CHAPTER 207

H.P. 1120 - L.D. 1528

An Act To Permit Electronic Notification of Rulemaking

for Interested Parties

Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas, the State must reduce expenditures as a result of a weakened economy; and

Whereas, technology exists to permit communications to be made via electronic rather than paper media; and

Whereas, the use of electronic media for communication would reduce the need of and greater costs associated with the use of paper media as well as be an environmentally sensitive means of disseminating information; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §8053, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 373, §4, is further amended to read: