Interim Studies and Short-term Committees

Criminal Justice committee Study on Issues Related to Sex Offender Registration Laws

JO, SP 933

11/5/08 to 1^st Reg. Session, 124^th Legislature

Commission to Review Short-term and Long-term Costs in the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

PL 539

11/5/08 to AFA Committee

Committee to Study the Protection of Farms and Farmland

PL 649

11/5/08 to ACF Committee

Agriculture Committee Review of Recommendations of the Agricultural Creative Economy Study

PL 660

Not specified

Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Long-term Home-based and Community-based Care

Resolve 209

12/15/08 to 1^st Reg. Session, 124^th Legislature

Prison Industries Advisory Council (DOC Commissioner to appoint)

PL 503

Annually to DOC Commissioner and CRJ Committee

Maine Small Business & Entrepreneurship Commission (Revised)

PL 585

Annually 1/15 to BRED Committee

Statewide Homeless Council (Revised)

PL 600

Shellfish Advisory Council (Commissioner appoints members)

PL 606

2/15/09 to MAR Committee

Mental Health Homicide, Suicide and Aggravated Assault Review Board

PL 609

1/30/99 Biennially to HHS Committee

Subcommittee on Denturists); Subcommittee on Dental Hygienists (Revised)

PL 620

Maine Individual Reinsurance Association Board of Directors (Superintendent and licensed insurers to make appointments)

PL 629, Chapter 54

3/15 Annually to IFS Committee*

Maine Council on Poverty and Economic Security

PL 641

2/15 Annually to Legislature and Governor

Energy Resources Council (Revised)

PL 656

Railroad Crossing Information Council (Governor to appoint 4 members)

PL 657

Alternative Education Advisory Committee (Revised)

PL 667

Annually 2/1 to EDU Committee

Maine Regulatory Fairness Board (Revised)

PL 676

Legislative Youth Advisory Council (Revised)

PL 679

Biennially 1^st business day of Feb. to Legislative Council

Maine Children’s Growth Council

PL 683

1/15/10 Biennially to DHHS, Governor, Children’s Cabinet and Legislature

Allagash Wilderness Waterway Advisory Council (Revised)

PL 695, Part A

Maine Pilotage Commission (Revised)

PL 695, Part B

Technical Building Codes and Standards Board (Governor to appoint 11 members)

PL 699

Beginning 12/31/10 Annually to BRED Committee

We Support Our Troops Advisory Board (Governor to appoint 8 members)

PL 703

Annually 6/30 to TRA Committee

Saxl Park Advisory Committee (Appointed by Superintendent of the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center)

Resolve 201

State Board of Education (Revised)

PL 528, PL 572, PL 695, Part A

Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices (Revised)

PL 571

Marine Resources Advisory Council (Revised)

PL 615

Land Use Regulation Commission (Revised)

PL 617

State Board of Corrections (Confirmed by CRJ Committee, Senate)

PL 653

Marine Resources Advisory Council (Revised)

PL 695, Part K

Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (Revised)

PL 697

Workers’ Compensation Board (Revised)

Resolve 208

Study group to review municipal serve charges for tax-exempt property

State Tax Assessor

PL 146

12/15/08 to TAX Committee*

Review and enhancement of Maine’s cultural assets

ME Cultural Affairs Council

PL 182

1/31/09 to EDU Committee*

Develop recommendations for funding of Dept. of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police

Governor or Governor-elect

PL 537

Bureau of State Police 1/30/09 to TRA Committee

Review cost of dispensing medication in the State

Office of MaineCare Services

PL 539, Part HH

Biennially to HHS & AFA Committees

Review interim spent nuclear fuel storage facility

Public Advocate Office, Dept. of Public Safety, DEP, and others

PL 539, Part KK-8

Annually 2/15 to NAT Committee

Working group regarding developing of fair rent structure for leasing submerged lands

Bureau of Public Lands

PL 540

10/22/08 to ACF Committee

Review Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund

DOE

PL 541

1/15/09 to TAX Committee*

Review current law relating to life settlements

Bureau of Insurance

PL 543

3/1/09 to IFS Committee*

Review and development of opportunities for individuals with disabilities to be employed by the State

Bureau of Human Resources

PL 551

3/1/09 Biennially to SLG and LAB Committees and Governor*

Review and evaluate Lyme disease

ME Center for Disease Control and Prevention

PL 561

2/1/09 Annually to HHS Committee*

Status of public reserved land open to hunting

BPL and Dept of IFW

PL 564

Annually 3/1 to ACF Committee

Study abatement of water quality problems

DHHS, DEP, DMR & SPO

PL 568

1/15/09 to NAT Committee

Development of system for solid waste management and recycling standards

DEP

PL 583

1/5 and 1/15/09 to NAT Committee*

Review cost of dispensing medication in the State

Office MaineCare Services

PL 590

Biennially to JJS and AFA Committees

Evaluation of strategies to diminish impact of private roads on lake water quality

DEP

PL 593

1/15/09 to NAT Committee

Report on health care-associated infection quality data

Maine Quality Forum

PL 594

1/30/09 to HHS Committee

Review for need to make changes to MRSA 32, ch 80-B with regard to foreclosures

Superintends of Consumer Credit Protection and of Financial Institutions

PL 596

3/1/09 to IFS Committee

Overview of Public Access Ombudsman activities

Public Access Ombudsman

PL 603

3/15 Annually to Legislature

Review development on federal and state protection of children from lead poisoning from toys and products

DHHS

PL 604

1/15/10 to HHS Committee*

Review voluntary renewable energy market set-aside

DEP

PL 608

1/15/10 to UTE Committee

Identification of income tax revenues related to historic preservation expenditures tax credit

State Tax Assessor

PL 614

1/15/09 to TAX Committee*

Review safe housing with regard to lead hazards and eliminating childhood lead poisoning

DEP, DHHS and MSHA

PL 628, Part C

1/1/09 to HHS and NAT Committees*

Consideration of legislative and independent oversight of the Fund for Healthy Maine

HHS Committee

PL 629, Part H

10/1/08 to AFA Committee

Review of effects of revisions of ethics and election changes – MRSA 1 & 21-A

Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices

PL 642

1/15/08 to LVA Committee*

Stakeholder group to develop protocol on designation of priority chemicals with regard to toxic chemicals in children’s products

DEP

PL 643

Design of a leadership and entrepreneurial development program

DECD and others

PL 644

3/1/09 to BRED Committee

Study barriers to access to audiologists for evaluation of hearing loss in newborns

Newborn Hearing Program

PL 646

To HHS Committee

Evaluate impact on roads and bridges of axle weight tolerance for vehicles used to haul forest products and potatoes

DOT and State Police

PL 652

1/15/13 to TRA Committee

Review dissemination of confidential information of teaching certificates

Office of Policy and Legal Analysis

PL 666

11/5/08 to EDU Committee

Review results of referenda votes on proposed reorganization plans of school administrative units

DOE

PL 668 *

12/15/08 to EDU Committee

Review administration of the relief from disabilities provision to regain the ability to possess a firearm

Dept. of Public Safety

PL 670

1/15/09 to CRJ Committee*

Monitor opportunities for development of wind energy and resources by State agencies and others

Office of Energy Independence and Security

PL 671

1/15/09 UTE Committee*

Study need to continue the mobile Veterans Services Officer position

DDVEM

PL 678

1/15/09 to AFA and LVA Committees

Working group on human trafficking

Attorney General

PL 684, Part F

1/15/10 to 2^nd Reg. Session of 124^th Legislature

Criminal Code Revision Commission

CRJ, JUD, AFA Committees to establish

PL 684, Part G

3/1/09 to 1^st Reg. Session of 124^th Legislature*

Analyze effectiveness of tax credit provided to attract dentists to underserved areas

Oral Health Program

PL 690

3/1/11 to TAX Committee*

Monitor and report on clam flat status notification

Dept. of Marine Resources

PL 692

3/1/10 to MAR Committee

Status of future of the Maine State Cultural Building in Augusta

Bureau of General Services, Director

Resolve 151

2/1/09 to SLG Committee*

Study effect of security breaches in Mane

Bureau of Financial Institutions

Resolve 152

12/1/08 to IFS Committee

Work group to evaluate Maine combined bill demonstration project

Insurance carriers, hospitals, MHA and others

Resolve 155

1/15/09 to HHS Committee

Establish a program regarding education youth about voting

Sec. of State and Legislative Youth Advisory Council

Resolve 164

3/1/09 to LVA Committee*

Study gas and electric utilities with respect to public safety

Public Utilities Commission

Resolve 168

11/5/08 to UTE Committee*

Workgroup to review resources to families of children with disabilities

ME Developmental Disabilities Council

Resolve 171

1/31/09 to EDU Committee*

Stakeholder group to review curriculum requirements & standards for high school diplomas

Dept. of Education

Resolve 173

1/30/09 to EDU Committee

Review Maine’s cultural community and increase visibility of council (MSCAC)

ME State Cultural Affairs Council

Resolve 182

1/31/09 to EDU Committee*

Review net energy billing for customers of transmission and distribution utilities

PUC

Resolve 183

1/15/08 to UTE Committee*

Study feasibility of a public dock on Mooselookmeguntic Lake

Dept. of Conservation

Resolve 184

NA

Analysis and Identification of areas with children of high-risk of blood lead levels

DHHS

Resolve 186

1/15/09 to HHS Committee. Annually thereafter.

Study statewide market for forest products harvesting and hauling

Attorney General

Resolve 189

1/15/09 to ACF Committee*

Deer Predation Working Group

Dept. of IFW

Resolve 191

1/5/09 to IFW Committee*

Review and plan regarding alternative structure to hold and expand transmission assets of investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities

PUC

Resolve 193

1/15/09 to UTE Committee*

Pilot project for implementing a multipayor patient-centered medical home

Office of Health Policy & DHHS

Resolve 195

1/15/09 to HHS Committee

Review of measures currently in place to support and protect victims and potential victims of domestic violence

Dept. of Public Safety

Resolve 196

12/10/08 to CRF Committee*

Review of Maine Tree Growth Tax Law issues

Maine Forest Service

Resolve 197

1/15/09 to TAX Committee*

Study establishing a quality improvement & technology fund

Maine Quality Forum & HealthInfoNet

Resolve 198

12/1/08 to HHS Committee*

Work group to develop and establish a uniform statewide protocol for screening children for signs of autism

DOE and DHHS

Resolve 200

1/15/09 to EDU and HHS Committees*

Review dog and cat breeding facilities

Dept. of Agriculture

Resolve 203

1/15/09 to ACF Committee*

Working group to examine municipal boundaries, jurisdictions and parameters for future development in Saco Bay

Old Orchard Beach and Saco

Resolve 204

1/15/09 to SLG Committee*

Working Group to Develop Options for Long-germ Funding for the Northern New England Poison Center

DHHS

Resolve 206

1/15/09 t0 HHS Committee*

Study Ways to Increase Access to After-school Programs

DHHS and DOE

Resolve 211

1/15/09 to EDU Committee*

Investigate possibility of expanding cellular telephone service in certain rural areas

DAFS

Resolve 212

1/15/09 to AFA Committee*

Study feasibility of locating a border crossing in the St. John River Valley

DOT

Resolve 213

Conduct Updated Study of the Feasibility of Establishing a Single-payor Health Care System in the State

Qualified consultant - Legislature to seek outside grant funding

Resolve 216

12/3/08 to 1^st. Reg. Session of 124^th (HHS Committee*)

Study issues of residential contractor licensing

DPFR

Resolve 219

1/4/10 to BRED Committee*

Study methods for properly maintaining natural science collections

Maine State Museum Commission

Resolve 220

3/1/09 to EDU Committee*

Review Portland Identification and Early Referral program

DHHS

Resolve 221

1/15/09 to HHS Committee*

Preparation of audited financial state

Greater Portland Public Dev. Commission

Resolve 224

1^st Reg. Session to BRED Committee*

Pilot project for small wind power generators

Public Utilities Commission

Resolve 226

1/12/10 to UTE and AFA Committees