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the project location is a natural cranberry bog and provisions | | of paragraph D are met. For purposes of this paragraph, | | "natural cranberry bog" means an area with indigenous large | | cranberries, Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait., comprising more than | | 50% of the cover in the herbaceous layer; and "cover in the | | herbaceous layer" means all herbaceous or woody vegetation | | less than 10 inches in height. |
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| | | Sec. 88. PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. FFF, §1, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 507, | | Pt. A, §1 and affected by §3 and amended by c. 673, Pt. K, §2, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 1.__The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, | | referred to in this section as "the commissioner," and any | | insurance company or 3rd-party administrator, referred to in this | | section as "the carrier," insuring or administering the state | | employee health plan, referred to in this section as "the plan," | | shall jointly negotiate agreements with hospitals participating | | in the carrier's provider network to reduce the expense incurred | | by the plan in state fiscal year 2003-04 by the amount of at | | least $18,020,851.__In undertaking such negotiations the carrier | | must be deemed at all times to be the agent of the State.__The | | commissioner and the carrier acting at the direction of the | | commissioner may offer or negotiate such terms and conditions as | | the commissioner considers to be in the best interest of the | | State to reduce the expense of the state employee health plan, | | including, but not limited to, offering or negotiating reductions | | in standard hospital reimbursement rates, rebates and refunds and | | uniform terms relating to such reductions, rebates or refunds.__ | | The commissioner may not affect or seek to affect amounts paid to | | hospitals relating to any other customer of the carrier. |
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| | | Sec. 89. PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. B, §26 is repealed and the following enacted | | in its place: |
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| | | *Sec. B-26. 14 MRSA §3142, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 2001, c. 471, | | Pt. A, §20, is further amended to read: |
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| | | C. The suspension of any license, certification, | | registration, permit, approval or other similar document | | evidencing the granting of authority to hunt, fish or trap | | or to engage in a profession, occupation, business or | | industry, not including a registration, permit, approval or | | similar document evidencing the granting of authority to | | engage in the business of banking pursuant to Title 9-B. | | Licenses and registration subject to suspension include, but | | are not limited to: |
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