Interim Studies Completed
The 117th Legislature authorized several studies during its Second Regular Session. Among them were the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents and the Commission on Judicial Compensation. These Commissions completed their studies and issued reports that included recommendations for change.
The Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents recommended changes in several broad categories. These recommendations resulted in proposed legislation that included the following:
Removing Barriers to Work
- LD 572 - An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents Concerning Medicaid Eligibility (status: ONTP)
- LD 1574 - An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents Regarding Threshold for Filing Personal Income Tax (status: ONTP)
- LD 564 - An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to State Earned Income Tax Credit (status: ONTP)
- LD 333 - An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to Child Care Funding
(status: ONTP)
Providing Economic Security for Working Parents
- LD 332 - An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to Unemployment Compensation (status: Signed into law, Resolve 65)
- LD 568 - An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to Raising the Minimum Wage (status: Carried over to second session)
Providing Economic Development Opportunities for Individuals and Communities
- LD 330 - An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to Microenterprise Needs (status: Signed into law, Resolve 23)
Ensuring Governmental Accountability for Ongoing Efforts to Address Poverty
- LD 334 - An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to an Annual Report Card on Poverty (status: Signed into law, Resolve 36)
The Judicial Compensation Commission recommended changes designed to ensure that the most highly qualified lawyers in the State, drawn from diverse life and professional experiences, are not deterred from serving or continuing to serve in the state judiciary. The recommendations resulted in LD 1062, "An Act to Implement Recommendations of the Judicial Compensation Commission". This LD is currently has been carried over to the second session.
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Nonpartisian Quarterly Newsletter
Spring 1997
Maine State Legislature
Publication of the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis
Volume 1, Issue 2