121st MAINE LEGISLATURE - FIRST REGULAR SESSION
LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS SORTED BY SUBJECT - UPDATED 1/15/2003

Prepared by the Office of the Revisor Of Statutes
The information in this document is current through January 15, 2003. Changes in sponsorship or title may occur.
Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryAppropriations and Financial AffairsBanking and Insurance
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LaborLegal and Veterans AffairsMarine Resources
Natural ResourcesState and Local GovernmentTaxation
TransportationUtilities and Energy

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
ACF - AGRICULTURE DEPT - POWERS
LR 601 FAIRCLOTH An Act To Provide Consumers at Chain Restaurants with Accurate, Accessible Nutrition Information
LR 1715 MCGOWAN An Act Regarding the Hand-washing Facility Requirements for Food-selling Establishments
ACF - ANIMAL WELFARE -
LR 740 SAWYER An Act to Improve Services of Animal Shelters
ACF - ANIMAL WELFARE - BOARD
LR 1131 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Restructure the Power and Duties Within the Animal Welfare Act
ACF - ANIMAL WELFARE - ENFORCEMENT
LR 541 MCKEE An Act to Amend the Animal Welfare Laws
LR 854 MCKEE An Act to Provide for Proper Identification of Stray Cats by Animal Shelters
LR 1533 MILLETT An Act to Amend the Animal Welfare Laws and Improve Funding
LR 1554 HUTTON An Act To Strengthen the Animal Control Laws
ACF - ANIMALS -
LR 19 PENDLETON An Act to Prevent Abuse of Elephants
ACF - ANIMALS - DOGS
LR 1129 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Allow Municipalities to Retain Fees Collected for Licensing and Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Laws
ACF - ANIMALS - LIVESTOCK
LR 938 TRAHAN An Act to Clarify the Definition of Livestock
ACF - ANIMALS - PETS
LR 852 MCKEE An Act Regarding the Sale and Protection of Ferrets
LR 1080 ROTUNDO An Act to Regulate Guinea Pigs
ACF - CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT - POWERS
LR 1526 COLWELL Resolve, Directing the Department of Conservation to Create the Kennebec River Trail
ACF - FARMS -
LR 357 BENNETT R An Act to Amend the Maine Agricultural Bargaining Board
ACF - FARMS - PRESERVATION
LR 1219 PINGREE An Act to Continue the Maine Farms for the Future Program
ACF - FORESTRY -
LR 964 JODREY An Act to Clarify the Ability of the Maine Forest Service and Tax Assessors to View Private Landowners' Forest Management Plans
ACF - FORESTRY - HARVEST REPORTS
LR 1653 DUPLESSIE An Act to Provide Public Information on Forest Management Practices
ACF - FORESTRY - PRACTICES
LR 1174 PENDLETON An Act to Require the State to Give Preference to Wood and Paper Products that Derive from Sustainably Managed Forests or Procurement Systems
LR 1410 MARTIN An Act Concerning Forestry
LR 1415 MCKEE An Act to Improve Silvicultural Standards for Lands Purchased and Subdivided or Resold Within an 8-year Period
ACF - FORESTRY - TIMBER HARVESTING
LR 198 JACKSON Resolve, Authorizing a Study of New Payment Models for the Logging Industry
LR 491 MOODY An Act to Allow the Sale of Wood Chips by Unlicensed Persons
LR 665 JACKSON An Act to Penalize Timberland Owners Rather than Truckers for Hauling Weight Violations
LR 962 CARR An Act to Reenact Standards for Road Construction for Forest Management Activities
LR 1115 PINEAU An Act To Promote Planning To Protect the State's Waters
ACF - FORESTRY - WOOD MEASUREMENT
LR 1264 JACKSON An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Weighing of Wood
ACF - HARNESS RACING -
LR 995 GAGNON An Act to Support Harness Horse Racing in Maine, Equine Agriculture in Maine, Maine Agricultural Fairs and the General Fund of the State of Maine
LR 1201 COLWELL An Act to Further Promote Harness Racing
LR 1202 MCKENNEY An Act to Further Define a Strain of Maine Standardbred Horses
ACF - HARNESS RACING - COMMISSION
LR 1205 LUNDEEN An Act Relating to Harness Racing Laws
LR 1637 PERRY J An Act to Assist the Harness Racing Industry
ACF - HARNESS RACING - DATES
LR 1204 KNEELAND An Act To Amend the Definition of a Race Date
ACF - LAND USE REGULATION COMMISSION -
LR 1557 CLARK An Act to Protect the Rights of Leaseholders and Ensure their Continued Access to Land
ACF - LAND USE REGULATION COMMISSION - ADMINISTRATION
LR 1488 DAIGLE An Act to Require Certain Agencies to Track the Votes of their Boards and Commissions
ACF - MARKETING -
LR 1102 MARTIN An Act to Amend the Maine Agricultural Marketing and Bargaining Law
ACF - MILK -
LR 1368 MCKEE An Act to Save Maine Dairy Farms
ACF - MILK - HANDLERS
LR 836 MILLS P An Act To Reinstate a Milk Handling Fee
ACF - MILK - POOL
LR 1017 GAGNON An Act to Stabilize the Maine Dairy Industry
ACF - ORGANIZATIONS -
LR 1606 DAMON An Act to Recognize the Maine Rural Development Council
ACF - PARKS & LANDS BUREAU -
LR 1081 KOFFMAN An Act to Promote Enforcement Training for Bureau of Parks and Lands Staff
ACF - PESTICIDES - APPLICATION PROCESS
LR 209 EDER An Act to Protect Children from Cancer-causing Chemicals
LR 1662 EDER An Act Regarding Pesticides
ACF - PESTICIDES - BOARD OF PESTICIDE CONTROL
LR 695 EDER An Act to Change the Board of Pesticides Control Oversight to the Department of Environmental Protection
LR 696 EDER An Act Concerning Public Members of the Boards of Pesticide Control
ACF - PESTICIDES - HERBICIDES
LR 542 MCKEE An Act to Require Public Notification of Herbicide Applications in the State's Great Ponds
ACF - PRODUCTS -
LR 114 BULL An Act to Allow Experimentation in the Cultivation of Agricultural Hemp
LR 544 MCKEE An Act to Establish a Moratorium on Genetically Engineered Plants
ACF - PRODUCTS - BLUEBERRIES
LR 940 TRAHAN An Act to Create Fairness in Funding the Wild Blueberry Association of North America
ACF - PRODUCTS - ORGANIC
LR 534 HUTTON An Act To Provide a Discount to Farmers Who Are Certified as Organic Farmers and Lease Land from the State
ACF - PUBLIC LANDS -
LR 220 STANLEY An Act to Reroute the Katahdin Trail
LR 517 SHOREY An Act to Limit State Land Ownership
ACF - PUBLIC LANDS - ACCESS
LR 896 SHERMAN An Act to Allow Public Camping on #9 Lake in Aroostook County
LR 1057 COWGER An Act to Preserve Public Access and Job Opportunities in the North Woods
LR 1713 MCGLOCKLIN An Act to Amend the Bigelow Act to Allow for Cross-country Skiing
ACF - PUBLIC LANDS - ALLAGASH WATERWAY
LR 560 MCKEE An Act to Require an Annual Report for the Allagash Wilderness Waterway
LR 653 KNEELAND An Act To Establish the Allagash Waterway Advisory Council
LR 756 MARTIN An Act to Amend the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Act
LR 851 MCKEE An Act to Provide Wilderness Management Training to the Manager of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway
LR 858 KOFFMAN An Act to Ensure Orderly Planning for the Allagash Wilderness Waterway
ACF - PUBLIC LANDS - CONVEYANCES
LR 1051 COWGER An Act to Transfer Property from the Department of Conservation to MSAD #16
LR 1098 JOY An Act To Limit the Use of State Funds To Purchase Land or Conservation Easements
ACF - PUBLIC LANDS - LAND FOR MAINE'S FUTURE BOARD
LR 310 SMITH N An Act To Facilitate Farmer Participation in the Land for Maine's Future Program
LR 462 CARR An Act To Require the State To Hold Title to All Land and Easements Purchased with the Land for Maine's Future Fund
LR 904 SHERMAN An Act to Require Joint Standing Committee Approval for Certain Purchases Proposed by the Land for Maine's Future Board
ACF - PUBLIC LANDS - RESERVED LANDS
LR 673 COLLINS An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the Location of the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
ACF - PUBLIC LANDS - STATE PARKS
LR 270 PERRY J An Act to Establish a Maine-resident-only Reservation Period for State Park Campsites
ACF - RESEARCH -
LR 167 DUNLAP An Act Concerning Endangered and Invasive Plant Species

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