List of Bills and Bill Titles 2015 Maine Legislature(Updated February 13, 2015)

List of Bills and Bill Titles – 2015 Maine Legislature(Updated February 13, 2015)

Note: The following list was compiled by MaineCoast Heritage Trust (MCHT) staff. Bills listed address conservation-related issues. This list is provided as a resource for land trusts and does not reflect MCHT’s support, opposition, or interest in the bills listed. The LD number links to the state’s legislative website where language, sponsors, and status can be found. LR documents exist in title only. Contact MCHT to discuss these or other policy issues at (207) 729-7366.

LD 39Resolve, To Require a Review of the Merger That Resulted in the Department of ACFStatus:Work Session 2/26

LD 388An Act Regarding Timber Harvesting on Land Managed by the Bureau of Parks and LandsStatus:

LR 1135 An Act To Amend the Maine Farms for the Future ProgramStatus:

LR 1127 An Act To Restore Farmlands and Improve WatershedsStatus:

LR 971 An Act To Expand the Local Foods EconomyStatus:

LDBiennial BudgetStatus: Hearing 2/17-3/20

LD 426An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Address Sea Level RiseStatus:

LR 210 An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Enhance State ParksStatus:

LR 1053 An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine's Natural Resource-based EconomyStatus:

LR 1254An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Replace Culverts and Stream CrossingsStatus:

LD 386An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fund Farmland RestorationStatus:

LD 193An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Bicycle and Pedestrian ProjectsStatus:

LD 295An Act To Promote Tidal Energy ProjectsStatus:

LR 1776 An Act To Maximize the Benefits of Renewable Energy in MaineStatus:

LR 67 An Act To Encourage Renewable EnergyStatus:

LR 1266 An Act To Modify the Ocean Energy ActStatus:

LR 1614 An Act To Improve the Placement of Wind Permitting LocationsStatus:

LR 68 An Act To Address Climate Change and AdaptabilityStatus:

LD 241An Act Regarding Metallic Mining Rules of the Department of Environmental ProtectionStatus:

LD 169An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Groundwater RightsStatus:

LR 40 An Act To Provide Incentives for Implementation of Municipal Comprehensive Plans To Prevent SprawlStatus:

LR 1096An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Changes in Sea LevelStatus:

LR 1027 An Act To Revise the Mining LawsStatus:

LR 1845 An Act To Allow Regulated Metal Mining in MaineStatus:

LD 146Resolve, Metallic Mineral Exploration, Advanced Exploration and Mining, a Major Substantive Rule of the DEPStatus:Hearing 2/25

LR 1661 An Act To Streamline Judicial Review of Certain Land Use DecisionsStatus:

LD153An Act To Amend Setback Requirements and Standards Related to Species Migration near Vernal PoolsStatus:Hearing 2/26

LR 1592 An Act To Encourage Prudent Development along the CoastStatus:

LR 1071An Act To Simplify the Establishment by the Public of Prescriptive Easements over ShorelandStatus:

LR 1558An Act To Provide More Protection to Water Quality by Clarifying Shoreland Zoning ProvisionsStatus:

LR 167 An Act To Protect Maine LakesStatus:

LR 998 An Act To Protect Maine's Water ResourceStatus:

LR 209 An Act To Assist Towns in Eradicating Milfoil and Other Invasive Aquatic Plants and Nuisance SpeciesStatus:

LD40An Act To Protect Maine's Great PondsStatus:

LR 1784 An Act To Allow Hunting on SundayStatus:

LR 344 An Act To Enact the Scientific Fish and Wildlife Conservation ActStatus:

LR 1375 Resolve, To Establish Group To Review the Incidental Take Process under Maine Endangered Species LawStatus:

LR 433 An Act To Protect the Rights of Property OwnersStatus:

LD 309An Act To Connect Citizens to Natural Resources by Establishing Standards for Relief from Regulatory BurdensStatus:Hearing 2/26

LD161An Act To Ban the United Nations Agenda 21 in MaineStatus:

LD162An Act To Protect the Rights of Property OwnersStatus:Hearing 2/26

LR 1630 An Act To Prohibit Tax-subsidized CompetitionStatus:

LD 426An Act To Address and Mitigate the Effects of Marine DebrisStatus:

LR 1481 An Act To Amend the Alewives Restoration Program in the St. Croix RiverStatus:

LR 1635 An Act To Promote Rockweed Habitat Conservation through Interagency CollaborationStatus:

LR 372 An Act To Create the Ocean Acidification CouncilStatus:

LR 114 An Act To Address Ocean AcidificationStatus:

LR 1585 An Act To Address and Mitigate the Effects of Marine DebrisStatus:

LR 1647 An Act To Implement a Referendum for Municipalities To Allow or Disallow Nonprofit Owners To Be Tax-exemptStatus:

LR 1363 An Act To Ensure a Public Process When Discontinuing or Abandoning a Public RoadStatus:

LD 408An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Changes in Sea LevelStatus:

LR 1209 An Act To Create Jobs in the Forest Products IndustryStatus:

LR 228 An Act To Allow Municipalities To Levy Service Charges on Real Estate Owned by Non-profit EntitiesStatus:

LR 469 An Act To Authorize Municipalities To Impose Service Charges on Property Owned by Certain NonprofitsStatus:

LR 1756 Resolve, To Study the Tax Exemption Provided to Nonprofit EntitiesStatus:

LR 1496 An Act To Clarify Charitable Status for Property Tax Exemptionfrom Donated PropertyStatus: