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Judiciary Committee:
LD 1530: An Act To Amend the Housing Provisions of the Maine Human Rights Act Web Link to LD 1530
| Description: | This bill amends the Maine Human Rights Act in order to maintain its substantial equivalency with the federal Fair Housing Act and to update the accessible building requirements in public housing. |
| Position: | | Status: | Carried Over |
| Sponsor: | Senator HASTINGS of Oxford | Cosponsors: | |
| Committee: | Judic | Hearing: | May 10, 2011, 0130PM, Room 438 State House |
| | | Work Session: | For work sessions details, click on the Web Link above for this bill. |
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee:
LD 1314: An Act To Standardize the Definition of "Independent Contractor" Web Link to LD 1314
| Description: | This bill standardizes the definition of "independent contractor" for employment security law and workers' compensation law. It considers who directs or controls the means and manner of providing the contracted services; who furnishes the tools and equipment necessary to provide the services; whether the business is considered inseparable from the individual for purposes of taxes, profits and liabilities; who exercises control over the management and operations of the business; and who exercises the right and opportunity to perform the services of the business for multiple entities. |
| Position: | | Status: | Carried Over |
| Sponsor: | Representative TILTON of Harrington | Cosponsors: | Representative CRAY of Palmyra
Representative FITTS of Pittsfield
Representative GIFFORD of Lincoln
Representative McFADDEN of Dennysville
Representative PARRY of Arundel
Senator PLOWMAN of Penobscot
Senator THOMAS of Somerset |
| Committee: | LCRED | Hearing: | May 4, 2011, 0900AM, Room 208 Cross Building |
| | | Work Session: | For work sessions details, click on the Web Link above for this bill. |
LD 1619: An Act To Resolve Conflicts in the Implementation of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Web Link to LD 1619
| Description: | This bill limits the scope and effect of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code to those municipalities that have adopted or are enforcing the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code or a portion of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code. Under this bill, the requirement that a building official be certified in the enforcement of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, and the inspection of buildings and issuance of occupancy permits only upon compliance with the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, applies only in those municipalities that have adopted or are enforcing the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code or a portion of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code. This bill also specifies that a municipality that adopts the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code or a portion of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code may do so by reference, as is allowed for other codes. |
| Position: | | Status: | Pending Final Action |
| Sponsor: | Senator SAVIELLO of Franklin | Cosponsors: | |
| Committee: | LCRED | Hearing: | |
| | | Work Session: | |
LD 1697: An Act Relating to the Calculation of Population for Purposes of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code and Public Safety Answering Point Assessments Web Link to LD 1697
| Description: | This bill provides that the residents of a correctional facility in a municipality are not included when calculating population for purposes of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code or in the assessment of public safety answering point fees. |
| Position: | | Status: | Pending Final Action |
| Sponsor: | Representative RICHARDSON of Warren | Cosponsors: | Senator RECTOR of Knox |
| Committee: | LCRED | Hearing: | Feb 7, 2012, 0100PM, Room 208 Cross Building |
| | | Work Session: | For work sessions details, click on the Web Link above for this bill. |
State and Local Government Committee:
LD 543: An Act To Protect Legislative Intent in Rulemaking Web Link to LD 543
| Description: | This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.
This bill requires the review of agency rule-making authority and establishes clearer distinctions between major substantive rules and routine technical rules to ensure that legislative grants of rule-making authority are clear and specific enough to not result in agency misunderstanding of legislative intent or overly broad construction of the grant of rule-making authority. |
| Position: | | Status: | Carried Over Latest Committee Action:VOTED, Jan 9, 2012, Ant. Div. Rep. |
| Sponsor: | Representative PRESCOTT of Topsham | Cosponsors: | cosonsors listed at the following location::
http://www.mainelegislature.org/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280039724 |
| Committee: | S&LG | Hearing: | Apr 27, 2011, 0100PM, Room 214 Cross Building |
| | | Work Session: | For work sessions details, click on the Web Link above for this bill. |