An Act To Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws of Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 2034
Committee: Judiciary
Amends: 4 MRSA §18-B, 4 MRSA §1051, 4 MRSA §1802, 5 MRSA §6207, 5 MRSA §7506, 5 MRSA §13073-A, 5 MRSA §13073-C, 9-A MRSA §4, 9-A MRSA §11, 9-A MRSA §16, 10 MRSA §391, 10 MRSA §963-A, 10 MRSA §975-A, 10 MRSA §1174, 10 MRSA §1242, 10 MRSA §1432, 10 MRSA §1478, 10 MRSA §2364-B, 10 MRSA §3253, 10 MRSA §9021, 10 MRSA §9089, 12 MRSA §685-C, 12 MRSA §5202, 12 MRSA §5203, 12 MRSA §6028, 12 MRSA §6072, 12 MRSA §12304-A, 12 MRSA §12304-B, 17-A MRSA §1111-B, 18-C MRSA §3, 19-A MRSA §1658, 20-A MRSA §6995, 22 MRSA §1425, 22 MRSA §2422, 22 MRSA §2428, 22 MRSA §2430-G, 24-A MRSA §1420-C, 24-A MRSA §3030, 24-A MRSA §3363, 24-A MRSA §4405, 25 MRSA §1542-A, 26 MRSA §1192, 30-A MRSA §1606, 30-A MRSA §5225, 32 MRSA §18371, 34-B MRSA §15003, 35-A MRSA §3145, 35-A MRSA §4352, 35-A MRSA §10110, 4 MRSA §116, 4 MRSA §163, 30-A MRSA §1658, 34-A MRSA §1214

Legislative Document
No. 2034
H.P. 1516
House of Representatives, March 29, 2022
An Act To Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws 
of Maine
(EMERGENCY)
Reported by Representative HARNETT of Gardiner for the Revisor of Statutes pursuant to 
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 94.
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 218.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Emergency preamble.  Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, acts of this and previous Legislatures have resulted in certain technical 
inconsistencies, conflicts and errors in the laws of Maine; and
Whereas, these inconsistencies, conflicts and errors create uncertainties and 
confusion in interpreting legislative intent; and
Whereas, it is vitally necessary that these uncertainties and this confusion be resolved 
in order to prevent any injustice or hardship to the citizens of Maine; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
PART A
Sec. A-1.  4 MRSA §18-B, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2021, c. 245, Pt. G, §1 and 
c. 329, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
7.   Authority and fees.  The Judicial Department is authorized to refer cases to the 
Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Service for mediation and, when a court refers case 
types or individual cases to the Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Service for mediation, 
the court shall assess the parties a fee to be apportioned equally among the parties, unless 
the court otherwise directs.  The fee must be deposited in the dedicated account created in 
subsection 8.
A party may file an in forma pauperis application for waiver of fee.  If the court finds that 
the party does not have sufficient funds to pay the fee, it shall order the fee waived.
Sec. A-2.  4 MRSA §1051, as repealed and replaced by PL 2021, c. 140, §1 and c. 
293, Pt. A, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§1051.  Legal holidays
Court may not be held on Sunday or any day designated for the annual Thanksgiving; 
New Year's Day, January 1st; Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the 3rd Monday in January; 
Washington's Birthday, the 3rd Monday in February; Patriot's Day, the 3rd Monday in 
April; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, but if the Federal Government designates 
May 30th as the date for observance of Memorial Day, the 30th of May; Juneteenth, June 
19th; the 4th of July; Labor Day, the first Monday of September; Indigenous Peoples Day, 
the 2nd Monday in October; Veterans Day, November 11th; or on Christmas Day.  The 
Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court may order that court be held on a legal holiday 
when the Chief Justice finds that the interests of justice and judicial economy in any 
particular case will be served.  The public offices in county buildings may be closed to 
business on the holidays named in this section.  When any one of the holidays named in 
this section falls on Sunday, the Monday following must be observed as a holiday, with all 
the privileges applying to any of the days named in this section.
Sec. A-3.  4 MRSA §1802, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2019, c. 427, §§1 and 2, is 
further amended by amending the first blocked paragraph to read:
"Indigent legal services" does not include the services of a guardian ad litem appointed 
pursuant to Title 22, section 4105 4005, subsection 1.
Sec. A-4.  5 MRSA §6207, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2021, c. 398, Pt. FFFF, §5 
and c. 409, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
3.  Priorities.  Whenever possible, the Land for Maine's Future Fund and the Public 
Access to Maine Waters Fund must be used for land acquisition projects when matching 
funds are available from cooperating entities, as long as the proposed acquisition meets all 
other criteria set forth in this chapter.  For acquisitions funded by the Land for Maine's 
Future Fund, the board shall give priority to projects that conserve lands with multiple 
outstanding resource or recreation values or a single exceptional value, that help the State's 
natural ecosystems, wildlife and natural resource-based economies adapt to a changing 
climate, that provide geographic representation and that build upon or connect existing 
holdings.
A.  When evaluating projects to be funded, the board shall give a preferential 
consideration to projects that conserve lands that have been determined by the 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to be important for conserving deer in 
northern, eastern and western Maine.  To be given preferential consideration under this 
paragraph, a project must result in the acquisition of a fee interest or an easement 
interest in the land, the department's holding the interest in the land and the 
department's managing the land area as a wildlife management area, as defined in Title 
12, section 10001, subsection 74, with deer conservation as the highest management 
priority.  Only projects that satisfy the requirements of this paragraph may be given 
preferential consideration.  Nothing in this paragraph limits the ability of the board to 
use the Land for Maine’s Future Fund to fund other projects that may also help 
conserve deer or deer habitat but that do not receive preferential consideration under 
this paragraph.
When acquiring land or interest in land, the board shall examine public vehicular access 
rights to the land and, whenever possible and appropriate, acquire guaranteed public 
vehicular access as part of the acquisition.
Sec. A-5.  5 MRSA §7506, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 155, §3, is amended 
to read:
5.  Rules.  The commission may adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
section.  Rules adopted under this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 
5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.
Sec. A-6.  5 MRSA §13073-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. VVV, 
§2, is amended to read:
4.  Competitive procedure.  Funds must be dispersed disbursed in accordance with a 
competitive, quality-based selection procedure as established and administered by the 
department.
Sec. A-7.  5 MRSA §13073-C, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 319, §1, is 
amended to read:
3.  Competitive procedure.  Funds must be dispersed disbursed in accordance with a 
competitive, quality-based selection procedure as established and administered by the 
department.
Sec. A-8.  9-A MRSA §4-107, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 762, §1, is 
amended to read:
2.   A creditor who provides consumer credit insurance in relation to open end credit 
may calculate the charge to the consumer in each billing cycle by applying the current 
premium rate to the unpaid balance of debt in the same manner as is permitted with respect 
to finance charges by the provisions on finance charges for consumer credit sales pursuant 
to open end credit, section 2.202 2-202.
Sec. A-9.  9-A MRSA §4-403, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 315, §8, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-10.  9-A MRSA §4-403, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 315, §8, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-11.  9-A MRSA §11-106, sub-§1, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 787, is 
amended to read:
E.  A "security interest" as defined in Title 11, section 1‑201 1-1201, subsection (37) 
(35).
Sec. A-12.  9-A MRSA §16-104, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 357, §2, is 
amended to read:
1.  Annual written notice.  A private education lender shall inform the borrower and 
cosigner of all administrative, nonjudgmental criteria required for cosigner release.  A 
private education lender shall provide the borrower and the cosigner of a cosigned private 
education loan an annual written notice containing information about cosigner release, 
including the criteria the lender requires to approve cosigner release and the process for 
applying for cosigner release.
Sec. A-13.  10 MRSA §391, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 699, §3, is amended 
to read:
1.  Disclosure required.  Notwithstanding subsections 2 and 3, and except as provided 
in subsection 2, paragraph F, the board shall make available the following records, either 
to any person upon a request that reasonably describes the records to which access is sought 
or, if no request is made, in any manner and at any time that the board may determine:
A.  After a written application or proposal for financial assistance or property transfer 
has been filed in a form specified by or acceptable to the board:
(1)  Names of recipients of or applicants for financial assistance, including 
principals, where applicable;
(2)  Amounts, types and general terms of financial assistance provided to those 
recipients or requested by those applicants;
(3)  Description of projects and businesses benefiting or to benefit from the 
financial assistance;
(4)  Names of transferors or transferees, including principals, of property to or from 
the board, the general terms of transfer and the purposes for which transferred 
property will be used; and
(5)  Number of jobs and the amount of tax revenues projected and resulting from a 
project;
B.  Any information pursuant to a waiver determined satisfactory by the board;
C.  Information that, as determined by the board, has already been made available to 
the public; and
D.  Information necessary to comply with Title 1, section 407, subsection 1.
The board shall provide to a legislative committee the information or records specified in 
a written request signed by the chair of that legislative committee.  The information or 
records may be used only for the lawful purposes of the committee and in any action arising 
out of any investigation conducted by it.
Sec. A-14.  10 MRSA §963-A, sub-§10, ¶U, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 378, §3, is 
amended to read:
U.  Any offshore wind energy development as defined in Title 35‑A, section 102, 
subsection 10‑A or project to manufacture components for an offshore wind energy 
development.
Sec. A-15.  10 MRSA §975-A, sub-§2, ¶F, as amended by PL 1989, c. 552, §10, 
is further amended to read:
F.  Any financial statement or business and marketing plan in connection with any 
project receiving or to receive financial assistance from the authority pursuant only to 
subchapters III or IV subchapter 3 or 4, except section 1053, subsection 5, if a person 
to whom the statement or plan belongs or pertains has requested that the record be 
designated confidential; and
Sec. A-16.  10 MRSA §1174, sub-§3, ¶C-4, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 217, §1, is 
amended by amending subparagraph (2) to read:
(2)  A used motor vehicle is considered to be part of the inventory of the motor 
vehicle dealer under subparagraph 1 (1) if the used motor vehicle is in the 
possession of the dealer on the date the do not drive order or stop sale order is 
issued or if the dealer obtains the used motor vehicle as a result of a trade-in or a 
lease return after the date that the order is issued but before the remedy and all parts 
necessary to repair the used motor vehicle are made available to the dealer.  The 
manufacturer may establish the method by which a motor vehicle dealer 
demonstrates that an affected motor vehicle is part of the inventory of the dealer as 
described in this subparagraph.  The method may not be unreasonable, be unduly 
burdensome or require the motor vehicle dealer to provide information to the 
manufacturer that is not necessary for payment.
Sec. A-17.  10 MRSA §1242, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 473, §3, is 
amended to read:
11.  Good faith.  "Good faith" means honesty in fact and the observation of reasonable 
commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade as defined in Title 11, section 2103, 
subsection (1), paragraph (b).
Sec. A-18.  10 MRSA §1432, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 427, §2, is 
amended to read:
12.  Good faith.  "Good faith" means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable 
commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade as defined in Title 11, section 2103, 
subsection (1), paragraph (b).
Sec. A-19.  10 MRSA §1478, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1991, c. 837, Pt. A, §26, 
is further amended to read:
2.  State agencies to maintain documents for each vehicle.  Each state agency shall 
maintain records for each vehicle in the possession of and assigned for primary use by the 
agency.  The records must contain the information defined identified in section 1475, 
subsection 2 2-A, paragraphs B, C, D and F. Each state agency shall use the disclosure 
forms as provided by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles pursuant to section 1475, subsection 
2, paragraph G 2-A.
A.  In the event that a uniform disclosure form prepared by the Bureau of Motor 
Vehicles is not available for state agency use, each agency shall devise a form until a 
uniform form becomes available.
B.  This subsection applies to motor vehicles purchased on or after July 1, 1986.
Sec. A-20.  10 MRSA §2364-B, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2021, c. 280, §4, is 
further amended to read:
6.  Presentation of trip ticket to forest ranger.  Upon request, a truck driver or an 
owner or manager of any log yard or mill site shall present a copy of the trip ticket to a 
forest ranger in any log yard or mill site. Upon request, a wood scaler shall present the 
record of measurement including a copy of the trip ticket or information contained on the 
trip ticket to a forest ranger. A forest ranger may request and use this information for the 
purpose of enforcing and investigating alleged violations of Title 12, section 8006 and Title 
12, section 8883 8883-B; Title 14, section 7552; and Title 17, section 2510.  For purposes 
of this subsection, "forest ranger" means a person employed by the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry under Title 12, section 8901.  
A truck driver, an owner or manager of any log yard or mill site or a wood scaler who fails 
to comply with the provisions of this subsection is subject to the penalties provided in 
section 2368.
Sec. A-21.  10 MRSA §3253, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 287, §1, is amended 
to read:
1.  Filing of claim.  The lien under section 3252 3251 is dissolved unless the claimant, 
within 90 days after ceasing to labor, furnish materials or perform services:
A.  Files in the office of the register of deeds in the county or registry district in which 
the building, wharf or pier is situated a true statement of the amount due the claimant, 
with all just credits given, together with a description of the property intended to be 
covered by the lien sufficiently accurate to identify it and the names of the owners, if 
known.  The statement must be subscribed and sworn to by the person claiming the 
lien, or by someone in the claimant's behalf, and recorded in a book kept for that 
purpose by the register of deeds for the county or registry district, who is entitled to the 
same fees as for recording mortgages; and
B.  Provides a copy of the statement under paragraph A to the owner or owners by 
ordinary mail.  For purposes of this paragraph, a post office certificate of mailing the 
notice to the owner is conclusive proof of receipt by the owner.
Sec. A-22.  10 MRSA §9021, sub-§8-A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. D, §7, 
is amended to read:
8-A.  Denial or refusal to renew license; disciplinary action.  In addition to the 
grounds enumerated in Title 10, section 8003, subsection 5‑A, paragraph A, the board may 
deny a license, refuse to renew a license or impose the disciplinary sanctions authorized by 
Title 10, section 8003, subsection 5‑A for any of the following reasons:
A.  Accepting manufactured housing, directly or indirectly, from a manufacturer not 
licensed by the State pursuant to this chapter;
B.  Selling or delivering, directly or indirectly, manufactured housing to a dealer or 
developer dealer not licensed by the State pursuant to this chapter; or
C.  Violation of any of the provisions of chapter 213.
Sec. A-23.  10 MRSA §9089, as repealed and replaced by PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. D, 
§16, is amended to read:
§9089.  Denial or refusal to renew license; disciplinary action
The board may deny a license, refuse to renew a license or impose the disciplinary 
sanctions authorized by Title 10, section 8003, subsection 5‑A for any of the reasons 
enumerated in Title 10, section 8003, subsection 5‑A, paragraph A.
Sec. A-24.  12 MRSA §685-C, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 682, §21, 
is further amended by amending subparagraph (2) to read:
(2)  Submitting the tentative plan to the State Planning Office of Policy Innovation 
and the Future or its successor, pursuant to Title 5, section 3305 3104-A, subsection 
2, paragraph G E, which shall forward its comments and recommendations, if 
any, to the commission within 30 days;
Sec. A-25.  12 MRSA §685-C, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 682, §21, 
is further amended by amending subparagraph (3) to read:
(3)  Considering all comments submitted under paragraphs A and B B-1; and
Sec. A-26.  12 MRSA §5202, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1987, c. 402, Pt. A, §94, 
is further amended to read:
2.  Expenditure of funds.  All money credited to the fund shall must be used to 
preserve and protect public access to coastal shoreland areas in accordance with the 
guidelines established by the commissioner pursuant to section 5203. As provided in 
section 5203, not less than 50% of all revenue available from the fund shall must be 
dispersed disbursed to municipalities located in the coastal area, as defined in Title 38, 
section 1802. No more than 10% of the revenues available in the fund may be used for the 
development of acquired access areas.
Sec. A-27.  12 MRSA §5203, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 794, Pt. B, is 
amended to read:
3.  Coastal municipality participation.  Notwithstanding any guidelines established 
pursuant to this chapter, at least 50% of all revenue available from the fund shall must be 
dispensed disbursed to municipalities located in the coastal area, as defined in Title 38, 
section 1802, for the acquisition or development of shoreline access areas. The amount 
granted disbursed to such a municipality pursuant to this section shall may not exceed 50% 
of the total cost of the acquisition or development project.
Sec. A-28.  12 MRSA §6028, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 449, is amended 
to read:
2.  Powers and duties.  Volunteer marine patrol officers shall have the same powers 
and duties as marine patrol officers specified in section 6025, except that the exercise of 
these powers and duties shall be is limited to marine resources laws set out in chapters 601 
to 627, inclusive, and department regulations adopted pursuant to these statutes.  Volunteer 
marine patrol officers shall complete reserve officer training at the Maine Criminal Justice 
Academy pursuant to Title 25, section 2805‑A prior to assuming these duties.
Sec. A-29.  12 MRSA §6072, sub-§12-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 229, §2, 
is further amended by amending subparagraph (1) to read:
(1)  The change in lessee does not violate any of the standards in subsection 7 7-A;
Sec. A-30.  12 MRSA §12304-A, as repealed by PL 2021, c. 54, §12 and amended 
by c. 121, §4, is repealed.
Sec. A-31.  12 MRSA §12304-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 54, §13, is 
amended to read:
1.  Wild turkey.  A Except as provided in section 12307, a person must present a wild 
turkey in its entirety for registration, except that the viscera may be removed in a manner 
that permits determination of the sex of the animal.
Sec. A-32.  17-A MRSA §1111-B, as amended by PL 2021, c. 299, Pt. C, §1 and c. 
434, §8, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§1111-B.  Exemption from criminal liability for reporting a drug-related medical 
emergency or administering naloxone
A person who in good faith seeks medical assistance for or administers naloxone 
hydrochloride to another person experiencing a drug-related overdose or who is 
experiencing a drug-related overdose and is in need of medical assistance may not be 
arrested or prosecuted for or subject to revocation of probation based on conduct that would 
otherwise constitute a violation of section 1107‑A, 1108 or 1111‑A if the grounds for arrest 
or prosecution are obtained as a result of the person's seeking medical assistance, 
administering naloxone hydrochloride or experiencing a drug-related overdose.
Sec. A-33.  18-C MRSA §3-914, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14, is amended to read:
§3-914.  Disposition of unclaimed assets
If an heir, devisee or claimant cannot be found, the personal representative shall 
distribute the share of the missing person to the person's conservator, if any; otherwise it 
must be disposed of according to Title 33, chapter 41 45.
Sec. A-34.  19-A MRSA §1658, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2021, c. 340, §2, is 
further amended to read:
1.  Petitioner.  A petition for termination of a parent's parental rights and 
responsibilities with respect to a specific child may be filed by another parent or the parent 
or guardian of a child's minor parent on any grounds set forth in subsection 3 3-A.  A parent 
may not file a petition under this section to terminate the parent's own parental rights and 
responsibilities.
Sec. A-35.  20-A MRSA §6995, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 248, §3, is amended to 
read:
§6995.  Rules
The department shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this section chapter.  Rules 
adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 
375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. A-36.  22 MRSA §1425, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 369, §1, is amended to read:
§1425.  Annual report on firearm fatalities and hospitalizations
Beginning January 1, 2022, the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services shall report annually to 
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human 
services matters on the following data:
1.  Firearm fatalities.  Public health data concerning firearm fatalities in the State, 
separated by:
A.  The number of homicides, including the number of homicides that were the result 
of domestic violence, further separated by the ages of the victims for each;
B.  Suicides, further separated by the ages of the victims; and
C.  Unintentional discharges, further separated by the ages of the victims; and
2.  Hospitalizations.  Hospitalizations that occurred as a result of a firearm but did not 
result in death.
The Commissioner of Public Safety, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, the Office of 
the Attorney General and the Maine Health Data Organization shall assist the Director of 
the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention with the collection of the data 
required in this section.
The Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention shall make the report 
required under this section publicly available.
The Commissioner of Public Safety, the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, the Office 
of the Attorney General and the Maine Health Data Organization shall assist the Director 
of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention with the collection of the data 
required in this section.
The Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention shall make the 
report required under this section publicly available.
Sec. A-37.  22 MRSA §2422, sub-§4-N, as repealed and replaced by PL 2021, c. 
251, §2 and c. 293, Pt. A, §25, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
4-N.  Immature marijuana plant.  "Immature marijuana plant" means a marijuana 
plant that is not a mature marijuana plant or seedling. "Immature marijuana plant" does not 
include hemp as defined in Title 7, section 2231, subsection 1-A, paragraph D.
Sec. A-38.  22 MRSA §2428, sub-§1-A, ¶F, as repealed and replaced by PL 2021, 
c. 293, Pt. A, §27 and amended by c. 367, §13, is further amended by repealing 
subparagraph (4) and enacting the following in its place:
(4)  Transfer to and accept from a registered caregiver or another dispensary 
marijuana plants and harvested marijuana in a wholesale transaction in accordance 
with this paragraph. A dispensary may transfer in wholesale transactions for 
reasonable compensation or for no remuneration an unlimited amount of the 
mature marijuana plants grown by the dispensary over the course of a calendar 
year, including any marijuana products or marijuana concentrate manufactured 
from mature marijuana plants grown by the dispensary.  A dispensary may transfer 
to or accept from registered caregivers and dispensaries in wholesale transactions 
an unlimited amount of immature marijuana plants and seedlings.  A dispensary 
that acquires mature marijuana plants, marijuana products or marijuana 
concentrate in a wholesale transaction under this subparagraph may not resell the 
mature marijuana plants, marijuana products or marijuana concentrate except to a 
qualifying patient or to a caregiver or dispensary to assist a qualifying patient;
Sec. A-39.  22 MRSA §2430-G, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 452, §24, 
is amended to read:
D.  The department may not conduct inspections of a qualifying patient or caregiver 
operating under section 2423‑A, subsection 2 3, paragraph C.
Sec. A-40.  24-A MRSA §1420-C, sub-§2, ¶I, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 218, §4, 
is amended to read:
I.  A person who offers to sell or sells self-storage insurance pursuant to a license issued 
by the superintendent under chapter 97 99.
Sec. A-41.  24-A MRSA §3030, as enacted by PL 1969, c. 132, §1, is amended to 
read:
§3030.  Lien established; application of payments
The mortgagee of any real estate or the mortgagee of any personal property shall have 
has a lien upon any policy of insurance against loss by fire procured thereon by the 
mortgagor, to take effect from the time he the mortgagee files with the insurer, at its home 
office, a written notice, briefly describing his the mortgage, the estate conveyed thereby 
and the sum remaining unpaid thereon. If the mortgagor, by a writing by him the mortgagor 
signed and filed with the secretary, consents that the whole of the sum secured by the 
policy, or so much as is required to discharge the amount due on the mortgage at the time 
when a loss occurs, shall will be applied to the payment of the mortgage, it shall must be 
so paid by the insurer, and the mortgagee's receipt therefor shall be is a sufficient discharge 
of the insurer.
Sec. A-42.  24-A MRSA §3363, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1969, c. 132, §1, is 
amended to read:
A.  The date of expiration set forth in the proxy; or
Sec. A-43.  24-A MRSA §3363, sub-§2, ¶B, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, 
§267, is amended to read:
B.  The date of termination of membership; or
Sec. A-44.  24-A MRSA §4405, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1969, c. 132, §1 and 
amended by PL 1973, c. 585, §12, is further amended to read:
3.   Every law enforcement officer of this State shall assist the superintendent in making 
and enforcing any such seizure, and every sheriff's and police department shall furnish him 
the superintendent with such deputies, patrolmen or other law enforcement officers as are 
necessary for the purpose.
Sec. A-45.  24-A MRSA c. 97, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 218, §5, is repealed.
Sec. A-46.  24-A MRSA c. 99 is enacted to read:
CHAPTER 99
LIMITED LINES SELF-STORAGE INSURANCE
§7601. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms 
have the following meanings.
1.  Customer.  "Customer" means a person who rents or leases a storage space within 
a self-storage facility under a rental agreement with a self-storage provider. "Customer" 
includes the sublessee, assignee or successor in interest of the person originally a party to 
a rental agreement with a self-storage provider.  
2.  Covered customer.  "Covered customer" means a customer who elects to receive 
coverage under a self-storage insurance policy.  
3.  Limited lines license.  "Limited lines license" means a license to sell or offer a 
policy for self-storage insurance.  
4.  Location.  "Location" means any physical location of a self-storage facility in the 
State or any publicly accessible website, call center or similar operation directed to 
residents of the State.  
5.  Rental agreement.  "Rental agreement" means a written agreement between a 
customer and self-storage provider that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions or 
other provisions governing a customer's occupancy and use of a storage space within a self-
storage facility owned or operated by the self-storage provider.  
6.  Self-storage facility.  "Self-storage facility" means any real property or facility in 
which individual storage spaces rented or leased by a self-storage provider to a customer 
are located and within which a customer is generally responsible for placing and removing 
property the customer stores within a rented or leased storage space.  
7.  Self-storage insurance.  "Self-storage insurance" means personal property 
insurance authorized under section 705 providing coverage for the repair or replacement of 
personal property of a covered customer stored at a self-storage facility or in transit to or 
from a self-storage facility against various causes of loss, including loss or damage. "Self-
storage insurance" does not include a homeowner's or renter's insurance, private passenger 
automobile insurance, commercial multiple peril insurance or any similar policy.  
8.  Self-storage provider.  "Self-storage provider" means a person or business entity, 
as defined in section 1151-A, subsection 4, that is the owner, operator, lessor or sublessor 
of a self-storage facility.  
9.  Supervising entity.  "Supervising entity" means a business entity that is a licensed 
insurance producer or insurer.  
§7602. Licensure of self-storage providers
1.  License required.  A self-storage provider must obtain a limited lines license under 
this chapter prior to selling or offering coverage under a policy of self-storage insurance.  
2.  Authority provided by license.  A limited lines license issued under this chapter 
authorizes any employee or authorized representative of a self-storage provider to sell or 
offer coverage under a policy of self-storage insurance to a customer at each location at 
which the self-storage provider engages with a customer or prospective customer.  
3.  List of locations.  In connection with a self-storage provider's application for a 
license under section 7606 and upon request by the superintendent, the self-storage 
provider shall provide a list to the superintendent of all locations in this State at which the 
self-storage provider offers coverage.  
4.  Activities authorized by license.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
contrary, a license issued pursuant to this chapter authorizes the licensee and its employees 
or authorized representatives to engage only in those activities that are expressly permitted 
in this chapter. 
§7603. Requirements for the sale of self-storage insurance
1.  Brochures.  At each location where a self-storage provider sells or offers self-
storage insurance to customers, the self-storage provider shall make available to a 
prospective customer brochures or other written materials that:  
A. Disclose that self-storage insurance may provide a duplication of coverage already 
provided by a customer's homeowner's insurance policy, renter's insurance policy or 
other source of coverage; 
B. State that the enrollment by the customer in a self-storage insurance policy is not 
required in order to rent or lease storage space within a self-storage facility;  
C. Summarize the material terms of the insurance coverage, including:  
(1) The identity of the insurer;  
(2) The identity of the supervising entity;  
(3) The amount of any applicable deductible and how it is to be paid; and  
(4) Benefits of the coverage; 
D. Summarize the process for filing a claim; and 
E. State that the customer may cancel enrollment for coverage under a self-storage 
insurance policy at any time and the person paying the premium must receive a refund 
of any applicable unearned premium. 
2.  Periodic basis of coverage.  Self-storage insurance may be offered on a month-to-
month or other periodic basis as a group or master commercial inland marine policy issued 
to a self-storage provider under which individual customers may elect to enroll for 
coverage.  
3.  Eligibility and underwriting standards.  Eligibility and underwriting standards 
for customers that elect to enroll in self-storage insurance must be established by an insurer 
for each self-storage insurance program. 
§7604. Authority of self-storage providers
1.  Requirements for employees and authorized representatives of self-storage 
providers.  An employee or authorized representative of a self-storage provider may sell 
or offer self-storage insurance to a customer and is not subject to licensure as an insurance 
producer under this chapter if:  
A. The self-storage provider obtains a limited lines license to authorize its employees 
or authorized representatives to sell or offer self-storage insurance pursuant to this 
section;
B. The insurer issuing the self-storage insurance either directly supervises or appoints 
a supervising entity to supervise the administration of the sale of insurance, including 
development of a training program for employees and authorized representatives of the 
self-storage providers.  
(1) The training must be delivered to all employees and authorized representatives 
of the self-storage provider who are directly engaged in the activity of selling or 
offering self-storage insurance. The training may be provided in electronic form. 
If the training is conducted in electronic form, the supervising entity shall 
implement a supplemental education program that is conducted and overseen by 
licensed employees of the supervising entity to supplement the electronic training.  
(2) Each employee and authorized representative must receive basic instruction 
about the self-storage insurance offered to customers and the disclosures required 
under section 7603, subsection 1; and 
C. The employee or authorized representative of the self-storage provider does not 
advertise, represent or otherwise hold that employee or authorized representative out 
as other than a limited lines licensed insurance producer.
2.  Charges.  The charges for self-storage insurance coverage may be billed and 
collected by the self-storage provider. Any charge to the customer for coverage that is not 
included in the cost associated with the rental or lease of self-storage or related services 
must be separately itemized on the customer's bill. If the self-storage insurance coverage is 
included with the rental or lease of self-storage or related services, the self-storage provider 
shall clearly and conspicuously disclose to the customer that the self-storage insurance 
coverage is included with the rented or leased storage space. A self-storage provider billing 
and collecting charges for coverage is not required to maintain those funds in a segregated 
account as long as the self-storage provider is authorized by the insurer to hold such funds 
in an alternative manner and remits the funds to the supervising entity within 60 days of 
receipt. All funds received by a self-storage provider from a customer for the sale of self-
storage insurance are considered funds held in trust by the self-storage provider in a 
fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the insurer. A self-storage provider may receive 
compensation for billing and collection services.  
§7605. Violations
1.  Penalties.  If a self-storage provider or its employee or authorized representative 
violates any provision of this chapter, the superintendent may enforce this chapter in 
accordance with section 12-A except the superintendent may not impose a fine exceeding 
$15,000 for aggregate conduct in violation of this chapter.  
2.  Suspension or revocation.  In addition to any other penalties authorized by law, 
the superintendent may:  
A. Suspend the authority of a self-storage provider to transact self-storage insurance;
B. Suspend the authority of a self-storage provider to transact self-storage insurance 
pursuant to this chapter at specific business locations where violations have occurred; 
and
C. Suspend or revoke the authority of an individual employee or authorized 
representative of a self-storage provider to act under a limited lines license under 
section 7602, subsection 2.
§7606. Application for license and fees
1.  Application for license to be filed with superintendent.  A self-storage provider 
must file a sworn application for a license under this chapter with the superintendent on 
forms prescribed and furnished by the superintendent.  
2.  Contents of application.  In addition to other information required by the 
superintendent, the application for a license under this chapter must:  
A. Provide the name, residence address and other information required by the 
superintendent for an employee or authorized representative of the self-storage 
provider who is designated by the applicant as the person responsible for the self-
storage provider's compliance with the requirements of this chapter. If the self-storage 
provider derives more than 50% of its revenue from the sale of self-storage insurance, 
the information specified in this paragraph must be provided for all officers, directors 
and shareholders of record having beneficial ownership of 10% or more of any class 
of securities registered under the federal securities laws; 
B. Appoint the superintendent as the applicant's attorney to receive service of all legal 
process issued against it in any civil action or proceeding in this State and agree that 
process so served is valid and binding against the applicant. The appointment is 
irrevocable, binds the company and any successor in interest as well as the assets or 
liabilities of the applicant and must remain in effect as long as the applicant's license 
remains in force in this State; and
C. Provide the location of the applicant's home office.
3.  Time of application.  An application for a license under this chapter must be made 
within 90 days of the application's being made available by the superintendent.  
4.  Initial license valid for 24 months.  An initial license issued pursuant to this 
chapter is valid for 24 months and expires on the last day of the 24th month.  
5.  Fee.  Each self-storage provider licensed under this chapter shall pay to the 
superintendent a fee equal to the amount prescribed by section 601, subsection 33.
Sec. A-47.  25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§3, ¶X, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 400, §3 
and reallocated by RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §25, is amended to read:
X.  The State Police shall take or cause to be taken the fingerprints of the person named 
in subsection 1, paragraph V Y at the request of that person or the Department of Health 
and Human Services pursuant to Title 22, section 5307.
Sec. A-48.  26 MRSA §1192, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2021, c. 348, §39 and c. 
456, §19, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
3.  Is able and available for work.  The individual is able to work and is available for 
full-time work at the individual's usual or customary trade, occupation, profession or 
business or in such other trade, occupation, profession or business for which the individual's 
prior training or experience shows the individual to be fitted or qualified, as long as the 
geographic region in which the work will take place is not greater than 35 miles from the 
individual's primary residence; and in addition to having complied with subsection 2 is 
actively seeking work in accordance with the rules of the commissioner; except that no 
ineligibility may be found solely because the claimant is unable to accept employment on 
a shift, the greater part of which falls between the hours of midnight to 5 a.m., and is 
unavailable for that employment because of parental obligation, the need to care for an 
immediate family member or the unavailability of a personal care attendant required to 
assist the unemployed individual who is a person with a disability; and except that an 
unemployed individual who is neither able nor available for work due to good cause as 
determined by the deputy is eligible to receive prorated benefits for that portion of the week 
during which the individual was able and available.
A.  Notwithstanding this subsection, beginning January 1, 2004, an individual who is 
not available for full-time work as required in this subsection is not disqualified from 
receiving benefits if:
(1)  The individual worked less than full time for a majority of the weeks during 
that individual's base period and the individual is able and available for and actively 
seeking part-time work for at least the number of hours in a week comparable to 
those customarily worked in part-time employment during that individual's base 
period; or
(2)  The individual worked full time for a majority of the weeks during that 
individual's base period, but is able and available for and actively seeking only 
part-time work because of the illness or disability of an immediate family member 
or because of limitations necessary for the safety or protection of the individual or 
individual's immediate family member.
Sec. A-49.  30-A MRSA §1606, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2021, c. 169, §1 and c. 
338, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
1.  Participation in public works projects authorized.  The sheriff in charge of a 
county jail, or the sheriff of a county that shares a regional jail with other counties, may 
permit certain inmates of that jail, who have been sentenced, to voluntarily participate in 
public works-related projects or in the improvement of property owned by charitable 
organizations in that county or another county and may permit others required to do so 
pursuant to Title 17-A, section 1902, subsection 1 to participate in such projects or 
improvement.  A project or improvement must be supervised by the sheriff of the county 
in which the project or improvement is being conducted.  The sheriff may request payment 
from charitable organizations for the transportation of the prisoners and for the 
transportation and per diem compensation for any corrections officers who accompany the 
prisoners.  For the purposes of this section, "charitable organization" means any nonprofit 
organization organized or incorporated in this State or having a principal place of business 
in this State that is exempt from federal income taxation under the United States Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, Section 501(a), because the nonprofit organization is described in 
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 501(c)(3).
Sec. A-50.  30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§1, ¶C, as repealed and replaced by PL 2021, 
c. 261, §6 and c. 293, Pt. B, §6, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
C.  Costs related to economic development, environmental improvements, fisheries and 
wildlife or marine resources projects, recreational trails, broadband service 
development, expansion or improvement, including connecting to broadband service 
outside the tax increment financing district, employment training or the promotion of 
workforce development and retention within the municipality or plantation, including, 
but not limited to:
(1)  Costs of funding economic development programs or events developed by the 
municipality or plantation or funding the marketing of the municipality or 
plantation as a business or arts location;
(2)  Costs of funding environmental improvement projects developed by the 
municipality or plantation for commercial or arts district use or related to such 
activities;
(3)  Funding to establish permanent economic development revolving loan funds, 
investment funds and grants;
(4)  Costs of services and equipment to provide skills development and training, 
including scholarships to in-state educational institutions or to online learning 
entities when in-state options are not available, for jobs created or retained in the 
municipality or plantation.  These costs must be designated as training funds in the 
development program;
(5)  Costs associated with quality child care facilities and adult care facilities, 
including finance costs and construction, staffing, training, certification and 
accreditation costs related to child care and adult care;
(6)  Costs associated with new or existing recreational trails determined by the 
department to have significant potential to promote economic development, 
including, but not limited to, costs for multiple projects and project phases that may 
include planning, design, construction, maintenance, grooming and improvements 
with respect to new or existing recreational trails, which may include bridges that 
are part of the trail corridor, used all or in part for all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, 
hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing or other related multiple uses;
(7)  Costs associated with a new or expanded transit service, limited to:
(a)  Transit service capital costs, including but not limited to:  transit vehicles 
such as buses, ferries, vans, rail conveyances and related equipment; bus 
shelters and other transit-related structures; and benches, signs and other 
transit-related infrastructure; and
(b)  In the case of transit-oriented development districts, ongoing costs of 
adding to an existing transit system or creating a new transit service and limited 
strictly to transit operator salaries, transit vehicle fuel and transit vehicle parts 
replacements;
(8)  Costs associated with the development of fisheries and wildlife or marine 
resources projects;
(9)  Costs related to the construction or operation of municipal or plantation public 
safety facilities, the need for which is related to general economic development 
within the municipality or plantation, not to exceed 15% of the captured assessed 
value of the development district;
(10)  Costs associated with broadband and fiber optics expansion projects, 
including preparation, planning, engineering and other related costs in addition to 
the construction costs of those projects.  If an area within a municipality or 
plantation is unserved with respect to broadband service, as defined by the 
ConnectMaine Authority as provided in Title 35‑A, section 9204‑A, subsection 1, 
broadband and fiber optics expansion projects may serve residential or other 
nonbusiness or noncommercial areas in addition to business or commercial areas 
within the municipality or plantation; and
(11)  Costs associated with the operation and financial support of:
(a)  Affordable housing in the municipality or plantation to serve ongoing 
economic development efforts, including the further development of the 
downtown tax increment financing districts; and
(b)  Housing programs and services to assist those who are experiencing 
homelessness in the municipality or plantation as defined in the municipality's 
or plantation's development program;
Sec. A-51.  32 MRSA §18371, sub-§2, ¶E, as amended by PL 2021, c. 88, §3 and 
c. 223, §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
E.  An individual with a resident dentist license may provide dental services only under 
the supervision of the sponsoring dentist in a board-approved setting and in accordance 
with the level of supervision and control for which the license was issued by the board.
Sec. A-52.  34-B MRSA §15003, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 790, Pt. A, §1 
and affected by §3 and amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3, is further amended to read:
5.  Fiscal management.  Funds appropriated or allocated for the purposes of this 
chapter must be used to provide care, to administer the program, to meet departmental 
responsibilities and to develop resources for children's care in this State as determined 
necessary through the individualized treatment planning process pursuant to section 15502 
15002, subsection 1.
A.  When care is provided for a child that costs less than the amount that had been 
budgeted for that care from funds within the budgets of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, Medicaid accounts and the Department of Behavioral and 
Developmental Services, the savings in funds must be reinvested to provide care to 
children or to develop resources for care in the State.
B.  The departments shall adopt fiscal information systems that record appropriations, 
allocations, expenditures and transfers of funds for children's care for all funding 
sources in a manner that separates funding for children from funding for adults.
C.  The departments shall shift children's program block grant funding toward the 
development of a community-based mental health system that includes developing 
additional community-based services and providing care and services for children who 
are not eligible for services under the Medicaid program.  The departments shall 
maximize the use of federal funding, the Medicaid program and health coverage for 
children under the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105-133, 111 
Stat. 251.
D.  The departments shall work with the Department of Administrative and Financial 
Services to remove barriers to allow appropriate funds, irrespective of origin or 
designation, to be combined to provide and to develop the care and support services 
needed for the program, to use General Fund money to meet needs that are not met by 
other funds and to leverage state funds to maximize the use of federal funding for each 
child, including the use of funds under the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act 
of 1980, Title IV‑E of the Social Security Act, 42 United States Code, Sections 670 to 
679a (Supplement 1997) and other federal funds for care delivered to children living 
at home and in all types of residential placements.
Sec. A-53.  35-A MRSA §3145, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 298, §1, is amended to 
read:
§3145.  State energy storage policy goals
The state goal for energy storage system development is 300 megawatts of installed 
capacity located within the State by December 31, 2025 and 400 megawatts of installed 
capacity located within the State by December 31, 2030.  Beginning January 1, 2031, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the Governor's Energy Office established in Title 2, subsection 
section 9 shall set the state goal for energy storage system development and report that goal 
to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over energy and 
utilities matters.  For the purposes of this section, "energy storage system" has the same 
meaning as in section 3481, subsection 6.
Sec. A-54.  35-A MRSA §4352, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, 
§6, is amended to read:
B.  All costs of labor and services, including services of foremen, inspectors, 
supervisors, surveyors, engineers, counsel and accountants, performed in connection 
with the decommissioning of the plant, and all costs of materials, supplies, machinery, 
construction equipment and apparatus acquired for or in connection with the 
decommissioning of the plant.  It is understood that any amount, exclusive of proceeds 
of insurance, realized by a licensee as salvage on or resale of any machinery, 
construction equipment and apparatus, the cost of which was charged as a 
decommissioning expense, shall must be treated as a deduction from the amounts 
otherwise payable on account of the cost of decommissioning of the plant; and
Sec. A-55.  35-A MRSA §10110, sub-§1, ¶C, as repealed and replaced by PL 
2021, c. 209, §4 and c. 293, Pt. A, §48, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
C.  "Conservation programs" means programs developed by the trust pursuant to this 
section designed to reduce inefficient electricity use or to increase the efficiency with 
which electricity is used.
PART B
Sec. B-1.  4 MRSA §116, first ¶, as amended by PL 2007, c. 377, §1 and affected 
by §17, is further amended to read:
All revenue received by the Supreme Judicial or Superior Court, whether directly or 
pursuant to an agreement entered into with the Department of Administrative and Financial 
Services, Bureau of Revenue Services, from fines, forfeitures, penalties, fees and costs 
accrues to the State, except as otherwise provided under section 1057; Title 7, section 
3910‑A; Title 12, sections 3055 and 4508 section 10203; Title 17, section 1015; Title 23, 
section 1653; Title 29‑A, section 2602; former Title 34‑A, section 1210‑A, subsection 9; 
and Title 34‑A, section 1210‑B, subsection 6 and Title 34-A, section 1210-D, subsection 
5.
Sec. B-2.  4 MRSA §163, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2015, c. 44, §1, is further 
amended to read:
1.  District Court funds.  Except as otherwise provided by law, all fines, forfeitures, 
surcharges, assessments and fees collected in any division of the District Court or by the 
violations bureau must be paid to the clerk of that District Court, who shall deposit them in 
a special account in a timely manner.  Once each month, the clerk shall remit the sums to 
the Treasurer of State, who shall credit them to the General Fund.  At the same time, the 
clerk shall remit the sums that have been collected in accordance with section 1057; Title 
5, chapter 316‑A; Title 7, section 3910‑A; Title 17, section 1015; Title 29‑A, section 2411, 
subsection 7; former Title 34‑A, section 1210‑A, subsection 9; and Title 34‑A, section 
1210‑B, subsection 6 and Title 34-A, section 1210-D, subsection 5.  Funds received by the 
clerk as bail in criminal cases must be deposited daily in a special account.  The clerk shall 
deposit the funds in an interest-bearing account unless the clerk determines that it is not 
cost-effective to do so.  Interest accrued in the account is the property of and accrues to the 
State.  The forfeiture and setoff of bail is governed as otherwise provided by law.
Sec. B-3.  30-A MRSA §1658, 2nd ¶, as amended by PL 2007, c. 377, §6 and 
affected by §17, is further amended to read:
The county commissioners may purchase, lease, contract or enter into agreements for 
the use of facilities to house minimum security prisoners who have been sentenced to the 
county jail.  These prisoners must be involved in restitution, work or educational release, 
or rehabilitative programs.  The funds to purchase, lease or contract for these facilities and 
to provide any programs in these facilities may be taken from the funds received by the 
counties pursuant to former Title 34‑A, section 1210‑A and Title 34‑A, section 1210‑B 
1210-D.  Any facilities used to house prisoners pursuant to the authority granted by this 
section are subject to standards established by the Department of Corrections pursuant to 
Title 34‑A, section 1208‑A.
Sec. B-4.  34-A MRSA §1214, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2017, c. 128, §5, is 
further amended to read:
1.  Establishment.  The Office of Victim Services, referred to in this section as the 
"office," is established within the department to advocate for compliance by the 
department, any correctional facility, any detention facility, community corrections as 
defined in former section 1210‑A or in section 1210‑B 1210-D, subsection 2 or any contract 
agency with all laws, administrative rules and institutional and other policies relating to the 
rights and dignity of victims.
Sec. B-5.  34-A MRSA §1214, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2007, c. 377, §15 
and affected by §17, is further amended to read:
B.  Intercede on behalf of victims with officials of the department, any correctional 
facility, any detention facility, community corrections as defined in former section 
1210‑A or in section 1210‑B 1210-D, subsection 2 or any contract agency or assist 
these persons in the resolution of victim-related issues;
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation 
takes effect when approved.
SUMMARY
Part A does the following.
Section 1 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 245 and 329, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with a 
version incorporating changes made by both laws.
Section 2 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 140 and 293, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with the 
chapter 140 version.
Section 3 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 4 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 398 and 409, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with a 
version incorporating changes made by both laws.
Section 5 corrects a clerical error.
Section 6 corrects a clerical error.
Section 7 corrects a clerical error.
Section 8 makes a technical correction.
Sections 9 and 10 repeal provisions of law containing cross-references to repealed 
provisions of law.
Section 11 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 12 corrects a clerical error.
Section 13 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 14 removes an incorrect cross-reference.
Section 15 corrects a clerical error and makes a technical correction.
Section 16 makes a technical correction.
Section 17 removes a cross-reference to a repealed provision of law.
Section 18 removes a cross-reference to a repealed provision of law.
Section 19 corrects cross-references to a repealed provision of law and corrects a 
clerical error.
Section 20 corrects a cross-reference to a repealed provision of law.
Section 21 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 22 corrects clerical errors.
Section 23 corrects clerical errors.
Sections 24 and 25 correct cross-references to repealed provisions of law and correct 
an obsolete reference to the State Planning Office.
Sections 26 and 27 correct clerical errors and make grammatical changes.
Section 28 removes a cross-reference to a repealed provision of law and makes 
grammatical changes.
Section 29 corrects a cross-reference to a repealed provision of law.
Sections 30 and 31 correct a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 54 and 121, 
which affected the same provision of law, by incorporating the changes made by both laws.
Section 32 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 299 and 434, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with a 
version incorporating changes made by both laws.
Section 33 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 34 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 35 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 36 makes technical corrections.
Section 37 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 251 and 293, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with the 
chapter 251 version.
Section 38 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 293 and 367, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with the 
chapter 367 version.
Section 39 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 40 corrects a cross-reference to reflect the changes made by those sections of 
this bill that repeal the version of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, chapter 97 
enacted by Public Law 2021, chapter 218 and enact it as Title 24-A, chapter 99.
Section 41 corrects gender-specific language and makes grammatical changes.
Sections 42 and 43 make technical corrections.
Section 44 corrects gender-specific language.
Sections 45 and 46 correct a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 218 and 
391, which enacted 2 substantively different provisions with the same chapter number in 
Title 24-A, by repealing the chapter 218 version and enacting it as Title 24-A, chapter 99.
Section 47 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 48 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 348 and 456, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with the 
chapter 456 version.
Section 49 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 169 and 338, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with a 
version incorporating changes made by both laws.
Section 50 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 261 and 293, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with the 
chapter 261 version.
Section 51 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 88 and 223, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with the 
chapter 88 version.
Section 52 corrects a cross-reference and updates a reference to a state agency.
Section 53 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 54 corrects gender-specific language and makes a grammatical change.
Section 55 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 209 and 293, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with the 
chapter 209 version.
Part B does the following.
Section 1 corrects cross-references to repealed provisions of law.
Section 2 corrects cross-references to repealed provisions of law.
Section 3 corrects cross-references to repealed provisions of law.
Section 4 corrects cross-references to repealed provisions of law.
Section 5 corrects cross-references to repealed provisions of law.