An Act To Ensure That All Ton and Intermodal Transportation Facilities and Roadway Lighting. within the Maine Turnpike Corridor Are Consistent with Maine's Quality of Place Goals •• . I • . ~ Referenceto the Coml~{ittee on Business, Research and EconomiC Development suggested and ordered printed.. ,
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0383
Sponsors: HILL, BOWMAN, PILON, BARTLETT
Amends: 23 MRSA §1966

Legislative Document 
No. 383 
H..P. 
House of Representatives, Febmary 5, 2009 
An Act To Ensure That All Ton and Intermodal Transportation 
Facilities and Roadway Lighting. within the Maine Turnpike 
Corridor Are Consistent with Maine's Quality of Place Goals 
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Referenceto the Coml~{ittee on Business, Research and EconomiC Development suggested 
and ordered printed.. 
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Presented by Representative HILL of,York. 
Cosponsored by Senator BOWMAN of York and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
:Repiesentatives:' CLEARY of Houlton; CONNOR; of Kennebunk, PILON of Saco, WEAVER 
~tYork; WRldHT Off BerWick, Senator: BARTLETT of Cumberland .. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 23 MRS A §1966, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 743, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
2. Contracts for construction or reconstruction. All contracts and agreements 
relating to the construction or reconstruction of the turnpike and the construction or 
reconstruction of connecting tunnels and bridges, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges 
and toll facilities must be approved by the Department of Transportation and the turnpike 
and connecting tunnels and bridges, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges and barriers 
must be constructed or reconstructed under the supervision of the department. All 
contracts and agreements relating to the construction or reconstruction of toll facilities 
and intermodal transportation facilities within the turnpike corridor must be certified by 
the Executive Department, State Planning Office as meeting quality of place goals as 
established by the State Planning Office by rule. 
Rules· adopted pursuant to this 
subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Contractors and subcontractors on all authority construction and reconstruction projects 
must be equal opportunity employers and, in connection with contracts in excess of 
$250,000, also pursue in good faith affIrmative action programs designed to remedy 
underrepresentation of minorities, women and persons with disabilities. The authority 
may by rule provide for the enforcement of this requirement. To the extent practical, the 
authority may uSe program and technical information developed by and available through 
the Department of Transportation to carry out this subsection. 
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All authority construction and reconstruction: projects are governed by the prevailing 
wage provisions in Title 26, chapter 15 .. 
Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1966, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. Roadway lighting. All permanent outdoor luminaires, as defined in Title 5, 
section 1769, subsection 1, paragraph K, installed or replaced by the authority must be 
certified by the Executive Department, State Planning Office as meeting quality of place 
goals as established by the State Planning Office by rule. Rules adopted pursuant to this 
subsection are routine technical rules as dermed in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 3. Quality of place strategies. The Executive Department, State Planning 
Office shall adopt rules under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1966, 
subsection 2 that establish quality of place standards consistent with the guidelines 
established by the Maine Quality of Place Council established by Executive Order 13 FY 
08/09, issued on June 6,2008. 
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This bill provides that all contracts and agreements relating to the con~truction or 
reconstruction of toll facilities and intermodal transport,ation facilities . and to the 
replacement or installation of permanent outdoor luminaires within the Maine Turnpike 
corridor must be certified by the Executive Department, State Planning Office as meeting 
quality of place goals as established by the State Planning Office by rule. 
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