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The State does not consent to certain acquisitions of land or water interests for a deep geological repository for high-level waste, and does not cede legislative jurisdiction over land or waters acquired for that purpose.
This section extends state jurisdiction over specified offshore waters and states that Maine owns and controls harvesting of certain living resources in adjoining seas, with control exercised through licenses or permits issued by the Department of Marine Resources.
If a public Act is approved by the Governor, the Secretary of State must give written notice to the presiding officers of both Houses.
Repeal or amendment generally does not revive prior law or disturb certain prior penalties and pending actions; pending license or permit applications are treated as proceedings after at least one substantive review.
A constitutional amendment takes effect and becomes part of the Constitution on the first Wednesday of January after the people adopt it, unless the submitting resolution says otherwise.
After a constitutional amendment is adopted, the Governor must proclaim it within 30 days, and the Secretary of State must publish the proclamation in the state paper and include it in the next volume of Acts and resolves.
The Attorney General, with help from the Secretary of State, must prepare a brief statement explaining ballot measures and what yes and no votes mean. The Office of Fiscal and Program Review must also prepare fiscal impact estimates for ballot measures, with different deadlines for direct initiatives and for statewide
The Secretary of State must adopt rules for publishing public comments on certain ballot measures, including a word limit and required labels, and must publish the comments online and in pamphlets starting with the November 2006 election. A filer must pay a $500 fee.
The Legislature declares that the Maine Revised Statutes and the Maine Revised Statutes Annotated are identical as to the text of the law. Since the text of the revision has been enacted by the Legislature, it is positive law. [PL 1965, c.
Certain current pocket parts or supplements to the Revised Statutes are treated as part of the Revised Statutes if they meet the stated conditions and are certified by the Secretary of State.
A copy of a law in the Revised Statutes of 1964 may be read in evidence only if the same book contains a printed certificate from the Secretary of State saying the copy is a correct transcript of the original laws.
The State owns the waters and submerged lands listed in section 2, unless a valid conveyance or operation of law places a parcel or area in someone else’s ownership.
This section gives the subchapter the short title “the Freedom of Access Act.”
Public proceedings are to be open, with records available for public inspection, and the subchapter is meant to be read broadly to support that purpose.
1. Conditional approval. Approval of an application or granting of a license, certificate or any other type of permit upon conditions not otherwise specifically required by the statute, ordinance or regulation pursuant to which the
This section lets certain public bodies use remote participation in public proceedings, but only if they follow listed conditions and do not use text-only methods.
Public proceedings generally must be open to the public, and any person must be allowed to attend, unless another statute or section 405 says otherwise.
All persons may attend public proceedings and make written, taped, filmed, or live-broadcast records, so long as that activity does not interfere with orderly conduct.
Those bodies or agencies falling within this subchapter may hold executive sessions subject to the following conditions. [PL 1975, c. 758 (NEW).] 1. Not to defeat purposes of subchapter. An executive session may not be used to defeat the
Public notice is required for certain public proceedings, and emergency meetings require media notification when practical.
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