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.
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Legal and Veterans Affairs
LVA - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -
LR 1182 WOODCOCK An Act Regarding the Sampling of Products
LR 1318 HOTHAM An Act To Clarify how the Consumer will Acquire Information about In-pack Sweepstakes, Contests and Games
LR 1528 COLWELL An Act To Allow Limited Partnerships Between Brewers and Wholesalers
LVA - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - AGENCY STORES
LR 1551 DUPREY G An Act to Raise the Revenues of Agency Liquor Stores by 5% from the Sale of Liquor
LVA - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - BEER
LR 1421 DUDLEY An Act to Promote Maine's Brewing Industry
LVA - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - LICENSING
LR 108 BULL An Act to Amend the Liquor Law as it Pertains to Special Taste-testing Festival Licenses
LR 913 COWGER An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Applications for Liquor Licenses
LVA - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - LIQUOR
LR 16 TRAHAN An Act to Allow the Transfer of Alcoholic Beverages Within Existing Businesses
LVA - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - LIQUOR SALES
LR 136 MAYO An Act to Expand Payment Options on the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages to Retail Licensees
LR 338 BROWNE An Act to Allow Beverage Sales from Mobile Service Vehicles on Golf Courses
LR 426 HEIDRICH An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Liquor by Retail Licensees for Less than the Actual Price Paid
LR 1104 HEIDRICH An Act Regarding the Sale of Hard Cider
LVA - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - WINE
LR 351 BENNETT R An Act to Allow Shipment of Wine By Mail
LVA - DEFENSE & VETERANS SERVICES DEPT - ADMINISTRATION
LR 1099 JOY An Act to Provide Recognition of Military Personnel Lost in Operations Outside the Recognized Periods of Conflict
LVA - ELECTIONS -
LR 354 BENNETT R An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Push Polling
LR 679 BLAIS RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish a Judicial Mechanism to Determine the Outcome of Contested Election Results for Members of the Maine Senate and House of Representatives
LR 1611 DAMON An Act to Require Winners of State and Congressional Elections to Receive a Simple Majority of the Total Vote
LVA - ELECTIONS - BALLOTS
LR 276 WOODCOCK An Act to Specify the Public Status of Disputed Ballots
LR 611 SHIELDS RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Provide for the Resolution of Disputed Elections by the Supreme Judicial Court
LR 1025 GAGNON An Act to Ensure Segregation of Spoiled Ballots
LVA - ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN FINANCE
LR 70 KANE An Act to Change the Name of the Maine Clean Election Act to the "Publicly Funded Election Act"
LR 131 DAMON An Act to Promote Candidate Accountability in Elections
LR 213 BRUNO An Act to Clarify the Maine Clean Elections Act
LR 216 CANAVAN An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Campaign Finance
LR 1119 CANAVAN An Act to Enhance Campaign Finance Reporting Requirements for Political Parties
LR 1181 CANAVAN An Act to Clarify Campaign Finance Penalty Provisions
LR 1233 CUMMINGS An Act to Change Funding for Gubernatorial Distribution of Maine Clean Election
LR 1436 DAVIS P An Act to Strengthen Maine's Election Laws
LVA - ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGNS
LR 132 EDMONDS An Act to Preserve Maine's Election Integrity
LR 133 HALL An Act to Eliminate Negative Campaigning in Maine
LR 148 SNOWE-MELLO An Act Regarding Disclosures Required in Advertising by Candidates
LR 156 LEMOINE Resolve, Directing the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to Adopt Rules Regarding Certain Election Practices
LR 175 CLARK An Act to Change the Maine Clean Election Laws
LR 181 HATCH PH An Act to Allow County Candidates to Run as Clean Election Candidates
LR 361 BENNETT R An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Publication of Political Statements Expressly Advocating the Election or Defeat of a Candidates
LR 492 MOODY An Act to Require a Disclaimer on Political Literature Not Issued by a Candidate
LR 502 DUPLESSIE An Act to Require Clarity in Political Literature
LR 808 THOMAS An Act to Allow Public Office Candidates to Campaign in State-funded University Dorms
LR 809 THOMAS An Act to Prohibit Endorsements by Publicly Funded Universities
LR 972 EDMONDS An Act To Expand the Definition of Independent Expenditures Under the Clean Election Laws
LR 1343 BERRY An Act to Prohibit Governmental Entities from Endorsing Political Candidates or Referendum Issues
LR 1380 KETTERER An Act to Ensure Fairness in Elections
LR 1439 DAVIS P An Act to Ensure the Integrity of the Maine Clean Election Act
LR 1676 HALL An Act Concerning Political Action Committees and Party Committee Activities Prior to Elections
LVA - ELECTIONS - CANDIDATES
LR 400 SIMPSON An Act to Prohibit a Clean Election Candidate from Running for More than One Office
LR 414 SUSLOVIC An Act to Prohibit the Use of Clean Election Funding for Candidates Who Lose in Primaries
LR 533 HUTTON An Act Regarding the Presence of a Candidate at a Polling Place on Election Day
LR 574 STRIMLING An Act to Require Candidates Who are Not Clean Elections Candidates to Report All Sources of Funding
LR 875 SAVAGE An Act to Provide an Optional Method of Filing Nomination Petitions
LR 1167 PERRY J An Act to Require a Candidate Funded under the Maine Clean Elections Act to Receive a Certain Level of Support in Order to Receive Public Funding for that Office in the Future
LR 1435 NASS An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Qualifications of Candidates
LVA - ELECTIONS - CITIZEN INITIATIVES
LR 616 SHIELDS An Act to Require That the Costs Associated with Enacting a People's Initiative Appear on the Ballot
LVA - ELECTIONS - MUNICIPAL
LR 727 ASH An Act To Prohibit Municipal Elections Within 60 Days of a Statewide Election
LVA - ELECTIONS - NOMINATIONS
LR 1584 EDER An Act to Increase Participation in the Election Process
LVA - ELECTIONS - POLITICAL PARTIES
LR 973 GLYNN An Act to Return to a Caucus Method for Selecting Certain Candidates
LR 1544 EDER An Act to Improve Democracy
LR 1564 EDER An Act To Improve Party Status Requirements
LR 1627 EDER An Act To Delete the Requirement that a Qualified Political Party Hold at Least One Municipal Caucus
LVA - ELECTIONS - PRIMARY
LR 548 GOODWIN An Act to Repeal the Presidential Preference Primary Elections Process
LVA - ELECTIONS - REFERENDA
LR 820 MAKAS An Act to Increase Access to Information Regarding Referendum Questions
LR 1103 HOTHAM An Act to Restrict the Appearance of Referenda on Ballots to General or Statewide Elections
LR 1440 GILMAN An Act to Amend the Referendum Laws
LR 1527 COLWELL An Act To Clarify the Intent of School Budget Referendum Language
LVA - ELECTIONS - REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
LR 245 ANDREWS RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Revoke the Voting Privileges of Convicted Persons in Prison
LVA - ELECTIONS - VOTING PROCEDURES
LR 111 BULL An Act to Establish Instant Run-off Voting
LR 817 THOMAS An Act To Preserve the Integrity of the Voting Process
LR 903 SHERMAN An Act to Provide Voting Rights to Nonresident Taxpayers
LR 907 CUMMINGS An Act To Reduce Voting Age Requirements by 12 Months
LVA - GAMBLING -
LR 121 JENNINGS An Act Regarding Nonprofit Organizations Conducting Gaming
LVA - GAMBLING - BINGO
LR 804 PEAVEY-HASKELL An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Raffles Conducted in Connection with a Bingo or Beano Game
LR 1198 PATRICK An Act to Allow a Worker at a Beano or Bingo Game to Play the Cards of a Player Who Takes a Restroom Break
LVA - GAMBLING - CASINO GAMBLING
LR 74 LEMOINE An Act to Recognize the Regional Impact of Casino Gambling Facilities
LR 243 ANDREWS An Act to Regulate the Location of a Casino in Maine
LR 246 COLLINS An Act to Require the Owner or Operator of a Casino to Improve or Replace Utilities and Infrastructure in the Vicinity of the Casino
LR 1010 LEMOINE An Act to Protect Communities Affected by Casino Gambling Operations
LR 1398 CRESSEY An Act to Legalize Gambling if Casinos are Allowed in the State
LVA - GAMBLING - HARNESS RACING
LR 1200 USHER An Act to Ensure Economic Viability of the Harness Racing Industry
LR 1203 KNEELAND An Act To Amend the Definition of "Commercial Track" in the Laws Governing Harness Racing
LVA - GAMBLING - LOTTERIES
LR 945 DUPLESSIE An Act to Increase the Sale of Lottery Tickets to Benefit Conservation and Wildlife
LVA - GAMBLING - PROCEEDS
LR 221 STANLEY An Act to Authorize Use of Beano Proceeds to Compensate Persons who Transport Disabled Veterans
LVA - GAMBLING - VIDEO GAMING
LR 540 THOMPSON An Act to Permit Video Gambling for Money Conducted by Nonprofit Organizations
LVA - GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS - CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
LR 99 BLAIS An Act to Prohibit the Secretary of State From Endorsing Political Candidates
LVA - GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS - DISCLOSURES
LR 1268 CANAVAN An Act to Strengthen the Governmental Ethics Laws
LVA - GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS - ETHICS COMMISSION
LR 1442 CANAVAN An Act To Change the Personnel Employed by the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices
LVA - LANDLORD & TENANT - ABANDONED PROPERTY
LR 1126 DAGGETT An Act to Update the Abandoned Property Laws
LVA - LANDLORD & TENANT - EVICTION
LR 846 MILLS P An Act to Clarify When Notice is Effective to Terminate Tenancy
LR 1127 GAGNON An Act to Provide for the Expedited Eviction of Violent or Dangerous Tenants
LVA - LANDLORD & TENANT - RENT
LR 320 STRIMLING An Act to Regulate the Landlord-tenant Relationship
LR 1658 DUPLESSIE An Act to Restrict Excessive Rental Fees and Penalties
LVA - LOTTERY - AGENTS
LR 272 DOUGLASS An Act to Hold a Store Harmless for the Theft of Lottery Tickets if It Reports the Crime Immediately
LR 1754 CRESSEY An Act to Share Revenue from Sales of Lottery Tickets and for Additional Ticket Sales Locations
LVA - TORT CLAIMS - CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE
LR 565 GOODWIN An Act to Allow the Town of Dennysville to Sue the State and the Atlantic Salmon Authority for Breach of Contract
LR 670 HONEY Resolve, Authorizing Representative Robert Nutting to Sue the State
LR 930 SAWYER An Act To Reimburse Philip Wolley for Litigation Expenses Incurred in Connection with His Termination and Reinstatement as a State Employee
LR 1408 PERRY J Resolve, to Authorize Michelle Booker to Sue the State
LR 1457 JOY An Act to Allow Christy Reposa and Michaela Corbin-Bumford to Sue the State
LR 1596 CATHCART Resolve, to Allow Michael Frost to Sue the State
LVA - VETERANS -
LR 593 GAGNON Resolve, to Extend the Reporting Deadline of the Commission to Recognize Veterans of World War II and the Korean War in the State House Hall of Flags
LR 1210 DOUGLASS An Act to Renew the Maine Veteran's Emergency Assistance Fund

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