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
Business and Economic DevelopmentCriminal JusticeEducation and Cultural Affairs
Health and Human ServicesInland Fisheries and WildlifeJudiciary
LaborLegal and Veterans AffairsMarine Resources
Natural ResourcesState and Local GovernmentTaxation
TransportationUtilities and Energy

Business and Economic Development
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES -
LR 1236 MITCHELL An Act to Promote and Protect Private Enterprise
LR 1363 MCKEE An Act To Protect Consumer Privacy Rights
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - AUTOMOBILE SALES
LR 794 STANLEY An Act to Educate Consumers Regarding Voluntary Repossession
LR 826 MILLS P An Act to Restrict Use of Auto Dealer Plates
LR 1255 MCKENNEY An Act to Amend Motor Vehicle Laws
LR 1329 CARPENTER An Act to Regulate Business Practices Between Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers
LR 1587 NASS An Act to Allow Sunday Sales of Automobiles
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - FRANCHISES
LR 7 RINES An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicle Franchise Laws
LR 1463 JOY An Act Related to the Sale of Personal Sports Vehicles
LR 1735 LAFOUNTAIN An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicle Franchise Law
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - HOME HEATING
LR 1224 MAIETTA An Act to Require the Display of Oil Prices on Home Heating Oil Delivery Trucks
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - LEMON LAWS
LR 856 MCKEE An Act to Increase Consumer Protection of Citizens of the State
LR 1367 MCKEE An Act to amend the Maine Lemon Law
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - PHARMACIES
LR 683 DAGGETT An Act to Establish the Collaborative Practice for Emergency Contraception Act
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
LR 1016 PERRY A An Act To Create a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
LR 1796 FAIRCLOTH An Act To Restrict the Offer of Gifts to Health Care Practitioners
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - REAL ESTATE SALES
LR 1420 DUDLEY An Act to Perform a Sunrise Review on Creating Certification or Licensing of Real Estate Developers
LR 1647 BROMLEY An Act to Ensure Equity in Mortgage Origination Fees
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - SALES
LR 1411 COLWELL An Act to Ensure Choice for Maine Consumers
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - SUNDAY SALES
LR 244 ANDREWS An Act to Allow the Sale of Motorcycles on Sundays
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - TELEPHONE SOLICITATION
LR 285 HATCH PR An Act to Create a Strong Do-not-call List
LR 1206 DOUGLASS An Act to Create a No-contact List and Prohibit Unsolicited E-Mail
BEC - BUSINESS PRACTICES - WARRANTIES
LR 1589 CARPENTER An Act Regarding Implied Warranties for Used Cars
BEC - CONTAINERS - RETURNABLE - BOTTLES
LR 172 DUNLAP An Act To Increase Returnable Beverage Container Redemption Rates
LR 865 BROMLEY An Act to Encourage Commingling of Containers Under the Maine Returnable Bottle Law
LR 1324 MARTIN An Act to Improve the State's Returnable Bottle Law and Adjust Handling Fees
BEC - CONTAINERS - RETURNABLE - LABELING
LR 1261 ADAMS An Act Regarding the Labeling of Returnable Containers
BEC - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LR 1625 ROTUNDO Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development and the State Planning Office to Study the Effects of NAFTA on the State's Small Businesses
BEC - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - PLANNING
LR 390 BRYANT An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $1,200,000 To Provide Economic Development in Western Maine
LR 604 FAIRCLOTH An Act to Promote Jobs and Economic Development through Eco-tourism
LR 689 STRIMLING Resolve, to Establish a Commission to Determine Why Young People are Leaving Maine
LR 757 MARTIN An Act to Promote Economic Development in the Town of Van Buren
LR 790 MILLS P An Act To Provide Incentives for Municipalities To Adopt a Building Rehabilitation Code
LR 795 STANLEY An Act to Study Canadian-Maine Issues
LR 900 SHERMAN An Act to Require the Inclusion of Maritime Provinces in Regional Comparison Reports Issued by the Economic Growth Council
LR 1009 ROSEN An Act to Improve Technology Funding
LR 1060 COWGER Resolve, to Require All State-owned Tourist Information Centers to Be Air-conditioned
LR 1322 CLARK An Act to Create Economic Development Zones
LR 1407 CRESSEY An Act to Stimulate Economic Recovery
LR 1497 CRESSEY An Act to Promote Economic Development in Rural Maine
LR 1746 BENNETT R Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study and Compare Maine Business Excellence
BEC - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPT - ADMINISTRATION
LR 1597 CATHCART An Act To Stimulate Economic Growth in Northern Penobscot County
BEC - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPT - POWERS
LR 197 JACKSON Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development to Include in its Statewide Assessment of Technical Assistance to Small Business a Particular Focus on the Forest Products Industry
LR 1593 BROMLEY An Act to Encourage and Support Maine Owner-operated Small Businesses
BEC - FINANCE AUTHORITY - PROGRAMS
LR 201 DUDLEY An Act to Encourage More Dentists to Practice in the State
LR 1469 WOODBURY An Act to Implement a Low-fee Section 529 Education Savings Plan in Maine
LR 1626 KNEELAND An Act To Provide Energy Opportunities to Northern Maine
BEC - HOUSING - AFFORDABLE
LR 125 SULLIVAN Resolve, To Establish the Task Force To Study Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
LR 709 SUSLOVIC Resolve, Directing the Maine State Housing Authority To Study Ways To Promote Construction of Affordable Housing for Veterans
LR 714 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Establish Rent Caps on Property in Southern Maine
LR 726 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Revise the Laws Regulating Boarding Homes
LR 1377 SULLIVAN An Act To Promote the Development of Affordable Housing
BEC - HOUSING - CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
LR 1314 TREAT An Act to Improve Indoor Air Quality
LR 1325 HALL An Act to Ensure Uniform, Safe and Efficient Construction in the State
BEC - HOUSING - ENERGY ASSISTANCE
LR 1519 CRESSEY An Act to Establish a Circuit Breaker Program for Fuel Assistance
BEC - HOUSING - HOME REPAIRS
LR 663 JACKSON An Act to Increase Community Block Grants
BEC - HOUSING - RENTAL
LR 573 STRIMLING An Act to Provide Rent Deposit Assistance to Renters Receiving Federal Rent Assistance
BEC - INDUSTRIES - CONSTRUCTION
LR 501 DUPLESSIE An Act to Create a Statewide Building and Construction Code
LR 1346 DAVIS G An Act To Amend the Home Construction Contracts Laws
BEC - LICENSING -
LR 465 NORBERT An Act to Enact the Uniform Athlete Agents Act
BEC - LICENSING - ACCOUNTANTS
LR 942 RICHARDSON J An Act To Allow a Qualified Employee Stock Ownership Plan To Be an Owner of an Accounting Firm
LR 949 BARSTOW An Act to Require Confirmation of Appointments to the Board of Accountancy
BEC - LICENSING - ACUPUNCTURISTS
LR 863 BROMLEY An Act to Define a Scope of Practice for Acupuncture
BEC - LICENSING - BOILER TECHNICIANS
LR 585 FISCHER An Act To Amend the Requirements for a Journeyman Oil Burner Technician License
BEC - LICENSING - BUILDING CONTRACTORS
LR 441 COWGER An Act to License Building Contractors
BEC - LICENSING - COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING
LR 1797 BLISS An Act To Require Continuing Education in the Cosmetology, Asthetics and Barbering Fields
BEC - LICENSING - DENTAL PERSONNEL
LR 137 O'BRIEN J An Act Concerning the Membership of the Board of Dental Examiners
LR 801 STANLEY An Act to Amend the Laws Pertaining to Denturists
LR 1269 YOUNGBLOOD An Act to Provide Self-regulation for Registered Dental Hygienists
BEC - LICENSING - ELEVATORS
LR 423 ANNIS An Act to Create a Separate Licensing Category for Inclined Chair Lifts
BEC - LICENSING - ENGINEERS
LR 152 LEMONT An Act Exempting Certain Vessel Owners From Professional Engineering Tests
LR 316 NASS An Act to Require Continuing Education for Professional Engineers
LR 950 BARSTOW An Act to Ensure Supervision and Oversight of the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers
BEC - LICENSING - FORESTERS
LR 546 MCKEE An Act Regarding the Licensing of Foresters
LR 1498 SNOWE-MELLO An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Certified Logging Professionals
BEC - LICENSING - FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LR 752 MAYO An Act to Establish a System for Electronic Filing of Death Certificates
BEC - LICENSING - MANUFACTURED HOUSING
LR 1750 BENNETT R An Act To Allow Dealers of Manufactured Housing To Install Oil Tanks
BEC - LICENSING - NURSES
LR 688 DAGGETT An Act to Protect the Privacy of Maine Nurses
LR 798 ANDREWS An Act to Amend the Maine Registry of Certified Nursing Assistants
BEC - LICENSING - OPTOMETRISTS
LR 1443 SULLIVAN An Act to Amend the Laws Regulating the Practice of Optometry
BEC - LICENSING - PLUMBERS
LR 262 O'NEIL An Act for Better Plumbing in Maine
LR 1172 TREAT An Act to Require the Plumbers' Examining Board to Adopt the Uniform Plumbing Code
LR 1476 KANE An Act to allow Local Plumbing Inspectors to Assist the Plumbers Examining Board in Establishing the State Plumbing Code
LR 1507 DUPLESSIE An Act to Establish the Medical Gas and Vacuum System Installer Certification Act
LR 1510 BRYANT An Act to Amend the Membership of the Plumbers Examining Board
BEC - LICENSING - PROPANE & NATURAL GAS TECHNICIANS
LR 1509 BRYANT An Act to Amend the Membership of the Propane and Natural Gas Licensing Board
BEC - LICENSING - PSYCHOLOGISTS
LR 260 KNEELAND An Act to Provide Psychologists with Prescriptive Authority
BEC - LICENSING - SOCIAL WORKERS
LR 234 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act Regarding Social Worker and Human Service Provider Licensure
LR 722 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act To Allow State Agencies To Contract with Licensed Master Social Workers
LR 723 LAVERRIERE-BOUC An Act to Allow Volunteer Social Work to Count Towards Licensure
BEC - LICENSING - SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS
LR 1280 ROTUNDO An Act to Transfer all Speech Pathologist Licensure Functions to the Department of Education
BEC - LIENS - MECHANICS
LR 1175 COWGER An Act Concerning the Fair Application of the Mechanic's Lien Law
BEC - MANUFACTURED HOUSING -
LR 514 LEMOINE An Act to Provide Consumer Protection in Seller-financed Manufactured Home Purchases
BEC - PROFESSIONAL & FINANCIAL REG. DEPT -
LR 986 EDMONDS An Act to Investigate the Feasibility of and Need for Regulating Spoken-language Interpreters in the State
BEC - PROFESSIONAL & FINANCIAL REG. DEPT - ADMINISTRATION
LR 948 BARSTOW An Act to Enhance Public Participation in Matters Before Professional Licensing Boards
BEC - PROFESSIONAL & FINANCIAL REG. DEPT - POWERS
LR 1262 MAIETTA An Act to Facilitate Economic Development in Maine

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