2 |
Amended |
X |
566 - "Resolve,
Relating to Federal Stimulus Funds for Energy Programs"
(Emergency)
|
This
resolve, reported by the Joint Select Committee on Maine's Energy Future
pursuant to Joint Order 2009, H.P. 63, provides for legislative review and
approval of state spending of expected federal economic stimulus funds
designated for energy purposes. |
EMERGENCY |
PASSED. Signed by Gov 2/27/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
X |
579 - "An Act To Provide Wraparound Medical Coverage in the
Workers' Compensation System"
Sponsored by Representative Elizabeth Miller
|
This
bill proposes to establish an integrated health insurance program that
incorporates health coverage provided by Dirigo Health into the workers'
compensation system. |
LABOR |
Dead-
3/26/2009 |
OPPOSE |
2 |
|
|
606 - "An Act To Enable the Maine Employers' Mutual
Insurance Company To Better Serve the Needs of All Employers"
Sponsored by Senator Justin Alfond
|
Current
law permits the Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company to offer employment
practices liability insurance to its policyholders that have an average of
100 or fewer employees. This bill removes that limitation and allows the
company to offer that insurance to its policyholders regardless of the number
of employees employed by the policyholder. |
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 4/16/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
612 - "An Act To Assist Small Businesses with Creating
Jobs"
Sponsored by Senator Bill Diamond
|
This
bill proposes to assist small businesses with the creation of jobs and
increased employment. |
|
Dead-
2/24/2009 |
TABLED |
|
|
|
669 - "An Act To Clarify an Employer's Ability To Collect
the Overcompensation of Wages"
Sponsored by Senator Troy Jackson
|
This
bill proposes to limit an employer's ability to collect an overpayment of
wages due to the employer's error. |
LABOR |
Dead-
3/25/2009 |
OPPOSE |
1 |
|
|
682 - "An Act Regarding Agency Liquor Stores"
(Emergency)
Sponsored by Senator Nancy Sullivan
|
This
bill removes the provision in current law that limits the number of agency
liquor stores that may be licensed in a municipality. It also provides for
additional criteria that an applicant must meet in order to receive an agency
liquor store license after July 1, 2009. |
LEGAL
AND VETERANS AFFAIRS |
Dead-
6/1/2009 |
SUPPORT |
4 |
|
|
732 - "An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To
Support Small Businesses' Access to Capital"
Sponsored by President Elizabeth Mitchell
|
The
funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $30,000,000, will be used
to provide for disbursements to qualifying small businesses in the State
seeking to pursue eligible projects and for funds for the Regional Economic
Development Revolving Loan Program Fund and the economic recovery loan
program administered by the Finance Authority of Maine. |
APPROPRIATIONS
AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS |
Dead-
6/9/2009 |
TABLED |
|
|
|
782
- "An Act To Require Health Insurers To Provide Coverage for Nutritional
Wellness and Prevention Measures and Products"
Sponsored by Representative Andrea Boland
|
The
purpose of this bill is to improve health, reduce health care usage and costs
and help prevent disease through nutritional wellness and prevention measures
and allow for nonpharmacological alternatives to enrollees who choose them.
The bill requires that health insurance policies provide coverage for
nutritional wellness and prevention that is shown to be beneficial to the
enrollee and recommended by the enrollee's physician. The bill applies to all
individual and group policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2010. |
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
Dead-
5/21/2009 |
OPPOSE |
1 |
|
|
792 - "Resolve, Regarding On-bill Financing Programs for
Energy Efficiency"
Sponsored by Senator Kevin Raye
|
This
bill directs the Public Utilities Commission to develop on-bill financing
programs for energy efficiency improvements for small businesses. The bill
also authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to direct investor-owned
transmission and distribution utilities to implement on-bill financing
programs for small business customers. On-bill financing is a method by which
energy efficiency improvements are financed through the monthly electricity
bill at 0% interest. |
UTILITIES
AND ENERGY |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 5/18/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
Amended Jinger will help
draft letter |
X |
855 - "Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study the
Reform of Taxes and Spending in Maine"
(Emergency)
Sponsored by Senator Peter Bowman
|
This
resolve establishes a study commission to review the Brookings Institution
report, “Charting Maine’s Future: An Action Plan for Promoting Sustainable
Prosperity and Quality Places.” The commission is to report with suggested
legislation on tax and spending reform for the State, with a focus on
efficiency. |
TAXATION |
Dead-
5/7/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
Jack
will help write letter |
|
867 - "An Act Regarding Unemployment Compensation"
Sponsored by Representative Emily Cain
|
This
bill requires the Director of Unemployment Compensation, when sending a
written notice of determination of employment, to include the documentation
that supported the determination. The bill also requires the director to
treat both claimant and employer equally and to make available the record of
interviews and documentation to both parties. |
LABOR |
Dead-
5/7/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
906 - "An Act To Amend the Rate of Tax on New Manufactured
Housing"
Sponsored by Representative Linda Valentino
|
Under
current law, new manufactured housing receives a partial sales tax exemption
of up to 50% of the sales price, or 2.5% based on the current sales tax rate
of 5%. This bill removes that partial sales tax exemption and corrects
cross-references to reflect that. |
TAXATION |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 5/26/2009 |
OPPOSE |
4 |
|
X |
922 - "RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the
Constitution of Maine To Require a Supermajority Approval of the Legislature
for Tax Increases"
Sponsored by Senator Christopher Rector
|
This
resolution proposes to amend the Constitution of Maine to require a 2/3 vote
of both Houses of the Legislature to approve an increase in state revenue. |
TAXATION |
Dead-
5/29/2009 |
SUPPORT |
3 |
|
|
946 - "An Act To Reverse the Effects of Grant v. Central
Maine Power, Inc. on Workers' Compensation"
Sponsored by Representative Andre Cushing
|
The
purpose of this bill is to address the issue identified in Grant v. Central
Maine Power, Inc., 2003 ME 96, 828 A.2d 800 by amending the Maine Workers'
Compensation Act of 1992 to permit an employer to reduce weekly benefits by
the amount of earnings paid by an employer that is not liable or responsible
for paying the weekly benefits. |
LABOR |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 6/8/2009 |
MONITOR |
|
|
X |
955 - "An Act To Transform the Maine Economy and Create
Jobs"
Sponsored by President Elizabeth Mitchell
|
This
bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208. This bill proposes to
reduce regulatory costs for businesses in the State by establishing a council
on private sector regulatory costs composed of private sector business
leaders |
MAINE'S
ENERGY FUTURE |
Dead-
4/28/2009 |
MONITOR |
|
|
|
962- "An Act To Protect Family Caregivers"
Sponsored by Representative Cynthia Dill
|
This
bill amends the Maine Human Rights Act to expand the protections against
discrimination in employment to include family caregivers. "Family
caregiver" means a person who cares for that person's child, parent,
spouse, domestic partner or sibling.
|
JUDICIARY |
Dead-
6/13/2009 |
OPPOSE |
4 |
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|
987 - "An Act To Clarify the Definition of
"Employee" in the Employment Security Law"
Sponsored by Senator Lisa Marraché
|
This
bill exempts licensed cosmetologists, massage therapists and manicurists who
operate within an establishment owned by another under a booth rental
agreement or other rental agreement from the definition of employment for
purposes of unemployment compensation law. |
LABOR |
Dead-
4/15/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
| 974 - "An Act To Decrease the Automobile Excise Tax and
Promote Energy Efficiency" |
This
bill decreases the excise tax imposed on motor vehicles for the first year
from 24 mills to 12 mills, for the 2nd year from 17 1/2 mills to 8 mills and
for the 3rd year from 13 1/2 mills to 4 mills and imposes a 4 mills rate for
the 4th and succeeding years. This bill also exempts from the excise tax
imposed on motor vehicles the first 3 model years of a hybrid
gasoline-electric vehicle, a fuel-cell-fueled or hydrogen-fueled vehicle or a
highly energy efficient vehicle that has a highway fuel economy estimate of
at least 40 miles to the gallon. After the first 3 years, the rate of excise
tax is the same as on other motor vehicles of the same age. This bill also exempts from the sales tax
100% of the sale or lease price of a new hybrid gasoline-electric vehicle, a
fuel-cell-fueled or hydrogen-fueled vehicle or a vehicle with a highway fuel
economy estimate of at least 40 miles per gallon.
|
TAXATION |
Dead-
4/9/2009 |
PEOPLE'S
INITIATIVE |
|
Poll
Members |
|
| 975 - "An Act To Establish the Maine Medical Marijuana
Act" |
Current
law allows a person who has been diagnosed by a physician as suffering from
certain medical conditions to possess marijuana for medical use. This
initiated bill changes the description of the medical conditions for which
the medical use of marijuana is permitted. It directs the Department of
Health and Human Services to issue registry identification cards to patients
who qualify to possess marijuana for medical use and to their designated
primary caregivers. It sets limits on the amount of marijuana that may be
possessed by qualifying patients and their designated primary caregivers. It
allows the establishment of nonprofit dispensaries to provide marijuana to
qualifying patients and directs the Department of Health and Human Services
to issue a registration certificate to a nonprofit dispensary that meets
certain criteria. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services to
establish application and renewal fees sufficient to pay the expenses of
implementing and administering the provisions of the initiated bill.
|
HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES |
Dead-
4/30/2009 |
PEOPLE'S
INITIATIVE |
|
Poll
Members |
|
| 976 - "An Act To Provide Tax Relief" |
This
initiated bill imposes expenditure limitations on state and local government
and requires voter approval of certain state tax increases.
Under this bill, growth in annual expenditures of the General Fund, the
Highway Fund and Other Special Revenue Funds are limited according to
increases in population and inflation. For the General Fund and Highway Fund
budgets, revenues exceeding the expenditure limitation must be distributed by
directing 20% of that excess to a budget stabilization fund and 80% of that
excess to a tax relief fund. The budget stabilization funds may be used only
in years when revenues are not sufficient to fund the level of expenditure
permitted by the growth limits. The Tax Relief Reserve Fund must be used to
provide tax relief through broad-based tax rate reductions or refunds
proportional to individual income tax personal exemptions claimed in the
previous tax year. The Highway Fund Reserve Fund must be used to provide a
decrease in motor fuel taxes. For state agencies that manage Other Special
Revenue Funds, the managers of those funds must report excess surpluses to
the Legislature with a plan for refund of those revenues.
|
TAXATION |
Dead-
6/10/2009 |
|
|
|
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977 -
"An Act To Repeal the School District Consolidation Laws"
|
This
initiated bill repeals the laws related to the consolidation of school
administrative units that were enacted by the First Regular Session of the
123rd Legislature in Public Law 2007, chapter 240, Part XXXX. It restores the
laws that were amended or repealed to accommodate the consolidation. |
EDUCATION
AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS |
Dead-
6/12/2009 |
|
|
|
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987 - "An Act To Clarify the Definition of
"Employee" in the Employment Security Law"
Sponsored by Senator Lisa Marraché
|
This bill
exempts licensed cosmetologists, massage therapists and manicurists who
operate within an establishment owned by another under a booth rental
agreement or other rental agreement from the definition of employment for
purposes of unemployment compensation law. |
LABOR |
Dead- 4/15/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
1002 - "Resolve, To Conduct an Updated Study of the
Feasibility of Establishing a Single-payor Health Care System in the
State"
Sponsored by Representative Paulette Beaudoin
|
This
resolve requires the Legislative Council to contract for an update to a 2002
study of the feasibility of establishing a single-payor health plan in the
State. The update is contingent on the successful securing of outside funding
by August 1, 2009. The updated study must be submitted to the Second Regular
Session of the 124th Legislature during which the Joint Standing Committee on
Insurance and Financial Services may submit legislation based on the updated
study. |
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 6/17/2009 |
OPPOSE |
|
|
X |
1004 - "An Act Relating to Self-insurance"
Sponsored by Representative Wesley Richardson
|
This
bill amends the laws relating to group self-insurance reinsurance accounts to
clarify that individual self-insurers authorized under Maine law and group
self-insurers authorized under the laws of other states may participate in
the account. |
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
PASSED.
Signed by Gov 6/2/2009 |
TABLED |
|
|
X |
| 1005- "An Act To Continue Access to Dirigo Choice Health
Insurance by Reducing Administrative Costs and Replacing the Savings Offset
Payment" Sponsored by
Representative Sharon Treat |
This
bill repeals the savings offset payment used to fund subsidies for the Dirigo
Health Program and eliminates the administrative costs associated with the
annual adjudicatory hearings. In place of the savings offset payment, the
bill establishes a health access surcharge of 2.14% on all paid claims to be
paid monthly as a source of funding for Dirigo Health Program subsidies. The
bill changes the payment date for savings offset payments that have been
previously assessed but not yet paid before the effective date of the bill.
The bill also prohibits insurance carriers from including the costs of the
health access surcharge used to support the Dirigo Health Program in health
insurance premium rates.
|
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
Dead-
5/7/2009 |
OPPOSE |
3 |
|
|
1019-"An Act To Strengthen the Informed Growth Act"
Sponsored by Senator John Nutting
|
This
bill requires the comprehensive economic impact study under the Informed
Growth Act for a large-scale retail development having over 150,000 square
feet of gross floor area to provide information concerning the average number
of part-time and full-time employees of the prospective tenant who are
covered by the prospective tenant’s health insurance policy.
|
STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Dead-
4/16/2009 |
OPPOSE |
1 |
|
|
1023- "An Act To Require a Seller of a Gas Station To
Provide an Updated Inspection Prior to Sale of the Property"
Sponsored by Senator Walter Gooley
|
This
bill provides that in the case of the sale or transfer of any real estate
where an underground gasoline storage tank used in connection with the retail
sale of gasoline is located, the owner of the real estate, prior to such a
sale or transfer, shall file a copy of the most recent annual inspection
results relating to the underground gasoline storage tank with the purchaser
or transferee.
|
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
Dead-
4/9/2009 |
OPPOSE |
2 |
|
|
1040- "An Act Relating to Health Benefit Plan Coverage of
Chemotherapy"
Sponsored by Representative Kimberley Rosen
|
This
bill requires that, if a carrier provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy,
the carrier shall provide coverage for a prescribed orally administered
cancer medication on a basis no less favorable than intravenously
administered or injected cancer medications that are covered benefits.
|
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
Dead-
4/9/2009 |
MONITOR |
|
|
|
1048- "An Act To Increase the Amount of the Deposit on
Returnable Beverage Containers"
Sponsored by Representative Lawrence Sirois
|
This
bill raises the refund value on nonrefillable beverage containers by 5¢ and
directs the State Tax Assessor to apply the increase in revenue from
unclaimed deposits as a result of this bill toward the cost of the total
allocation for kindergarten to grade 12 education.
|
BUSINESS,
RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
Dead-
3/26/2009 |
|
|
|
|
1057- "An Act To Require Hospitals To Make Publicly
Available the Cost of Medical Procedures"
Sponsored by Representative Sara Stevens
|
This
bill requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to post their price
lists for their most common inpatient and outpatient procedures and services
in an easily accessible place on their publicly accessible websites.
|
HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES |
Dead-
4/15/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
1074- "An Act To Promote Responsible Sales of Alcoholic
Beverages"
Sponsored by Representative Anne Perry
|
This
bill requires that any person who sells or serves alcoholic beverages to any
person must verify that person's age through photo identification. It also
requires that licensees post a sign regarding that requirement in a prominent
location visible to patrons of the establishment. The bill requires any
person hired by a licensee who will sell or serve alcoholic beverages to
successfully complete seller server training within 30 days of employment.
The bill adds to the approval criteria for training courses that refresher
courses be available and that training be available online. Finally, this
bill requires the Commissioner of Public Safety to recommend graduated
penalties for failure to comply with the identification requirement proposed
in this bill.
|
LEGAL
AND VETERANS AFFAIRS |
Dead-
5/14/2009 |
SUPPORT |
2 |
|
|
1088- "An Act To Modernize the Tax Laws and Provide over
$75,000,000 to Residents of the State in Tax Relief"
Sponsored by Representative John Piotti
|
This
bill reforms the State's tax structure and reduces the burden of taxes on
residents of the State. The bill contains the following provisions.
Part A makes fundamental changes to simplify and reduce the burden of the
State's income tax and create an income tax that is intended to be more
beneficial to investment and economic growth in the State. The current
structure of 4 tax brackets, personal exemptions and deductions is replaced
by a flat rate of 6.5% on all taxable income. The progressivity of the
current income tax is maintained through a household credit that alleviates
the impact of the 6.5% rate on low-income and middle-income households. The
alternative minimum tax on individuals is abolished.
Part B broadens the sales tax base by including certain services, including
certain amusement, entertainment and recreation services; installation,
repair and maintenance services; personal property services; transportation
and courier services; and long distance telephone service. Part B also
changes the point of imposition of sales tax related to leased property from
the sale of that property to the leasing business to the lease payments by
the consumer. Part B also increases the sales tax on prepared food and
lodging to 8.5% and the sales tax on rentals of automobiles of less than one
year to 15%.
Part C changes the real estate transfer tax by providing that residences
with a value greater than $500,000 will be taxed at 1% on the value of the
residence that exceeds $500,000 with the full increase accruing to the
General Fund. |
TAXATION |
Dead-
6/12/2009 |
OPPOSE |
5 |
|
X |
1091- "An Act To Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance"
Sponsored by Representative Jonathan McKane
|
This
bill repeals the individual health insurance provisions relating to rating
and reinsurance enacted as part of Public Law 2007, chapter 629 because the
funding sources for those provisions were repealed by people’s veto in
November 2008. In their place, the bill makes the following changes to the
individual and small group health insurance laws:
1. It amends guaranteed issuance and community rating for individual and
small group health plans; and
2. It creates the Maine High-risk Reinsurance Pool Association. The purpose
of the association is to provide reinsurance to spread the cost of high-risk
individuals and small groups among all health insurers. The bill funds the
high-risk reinsurance pool through an assessment on insurers.
|
INSURANCE
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES |
Dead-
5/5/2009 |
SUPPORT |
1 |
|
|
1109-"An Act To Prohibit the Reduction of Benefits under
the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 for Certain Prior Injuries"
Sponsored by Representative Thomas Watson
|
This
bill is in response to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's decision in
Legassie v. Securitas, Inc., 2008 ME 43, 944 A.2d 495. The decision in that
case authorized a reduction to an injured worker's wage replacement and
medical benefits because of a previously settled workers' compensation claim.
This bill specifies that reducing an injured worker's benefits because of a
prior settled injury is direct apportionment against the employee and is
prohibited.
This bill also clarifies the applicability of the Maine Supreme Judicial
Court's decision in Cust v. University of Maine, 2001 ME 29, 766 A.2d 566.
This bill specifies that when an injured worker's permanent impairment rating
under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 39-A, section 213, subsection 1-A is
above the applicable threshold on account of a single injury or the sum of
multiple injuries, all of the worker's weekly benefits under the Maine
Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 are exempt from the durational limit of
Title 39-A, section 213, subsection 1.
|
LABOR |
Dead-
4/8/2009 |
OPPOSE |
5 |
|
|
1148- "An Act To Designate Sales Tax Holiday Weekends"
Sponsored by Representative Meredith Strang Burgess
|
This
bill provides an exemption from the sales tax for all items sold on Columbus
Day weekend in October. The bill also sets out exemptions to the sales tax
holiday weekend. The bill requires the Director of the Bureau of Revenue
Services within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to
report to the State Controller the amount of sales tax unpaid, as well as
revenue raised from personal and corporate income taxes and other sources as
a result of the sales tax holiday weekend. The Bureau of Revenue Services and
the Maine Merchants Association shall consult and present recommendations to
the Joint Standing Committee on Taxation for 2 sales tax holiday weekends for
the year 2010 and beyond. The Joint Standing Committee on Taxation has authority
to submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature
pertaining to the dates that are selected for the sales tax holiday
weekends.
|
TAXATION |
Dead-
6/9/2009 |
SUPPORT |
3 |
|
|
1185- "An Act To Require Cause for Employment
Termination"
Sponsored by Senator Margaret Craven
|
This
bill enacts the Maine Employment Termination Act.
|
LABOR |
Dead-
5/21/2009 |
OPPOSE |
4 |
|
|
| 1. | SP 10, LD 1, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Stimulate Capital Investment for Innovative Businesses in Maine | | 2. | SP 11, LD 2, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Provide Rule-making Authority to the Maine Library Commission | | 3. | SP 12, LD 3, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Designate Registered Voters Not Enrolled in a Political Party as Independent Voters | | 4. | SP 13, LD 4, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Remove the Age Restriction for Serving as a Corporator of a Mutual Financial Institution | | 5. | SP 14, LD 5, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Liquor Licenses | | 6. | SP 15, LD 6, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Establish a Distracted Driver Law | | 7. | SP 16, LD 7, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Amend the Instruction Permit Process | | 8. | SP 17, LD 8, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Deter Road Rage | | 9. | HP 4, LD 9, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Prohibit the Force-feeding of Birds | | 10. | HP 5, LD 10, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Wastewater Treatment Facilities and Drinking Water Programs | | 11. | HP 6, LD 11, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| Resolve, To Encourage the Preservation of Dark Skies | | 12. | HP 7, LD 12, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| Resolve, Directing the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation To Amend Its Rules Governing Pastoral Counselors | | 13. | HP 8, LD 13, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Expand the Diagnostic Functions of Independent Practice Dental Hygienists | | 14. | HP 9, LD 14, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Prohibit Air Bag Fraud | | 15. | HP 10, LD 15, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Prohibit the Sale of a Road Sign Originally Placed by the State, a County or a Municipality | | 16. | HP 11, LD 16, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| Resolve, To Ensure Appropriate Personal Needs Allowances for Persons Residing in Long-term Care Facilities | | 17. | HP 12, LD 17, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Prohibit the Sale of Energy Drinks to Minors | | 18. | HP 13, LD 18, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Ensure Access to MaineCare Services | | 19. | HP 14, LD 19, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Public Rest Rooms | | 20. | HP 15, LD 20, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Require Insurance Companies To Cover the Cost of Prosthetics | | 21. | HP 16, LD 21, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Encourage the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders | | 22. | HP 17, LD 22, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| Resolve, To Establish a Study Commission To Develop Legislation Designed To Prevent Domestic Violence and Abuse | | 23. | HP 18, LD 23, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Powers of Attorney | | 24. | HP 19, LD 24, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Prevent Domestic Violence and Abuse | | 25. | HP 20, LD 25, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Protect Child Victims of Sexual Abuse | | 26. | HP 21, LD 26, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Allow the Spouse of a Retired Public Employee a Second Chance To Be Enrolled under the Retiree's Insurance Plan | | 27. | HP 22, LD 27, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Amend the Definition of Employment for Purposes of Unemployment Compensation | | 28. | HP 23, LD 28, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Promote the Integrity of Citizens' Initiatives | | 29. | HP 24, LD 29, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Amend the Landlord and Tenant Laws as They Pertain to Interest Paid on Mobile Home Park Tenant Security Deposits | | 30. | HP 25, LD 30, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Establish Native American Veterans Day | | 31. | HP 26, LD 31, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Amend the Legislative Term Limit Laws | | 32. | HP 27, LD 32, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Clarify the Disposition of Fines from Maine's Soft-shelled Clam Laws | | 33. | HP 28, LD 33, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Change the Name of Township 16, Range 4, WELS, to Madawaska Lake | | 34. | HP 29, LD 34, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Clarify the Election of Municipal Charter Commission Members | | 35. | HP 30, LD 35, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| Resolve, Directing the State Tax Assessor To Work with Local Law Enforcement Agencies To Improve Tax Collection and Enforcement along the Border of the State | | 36. | HP 31, LD 36, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Reopen Certain Rest Stops on Route 1 | | 37. | HP 32, LD 37, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Allow a Weight Tolerance for Vehicle Auxiliary Power Units | | 38. | HP 33, LD 38, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Allow the Use of Only 2 Studded Tires on Front-wheel-drive Vehicles | | 39. | HP 34, LD 39, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Enhance Motorcycle Safety | | 40. | HP 35, LD 40, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Prohibit Certain Uses of Cellular Telephones and Handheld Electronic Devices while Operating a Motor Vehicle | | 41. | HP 36, LD 41, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Prohibit the Use of a Handheld Cellular Telephone While Operating a Motor Vehicle | | 42. | HP 37, LD 42, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Increase the Time Period for Motor Vehicle Inspections to 2 Years | | 43. | HP 38, LD 43, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Promote Consumer Fairness in Alternative Energy | | 44. | HP 39, LD 44, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Require Transmission Lines To Be Placed Underground near Certain Facilities | | 45. | HP 40, LD 45, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2009 | | 46. | SP 18, LD 46, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Allow Nonmember Directors To Serve on the Board of Cooperative Agricultural Associations | | 47. | SP 19, LD 47, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Allow the Town of Baldwin To Be Eligible for Full Pine Tree Development Zone Benefits | | 48. | HP 41, LD 48, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| Resolve, To Delay the Sustainability of the Highway Fund | | 49. | HP 42, LD 49, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Require the Secretary of State To Provide Notice of License Revocation or Suspension by Certified Mail | | 50. | HP 43, LD 50, 124th Legislature | Bill Tracking, Web Page, MS-Word, PDF |
| An Act To Clarify the Definition of Hard Cider for the Purposes of the Returnable Container Law |
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