Articles https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/ Articles Tue, 23 Jul 2024 04:37:19 +0000 LD 1150, Resolve, To Establish the Road Usage Charge Task Force https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1150/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1150/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1150/ Thu, 03 Aug 2017 08:00:00 -0400

This resolve establishes a task force to guide the development of a pilot program to assess the potential for mileage-based revenue collection for

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LD 1626, Resolve, Authorizing the State to Assume Ownership of the Forest City Dam https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1626-resolve-authorizing-the-state-to-assume-ownership-of-the-forest-city-dam/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1626-resolve-authorizing-the-state-to-assume-ownership-of-the-forest-city-dam/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1626-resolve-authorizing-the-state-to-assume-ownership-of-the-forest-city-dam/ Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:00:00 -0400

This bill provides that the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife may assume ownership of the dam and water storage project known as the Forest

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LD 1552, General Fund Bond Issues To Improve Highways, Bridges and Multimodal Facilities https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1552-general-fund-bond-issues-to-improve-highways-bridges-and-multimodal-facilities/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1552-general-fund-bond-issues-to-improve-highways-bridges-and-multimodal-facilities/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1552-general-fund-bond-issues-to-improve-highways-bridges-and-multimodal-facilities/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:00:00 -0400

The funds provided by these bond issues, in the amount of $100 million in both 2017 and 2018, will be used for the construction, reconstruction and

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LD 1564, Conform State Law to Federal Law While Promoting Safe Working Environments for Minors https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1564/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1564/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1564/ Mon, 10 Jul 2017 08:00:00 -0400

This bill amends laws relating to minors 14 and 15 years of age to allow them to work in bowling alleys and movie theaters and to clarify their

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LD 390, Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-390-an-act-making-unified-appropriations-and-allocations-for-the-expenditures-of-state-governmen/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-390-an-act-making-unified-appropriations-and-allocations-for-the-expenditures-of-state-governmen/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-390-an-act-making-unified-appropriations-and-allocations-for-the-expenditures-of-state-governmen/ Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:00:00 -0400 The Governor's budget.

MTA Position: Opposes the lodging tax increasing to 10%

Opposes the sales tax expansion on a number of currently exempt

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LD 673, An Act To Restore the Tip Credit to Maine's Minimum Wage Law https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-673/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-673/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-673/ Fri, 23 Jun 2017 08:00:00 -0400

This bill restores the tip credit to the minimum wage laws.

MTA Position: Supports

Status: Enacted by House and Senate; signed into law by the

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LD 1405, Require Remote Sellers To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Tax on Sales into Maine https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1405/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1405/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1405/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:00:00 -0400 This bill permits persons that are required to register under Maine's sales and use tax laws to deduct and retain an amount equal to up to 2% of the

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Government Affairs Update-June 19, 2017 https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/government-affairs-update-june-19-2017/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/government-affairs-update-june-19-2017/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/government-affairs-update-june-19-2017/ Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:00:00 -0400 Budget – Where Things Stand: Many of us were hopeful that a compromise on the two-year budget would have been reached by Friday in order to allow

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LD 1306, An Act to Create the Small Communities Tourism Fund https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1306/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1306/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld1306/ Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:00:00 -0400 This bill establishes the Small Communities Tourism Fund in the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of Tourism to issue grants to

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LD 1609, An Act To Support Maine's Employers and Encourage Employers To Hire Young Workers https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1609/ https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1609/#comments https://www.mainetourism.com/articles/post/ld-1609/ Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:00:00 -0400 This bill reduces increases to the minimum wage and provides a minimum wage of $11 per hour starting January 1, 2021. The bill eliminates the annual

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