Regular Bills and Resolves passed during the Second Regular Session
of the 119th Legislature become effective August 11, 2000. Emergency
measures are effective when signed by the governor.
Ch. 787 - An Act to Fund the Construction of Court Facilities in Maine. (S.P. 1034, L.D. 2619)
Ch. 788 - An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the 118th Legislative Joint Select Committee to Implement a Program for the Control, Care and Treatment of Sexually Violent Predators. (S.P. 111, L.D. 308)
Ch. 789 - An Act to Improve School Safety and Learning Environments. (S.P. 298, L.D. 870)
Ch. 790 - An Act to Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine. (EMERGENCY) (H.P. 1665, L.D. 2334)
Ch. 791 - An Act to Provide Funding for Background Checks and Fingerprinting for School District Employees. (EMERGENCY) (S.P. 951, L.D. 2490)
Ch. 99 - An Act to Protect and Enhance the United States Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. (S.P. 1031, L.D. 2611)
Ch. 100 - An Act to Appropriate Funding for the Maine School of Science and Mathematics for Fiscal Year 1999-00. (EMERGENCY) (H.P. 1687, L.D. 2393)
Ch. 133 - Resolve, Directing the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to Adopt Rules Regulating Push Polling. (S.P. 420, L.D. 1257)
Ch. 134 - Resolve, to Create the Commission to Study the Establishment of an Environmental Leadership Program. (S.P. 529, L.D. 1562)
Ch. 135 - Resolve, to Create a Commission to Study and Establish Moral Policies Regarding Foreign Investments and Foreign Purchasing by the State. (H.P. 1755, L.D. 2461)
Ch. 136 - Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Ownership Patterns in Maine. (H.P. 1809, L.D. 2535)
Ch. 137 - Resolve, Regarding Access to Marijuana for Medical Use. (S.P. 1012, L.D. 2580)
(Chaptered copies of the above measures may
be obtained from the Engrossing Department, Room 126, State House,
7 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0007, Ph. 207-287-1649.)
"…If the bill or resolution shall not be returned by
the Governor within 10 days (Sundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to the Governor, it shall have the same force
and effect as if the Governor had signed it unless the Legislature
by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall
have such force and effect, unless returned within 3 days after
the next meeting of the same Legislature which enacted the bill
or resolution; if there is no such next meeting of the Legislature
which enacted the bill or resolution, the bill or resolution shall
not be a law." (excerpted from Article IV, Part Third, Section
2 of the Constitution of Maine)
An Act to Increase the Minimum Wage in Maine (S.P. 425, L.D 1262)
Round Table to Study Economic and Labor Issues Relating to the
Forest Products Industry (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 124, Resolves of
1999)
Legislative Committee to Study Access to Private and Public Land
in Maine (Joint Order H. P. 1951)
Task Force to Reduce the Burden of Home Heating Costs on Low-Income
Households (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 132, Resolves of 1999)
Joint Select Committee to Study the Creation of a Public/Private
Purchasing Alliance to Ensure Access to Health Care for all Maine
Citizens (Joint Order H.P. 1857)
Commission to Study the Most Effective Method of Providing Retail
Rate Reimbursement for Parts and Labor (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 766,
Public Laws of 1999)
Commission to Study Ownership Patterns in Maine (Chapter 136,
Resolves of 1999)
Blue Ribbon Commission to Establish a Comprehensive Internet Policy
(continuation) (Chapter 762, Public Laws of 1999)
Commission to Study Domestic Violence (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 126,
Resolves of 1999)
Maine Fire Protection Services Commission (Chapter 731, Part AAAA,
Public Laws of 1999)
Joint Study Committee to Study Bomb Threats in Maine Schools (Joint
Order H.P. 1938)
Task Force on Educational Programming at Juvenile Correctional
Facilities (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 770, Public Laws of 1999)
Joint Select Committee on School-based Health Care Services (Joint
Order H.P. 1864)
Commission to Study Kindergarten-to-grade-12 Educator Recruitment
and Retention (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 130, Resolves of 1999)
Joint Select Committee on the Psychiatric Treatment Initiative
(Joint Order H.P. 1955)
Youth in Need of Services Oversight Committee (on-going) (EMERGENCY)
(Chapter 778, Public Laws of 1999)
Task Force to Study the Implementation of the Marijuana for Medical
Purposes Law (Chapter 137, Resolves of 1999)
Council on Children and Families (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 785, Public
Laws of 1999)
Commission to Study Equity in the Distribution of Gas Tax Revenues
Attributable to Snowmobiles, All-terrain Vehicles and Watercraft
(EMERGENCY) (Chapter 131, Resolves of 1999)
Committee to Study Further Decriminalization of the Criminal Laws
of Maine (Joint Order H.P. 1914)
Commission on the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse (Joint Order
H.P. 1930)
Committee to Develop a Compensation Program for Victims of Abuse
at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and to Continue Oversight
of Multi-agency Cooperation (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 127, Resolves
of 1999)
MCJUSTIS Board (extension) (EMERGENCY) (Chapter 790, section 4,
Public Laws of 1999)
Study Pension Plan Design and Benefits Under the Maine State Retirement
System (Approved as part of Labor Committee's authorized interim
work)
Commission to Study the Establishment of an Environmental Leadership
Program (Chapter 134, Resolves of 1999)
Task Force to Study Market Power Issues Related to the Solid Waste
Hauling and Disposal Industry (Chapter 773, Public Laws of 1999)
Task Force to Study Growth Management (Joint Order S.P. 1090)
Mercury Products Advisory Committee (Chapter 779, Public Laws
of 1999)
Commission to Study Economically and Socially Just Policies for
Foreign Investments and Foreign Purchasing by the State (Chapter
135, Resolves of 1999)
Resolve to Recognize Veterans of the Vietnam War in the State House Hall of Flags (Chapter 113, Resolves of 1999)
Committee on Gasoline and Fuel Prices (Joint Order H.P. 1774)
Task Force on the Maine Learning Technology Endowment (Chapter
731, Part FFF, Public Laws of 1999)
Long-term Care Implementation Committee (Chapter 731, Part BBBB,
Public Laws of 1999)
Prescription Drug Advisory Commission (Chapter 786, Public Laws
of 1999)
State Compensation Commission (3 MRSA, section 2-B)
Judicial Compensation Commission (4 MRSA, section 1701)
Commission on Performance Budgeting (5 MRSA, Chapter 151-C)
Statutory Review of Income Taxes (36 MRSA, section 197-199)
Commission to Study the Needs and Opportunities Associated With
the Production of Salmonoid Sport Fish in Maine (Chapter 82, Resolves
of 1999)
Citizens Advisory Committee to Secure the Future of Fish and Wildlife
(Chapter 86, Resolves of 1999)
Economic Development Incentive Commission (5 MRSA, section 10370-L,
subsection 5, as amended by Chapter 768, Public Laws of 1999)
Copies of Bills may be obtained from the Document Room, Third Floor, State House, Augusta, Maine 04333-0002 - Ph: 207-287-1408 or by e-mailing a request to webmaster_house@state.me.us. Please include your mailing address as we can not yet mail bill text electronically.
Bill text is also available at the Maine Legislature Web Site http://janus.state.me.us/legis - choose "Session Information" to go to the list of available bills. New bills are added every couple of days.
New this year: bill status information is now available
at http://janus.state.me.us/legis/session.