LD 1306, An Act to Create the Small Communities Tourism Fund
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
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…
Read MoreLD 1489, Revocation, Suspension or Denial of a Guide License under Specified Circumstances
This bill authorizes the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to revoke, suspend, refuse to issue or refuse to renew a guide license if the…
Read MoreGovernment Affairs Update-June 12, 2017
Local Option Sales Tax: The Legislature killed a proposal last week that would have allowed municipalities to implement a local option sales tax. LD…
Read MoreLD 901, Wind Energy Development's Effect on the Scenic Character of Maine's Special Places
This bill repeals and replaces the current law regarding when a visual impact assessment is required for an expedited wind energy development. The…
Read MoreLD 1522, An Act to Authorize a Local Option Sales Tax
This bill allows a municipality to impose a local option sales tax if approved by referendum of the voters in that municipality. The referendum…
Read MoreGovernment Affairs Update-June 5, 2017
Budget Update: Late Friday night, the Appropriations Committee reported out three separate versions of what the two-year budget should look like. The…
Read MoreLD 493, Tax the Extraction of Water for Certain Commercial Purposes and Fund Water Quality Programs
This bill creates an excise tax of 1¢ per 25 gallons of groundwater or surface water extracted from springs or other underground sources in this…
Read MoreGovernment Affairs Update-May 29, 2017
Future of Ranked-choice Voting: An advisory decision issued by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court last week, which stated that the ranked-choice voting…
Read MoreLD 1617, An Act To Initiate the Process of Terminating the Maine Turnpike Authority
This bill: 1. Prohibits the Maine Turnpike Authority from issuing any bonds after October 15, 2017; 2. Requires the Maine Turnpike Authority, no later…
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