| 125th MAINE LEGISLATURE | ||||||
| LD 379 | LR 797(01) | |||||
| An Act To Stop Unfunded Mandates Concerning Waste Discharge Licenses | ||||||
| Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill | ||||||
| Sponsor: Rep. Clark of Millinocket | ||||||
| Committee: Environment and Natural Resources | ||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | ||||||
| Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement | ||||||
| No fiscal impact | ||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | ||||||
| The unfunded state mandates provision of the Maine Constitution has been found by the Office of the Maine Attorney General not to apply to Maine's waste discharge licensing program. Accordingly, state laws or regulations governing waste discharge licensees cannot be considered to impose mandates on local units of government. Therefore, the language proposed in the bill would not limit the Department of Environmental Protection from imposing any new requirements by rule and there would be no fiscal impact to its passage. | ||||||