Directory of Papers
LD 400 - 599

LD 400, HP0316

An Act To Provide Funding to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources for Veterinarians for Farm Animals

LD 401, HP0317

An Act To Protect the Integrity of Funeral Processions

LD 402, HP0318

An Act To Clarify the Application of the Real Estate Transfer Tax with Regard to Partial Sales of Corporations That Own Real Estate

LD 403, HP0319

An Act To Encourage Municipalities To Abate Coastal Pollution

LD 404, HP0320

An Act To Limit Regional Adjustments to Teacher Salaries

LD 405, HP0321

An Act Regarding MaineCare Pharmacy Professional Fees

LD 406, HP0322

An Act To Prohibit Aerial Spraying of Pesticides near Buildings, Roads and Bodies of Water

LD 407, HP0323

An Act To Allow the Use of Flashing Red Lights by State Emergency Management Agency Directors

LD 408, HP0324

An Act To Make the Prison Industry Program More Effective

LD 409, HP0325

Resolve, To Study Alternative Fuel Use by Schools and Public Buildings

LD 410, HP0326

An Act To Repeal the Certification and Authorization Fees for School Personnel

LD 411, HP0327

An Act To Establish a Pilot Program for Return of Unused Prescription Drugs by Mail

LD 412, HP0328

An Act To Clarify the Application of Prevailing Wage Requirements

LD 413, HP0329

Resolve, Regarding the Reentry of Electric Utilities into the Energy Supply Business

LD 414, HP0330

An Act To Decrease Cervical Cancer in Maine Girls

LD 415, HP0331

An Act To Enhance Consumer Awareness of Insurance Sales Activity

LD 416, HP0332

An Act To Protect Seniors and the Public from Unfair Health Insurance Sales Practices

LD 417, HP0333

An Act To Authorize the Issuance of a Highway Fund Bond Issue for Maine's Roads and Bridges

LD 418, HP0334

An Act To Require the Collection of DNA from Persons Who Committed Felonies Prior to 1996 Who Then Reoffend by Committing Offenses for Which They Would Not Otherwise Have To Submit to a DNA Test

LD 419, HP0335

An Act To Restrict the Use of Credit Scoring for Insurance Purposes

LD 420, HP0336

An Act Providing for Regulation of the Cable Television Industry by the Public Utilities Commission

LD 421, HP0337

An Act To Improve Deer Management and Hunting

LD 422, HP0338

An Act To Increase the State Income Tax Exemption for Retired Employees in the Maine State Retirement System and Other Pension Systems to the Same Level as That of Retirees under the Social Security System

LD 423, HP0339

An Act To Ensure the Safety of the Public and of Victims of Sexual Assault

LD 424, HP0340

An Act To Protect Children from Dangerous Drugs, Harmful Chemicals and Drug-related Violence

LD 425, HP0341

An Act Regarding the Accounting Procedure for Certain State Programs

LD 426, HP0342

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Repairs to Traditional Meetinghouses

LD 427, HP0343

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Recreational Facilities

LD 428, HP0344

An Act To Conserve Energy in Maine Households

LD 429, HP0345

An Act To Improve Access to HIV Testing in Health Care Settings

LD 430, HP0346

An Act To Enable Unorganized Territory Townships To Become a Municipality

LD 431, HP0347

An Act To Enable the Dirigo Health Program To Be Self-administered

LD 432, SP0133

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Maintain, Improve and Develop Trails

LD 433, SP0134

An Act To Amend the Bond Requirements for Estates of Decedents

LD 434, SP0135

An Act To Allow a Voter To Preserve the Confidentiality of That Voter's Presence at the Polls

LD 435, SP0136

An Act To Require Utilities and Competitive Service Providers To Pay Interest on Overestimates of Electric

LD 436, SP0137

An Act To Postpone the Expiration of the Required Nonhospital Expenditures Component in the Capital Investment Fund

LD 437, SP0138

Resolve, Concerning the Reporting of Oil Spills

LD 438, SP0139

Resolve, To Improve Driver Education Programs

LD 439, SP0140

An Act To Reform the Dirigo Health Program

LD 440, SP0141

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Revitalize Communities and Expand Maine's Innovative Economy through the New Century Program

LD 441, SP0142

An Act To Restructure the Board of Commissioners of the Maine State Housing Authority To Closely Match Local

LD 442, SP0143

An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to Advertisements on Motor Vehicles Used in Driver Education

LD 443, SP0144

An Act To Require the Department of Environmental Protection To Meet the Federal Requirements on Regional Haze Visibility Impairment

LD 444, SP0145

Resolve, Directing the Department of Environmental Protection To Review the Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/Waste Discharge License Program Fee System

LD 445, SP0146

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Municipal Investment Trust Fund

LD 446, SP0147

An Act To Improve the Use of Information Regarding Sex Offenders to Better Ensure Public Safety and Awareness

LD 447, SP0148

Resolve, To Improve the Registration Process for Commercial Motor Vehicles

LD 448, SP0149

An Act To Improve Equity in School Funding

LD 449, HP0348

Resolve, To Support Creative Economy Businesses

LD 450, HP0349

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine's Working Waterfronts

LD 451, HP0350

An Act To Support the Creative Economy Effort

LD 452, HP0351

An Act To Encourage the Reuse of Plastic Containers BY REQUEST

LD 453, HP0352

An Act To Enhance the Choices for Children and Parents from Areas without Public Secondary Schools

LD 454, HP0353

An Act To Amend Truancy Laws Regarding Parent Involvement

LD 455, HP0354

An Act To Protect the All-terrain Vehicle Trail System

LD 456, HP0355

An Act To Protect Holders of Small Bank Accounts

LD 457, HP0356

An Act To Require Nonprofit Employers To Disclose All Benefits Available, Including Unemployment Insurance, to Employees and Prospective Employees

LD 458, HP0357

An Act To Prevent Persons Convicted of Child Molestation from Being Buried in a Maine Veterans' Cemetery

LD 459, HP0358

An Act To Reduce the Excise Tax on New Vehicles

LD 460, HP0359

An Act To Amend the Municipal Excise Tax Reimbursement Fund Law

LD 461, HP0360

An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Human Trafficking Task Force

LD 462, HP0361

An Act Authorizing the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts To Confer the Degree of Doctor of Visual Arts

LD 463, SP0150

An Act To Create the Marine Research Matching Fund

LD 464, SP0151

An Act To Reform Public Education by Encouraging Regional Approaches

LD 465, SP0152

An Act To Prohibit School Administrative Units from Advocating in Political Activity

LD 466, SP0153

An Act To Provide County Commissioners with an Enforcement Mechanism with Regard to Parking Ordinances

LD 467, SP0154

An Act Regarding the Protection and Advocacy Agency Advisory Council

LD 468, SP0155

An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Compulsory School Attendance

LD 469, SP0156

An Act To Disseminate "Lessons Learned" from Medical Injury Claims

LD 470, SP0157

An Act To Add Ten Days to the School Year

LD 471, SP0158

An Act To Clarify the Status of Lots Greater than 40 Acres on Plans Recorded for Unorganized Territory Land before September 21, 2001

LD 472, SP0159

An Act To Clarify Land Planning in the Unorganized and Deorganized Townships of the State

LD 473, SP0160

An Act To Clarify Land Use Regulation in Unorganized and Deorganized Townships

LD 474, SP0161

Resolve, To Direct the Department of Transportation To Rename State Bridge Number 5278 the Ryan Quirion Guthrie

LD 475, SP0162

An Act To Prevent Additional Housing Charges for Persons Requiring In-home Care

LD 476, SP0163

An Act To Establish a Reinsurance Fund To Expand Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals and Small Groups

LD 477, SP0164

An Act To Deter Parental Alienation

LD 478, HP0362

An Act Regarding the Certification of the Required Driving Time for a License for Certain Persons under 21 Years of Age

LD 479, HP0363

An Act Regarding Licensure Testing by the Oil and Solid Fuel Board

LD 480, HP0364

Resolve, To Reduce Paperwork Retention Required by the Maine State Housing Authority

LD 481, HP0365

Resolve, Directing the Department of Education To Review and Assess Distance Learning Opportunities for High School Students

LD 482, HP0366

Resolve, To Conduct an Objective and Independent Review of Essential Programs and Services

LD 483, HP0367

An Act To Require That Public Schools Start after Labor Day

LD 484, HP0368

An Act To Adjust the School Funding Formula with Regard to Unorganized Territories

LD 485, HP0369

An Act To Provide Free Turkey Hunting Permits to Maine Residents 80 Years of Age or Older

LD 486, HP0370

An Act To Establish an Apprenticeship Hunter License Program

LD 487, HP0371

An Act Regarding Children in the Child Welfare System

LD 488, HP0372

An Act To Amend the Child Support Laws BY REQUEST

LD 489, HP0373

Resolve, To Increase the Authority of the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General

LD 490, HP0374

An Act To Clarify Reporting of Contributions and Expenditures by Persons Involving a Ballot Question

LD 491, HP0375

An Act To Set Limits on Political Action Committee Contributions

LD 492, HP0376

An Act To Clarify Who Receives Money from Fines for Violations of Maine's Soft-shelled Clam Laws

LD 493, HP0377

Resolve, To Require the Department of Environmental Protection To Provide Engineering and Permitting Assistance To Clean Up Toothaker Pond

LD 494, HP0378

An Act To Repeal the Motor Vehicle Inspection Laws

LD 495, HP0379

Resolve, To Develop an Appropriate Commemorative License Plate Decal for Combat Service

LD 496, HP0380

An Act To Exempt Emergency Vehicles from Tolls on the Maine Turnpike

LD 497, HP0381

An Act To Allow Funeral Processions To Use Certain Lights

LD 498, HP0382

An Act To Limit the Charges for a Lost Cell Phone

LD 499, HP0383

An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2007, June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009

LD 500, SP0165

An Act To Amend the Definition of Health Care Facility To Include Hospice Facilities

LD 501, HP0384

An Act To Provide Relief to the Commuters on Casco Bay Islands

LD 502, HP0385

An Act To Ensure That Maine Residents Have Reliable Winter Heating Assistance

LD 503, HP0386

An Act Regarding the Authority of the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Issue Licenses to Beagle Clubs To Trap Snowshoe Hares

LD 504, HP0387

An Act To Require the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Reserve 250 Moose Permits for Residents Who Have Never Received One

LD 505, HP0388

An Act To Clarify the Status of a Case following the Establishment of Permanent Guardianship

LD 506, HP0389

An Act To Rescind the Statute of Limitations on the Ability To File a Civil Suit in Cases Dealing with Unlawful Sexual Contact

LD 507, HP0390

An Act To Require the Accommodation of Religious Practices in Correctional Facilities

LD 508, HP0391

An Act Concerning Citizens' Initiatives and Public Disclosure of Influence

LD 509, HP0392

An Act To Amend Laws Pertaining to Entry into the Lobster Fishery

LD 510, HP0393

An Act To Amend the Membership of the Advisory Council on Tax-deferred Arrangements

LD 511, HP0394

Resolve, To Study the Feasibility of Locating a Border Crossing in the St. David Area

LD 512, SP0167

An Act To Change the Name of the Maine State Retirement System

LD 513, SP0168

An Act To Amend the Motor Vehicle Laws

LD 514, SP0169

An Act To Protect Community Safety by Amending Maine's Bail Code

LD 515, SP0170

An Act To Amend Laws Relating to Persons Serving as Permanency Guardians or Receiving Permanency Guardianship

LD 516, SP0171

An Act To Make More Affordable the Surcharge on the Sale of Dogs and Cats That Have Not Been Neutered

LD 517, HP0395

Resolve, To Promote Public Safety by Establishing a Multiple-OUI Registry

LD 518, HP0396

An Act To Protect Children in Public Schools by Notifying All School Personnel of Sex Offenders Residing, Working or Attending School in the School District

LD 519, HP0397

Resolve, Regarding Supplemental Services under the National Family Caregiver Support Program

LD 520, HP0398

An Act To Ensure Access to MaineCare Services

LD 521, HP0399

An Act To Amend the Laws Relating to Juveniles

LD 522, HP0400

An Act To Require the Posting of Proof of Workers' Compensation Insurance at Construction Sites

LD 523, HP0401

An Act To Provide for Enforcement of Land Use Limitations Relating to Cemeteries

LD 524, HP0402

An Act To Establish the Fee for Commercial Inspections for Farm Trucks

LD 525, HP0403

Resolve, To Stimulate Tourism Development Projects

LD 526, HP0404

An Act To Increase Eligibility for the Dirigo Health Program

LD 527, HP0405

An Act To Expand Property Tax Benefits for Retired Citizens

LD 528, HP0406

An Act To Make BETR Better

LD 529, HP0407

An Act To Encourage Newly Retired Veterans To Reside in Maine

LD 530, HP0408

An Act To Encourage Open Space through Current Use Taxation of Open Space Land Set Aside for Long-term Protection from Development

LD 531, HP0409

An Act To Improve the Method of Taxing Natural Gas for Highway Use

LD 532, HP0410

Resolve, To Create a Plan for the Downeast Airport Authority

LD 533, HP0411

An Act To Establish "Clean Air - No Idling" Zones

LD 534, HP0412

Resolve, Directing the Maine Turnpike Authority To Study the Relocation of the York Toll Booth

LD 535, HP0413

An Act To Create a Retired Firefighter Registration Plate

LD 536, HP0414

An Act To Promote Efficiency in the Use of the Communications Equipment Fund

LD 537, HP0415

An Act to Protect the Machiasport Clam Flats along the Machias River from Effluent Contamination

LD 538, HP0416

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Promote Increased Research and Development Collaboration between the Environmental and Energy Technology Sector and the University of Maine System

LD 539, HP0417

An Act To Ban Personal Watercraft on East Carry Pond, Middle Carry Pond and West Carry Pond

LD 540, HP0418

An Act To Authorize a Court To Appoint Counsel in Protection from Abuse Hearings

LD 541, HP0419

An Act To Encourage the Owners of Sole Proprietorships To Hire More Employees

LD 542, HP0420

Resolve, To Direct the Department of Environmental Protection To Locate and Remediate a Gasoline Spill Contaminating a Private Well BY REQUEST

LD 543, HP0421

Resolve, To Direct a Review of Issues Concerning the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law

LD 544, HP0422

An Act To Provide Maine Land Conservation Tax Incentives

LD 545, HP0423

Resolve, To Name the Bridge on Route 201 in Jackman over the Moose River the Veterans Memorial Bridge

LD 546, HP0424

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Amend Its Rules Regarding Noise Abatement Costs

LD 547, HP0425

An Act To Create Fairness in E-9-1-1 Funding

LD 548, HP0426

An Act To Prevent Abuse of Pet Ownership Rights

LD 549, HP0427

An Act To Fund the Purchase of Maine State Retirement System Time by Certain Veterans

LD 550, HP0428

An Act To Allow the Independent Practice of Dental Hygiene

LD 551, HP0429

An Act To Create the Maine Health Card Program

LD 552, HP0430

An Act To Provide for Punitive Damages against Sex Offenders

LD 553, HP0431

An Act To Allow for Corporate Ownership of Dental Practices

LD 554, HP0432

An Act To Amend the Shellfish Laws

LD 555, HP0433

An Act To Protect Children from Lead Exposure by Requiring Sufficient Notice of Renovations

LD 556, HP0434

Resolve, To Achieve Cost Savings of 7% in State Government

LD 557, HP0435

An Act To Increase the Penalty for Late Filings by Lobbyists BY REQUEST

LD 558, HP0436

An Act To Create Fairness in the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax by Implementing the Recommendations of the Secretary of State's Task Force on Registration Fees

LD 559, HP0437

An Act Regarding the Valuation of Land within Buffer Areas Established under the Natural Resources Protection Laws

LD 560, SP0172

An Act To Integrate the Approval of Early Childhood Education Plans for Children 4 Years of Age into Basic School Approval for Elementary Schools

LD 561, SP0173

Resolve, To Direct the Department of Transportation To Establish a Rest Area on U.S. Route 9 between Calais and Brewer

LD 562, SP0174

An Act To Adopt a Flat Corporate Income Tax

LD 563, SP0175

An Act To Move the Primary Election from June to September

LD 564, SP0176

Resolve, To Streamline the Regulation of Agricultural Composters

LD 565, SP0177

An Act To Remove the Sunset on the Exemption of Internet Services from Auctioneer Licensure Requirements

LD 566, SP0178

An Act To Increase the Property Tax Exemption for Certain Veterans and Surviving Spouses

LD 567, SP0179

An Act To Expand Tax Incentives for Conservation Easements

LD 568, SP0180

An Act To Conform HIV Testing to the Recommendations of the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

LD 569, SP0181

An Act To Reduce Maine's Income Tax Rates by 50 Percent

LD 570, SP0182

An Act To Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax To Reduce Property Taxes

LD 571, HP0438

An Act To Protect Beef Producers

LD 572, HP0439

An Act To Fund the Western Maine Career Centers

LD 573, HP0440

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Western Maine Creative Arts Center

LD 574, HP0441

An Act To Increase Funding for the State's Immunization Program

LD 575, HP0442

An Act To Expand Jurisdictions of Municipal Housing Authorities

LD 576, HP0443

Resolve, To Examine Issues Related to Distracted Driving

LD 577, HP0444

An Act Concerning the Transport of Inmates in the Custody of the Sheriff

LD 578, HP0445

An Act To Help Maine People Be Informed Medical Consumers

LD 579, HP0446

Resolve, To Extend Fall Fishing Opportunities

LD 580, HP0447

An Act To Provide for Punitive Damages against Drunk Drivers

LD 581, HP0448

An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to Improvident Transfers

LD 582, HP0449

An Act To Create Fairness in Maine's Property Taxes

LD 583, HP0450

An Act To Permit Medical and Social Service Professionals To Report Animal Cruelty

LD 584, HP0451

An Act Concerning Animal Control Officers as Reporters of Abuse

LD 585, HP0452

An Act To Establish Instant Run-off Voting for Gubernatorial Races

LD 586, HP0453

An Act To Simplify Notification Procedures for Water Quality Changes

LD 587, HP0454

An Act To Protect and Improve Lake Water Quality by Reducing Phosphorus in Lawn Care Fertilizer

LD 588, HP0455

An Act To Allow Civil Penalties for Trespass while Engaging in Activities Regulated by Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

LD 589, HP0456

An Act To Repeal Certain Health Savings Account Provisions

LD 590, HP0457

An Act To Amend Certain Requirements Applicable to Insurance Producers

LD 591, HP0458

An Act Regarding Occupational Safety and Health Training for Workers on State-funded Construction Projects

LD 592, SP0183

An Act To Waive Tolls on the Maine Turnpike for People Who Are Traveling for Treatment of Catastrophic Illnesses

LD 593, SP0184

Resolve, To Establish a Second Public Safety Answering Point for Kennebec County

LD 594, SP0185

An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Facilitate Laboratory and Education Facility Construction for the Gulf of Maine Research Institute

LD 595, SP0186

An Act To Define "Livable Wage"

LD 596, SP0187

An Act To Repeal the Laws Governing Long-term Foster Care

LD 597, SP0189

Resolve, To Regulate Blasting Operators

LD 598, SP0190

Resolve, To Allow Municipalities To Purchase Burn Permit Software

LD 599, SP0191

An Act To Facilitate the Creation of Airport Authorities