An Act to Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws of Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 2010
Committee: Judiciary
Amends: 3 MRSA §995, 4 MRSA §116, 4 MRSA §163, 5 MRSA §1622, 5 MRSA §1762, 5 MRSA §1764, 5 MRSA §1831, 5 MRSA §4592, 5 MRSA §12004-I, 12 MRSA §10157, 5 MRSA §17928, 5 MRSA §18252-A, 5 MRSA §18453, 10 MRSA §1105, 10 MRSA §1500-G, 12 MRSA §543, 12 MRSA §6404-J, 12 MRSA §6525-A, 12 MRSA §10255, 12 MRSA §10353, 12 MRSA §12503, 15 MRSA §321, 17-A MRSA §1111-B, 19-A MRSA §1658, 20-A MRSA §1311, 20-A MRSA §1352, 20-A MRSA §1462, 20-A MRSA §1463, 20-A MRSA §2404, 20-A MRSA §4805, 20-A MRSA §5813, 20-A MRSA §6601-A, 20-A MRSA §8457, 20-A MRSA §9501, 21-A MRSA §1062-A, 22 MRSA §1592, 22 MRSA §1722, 22 MRSA §1872, 22 MRSA §2061, 22 MRSA §2164, 22 MRSA §2423-A, 22 MRSA §2430-G, 22 MRSA §2519-A, 22 MRSA §2660-E, 22 MRSA §3173-C, 22 MRSA §3174-T, 22 MRSA §3178, 22 MRSA §3203, 22 MRSA §3271, 22 MRSA §4016, 22 MRSA §4309, 22 MRSA §5304, 22 MRSA §5305, 22 MRSA §5308, 22 MRSA §5309, 22 MRSA §5310, 22 MRSA §6203, 22 MRSA §7302, 22 MRSA §7802, 22 MRSA §8204, 22 MRSA §8602, 24 MRSA §2308-A, 24-A MRSA §721, 24-A MRSA §2209, 24-A MRSA §2328, 24-A MRSA §2482, 24-A MRSA §2540, 24-A MRSA §2736-C, 24-A MRSA §2904, 24-A MRSA §3423, 24-A MRSA §3871, 24-A MRSA §4128, 24-A MRSA §4381, 25 MRSA §2469, 26 MRSA §42-A, 26 MRSA §1043, 26 MRSA §1162, 26 MRSA §1285, 28-A MRSA §1066-A, 28-A MRSA §1074, 28-A MRSA §1355-A, 28-A MRSA §1404, 28-A MRSA §1405, 29-A MRSA §255, 30-A MRSA §1601, 30-A MRSA §1603, 30-A MRSA §1658, 30-A MRSA §1671, 32 MRSA §83, 32 MRSA §2298, 32 MRSA §2561, 32 MRSA §3302, 32 MRSA §3850-C, 33 MRSA §1952, 33 MRSA §1953, 33 MRSA §1959, 33 MRSA §1979, 34-A MRSA §1214, 35-A MRSA §1316, 35-A MRSA §2503, 35-A MRSA §3206-A, 37-B MRSA §796, 38 MRSA §440, 38 MRSA §480-U, 38 MRSA §555, 38 MRSA §704, 38 MRSA §718, 38 MRSA §719, 38 MRSA §727, 38 MRSA §963, 38 MRSA §974, 38 MRSA §1104, 39-A MRSA §201, 39-A MRSA §308, 29-A MRSA §2390

Legislative Document
No. 2010
H.P. 1289
House of Representatives, June 12, 2023
An Act to Correct Inconsistencies, Conflicts and Errors in the Laws 
of Maine
(EMERGENCY)
Reported by Representative MOONEN of Portland 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.  3 MRSA §995, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 682, §1, is amended 
to read:
5.  Coordination with State Auditor; complaints alleging fraud, waste, inefficiency 
or abuse.  The director may access confidential information disclosed by the State Auditor 
under Title 5, section 244‑D 244-E, subsection 3 in order to ensure appropriate agency 
referral or coordination between agencies to respond appropriately to all complaints made 
under Title 5, section 244‑D 244-E.
Sec. A-2.  4 MRSA §116, first ¶, as amended by PL 2021, c. 676, Pt. B, §1, is 
further amended to read:
All revenue received by the Supreme Judicial Court 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, section 10203; Title 17, section 1015; Title 23, section 1653; Title 29‑A, 
section 2602; and Title 34‑A, section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 5 8.
Sec. A-3.  Effective date. That section of this Part that amends the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 4, section 116 takes effect July 1, 2023.
Sec. A-4.  4 MRSA §163, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2021, c. 676, Pt. B, §2, 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; and Title 34‑A, section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 5 8.  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. A-5.  Effective date. That section of this Part that amends the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 4, section 163, subsection 1 takes effect July 1, 2023.
Sec. A-6.  5 MRSA §1622, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 21, §1, is 
amended by amending subparagraph (7) to read:
(7)  For a good goods or a service the vendor did not provide. 
Sec. A-7.  5 MRSA §1762, first ¶, as amended by PL 2021, c. 554, §3, is further 
amended to read:
A public improvement, as defined in this chapter, public school facility or other 
building or addition constructed or substantially renovated in whole or in part with public 
funds or using public loan guarantees, with an area in excess of 5,000 square feet, may not 
be constructed without having secured from the designer an evaluation of life-cycle costs, 
as computed by a qualified architect or engineer. The requirements of this section with 
respect to substantial renovation pertain only to that portion of the building being 
renovated. Construction may proceed only upon disclosing, for the design chosen, the life-
cycle costs as determined in section 1764 and the capitalization of the initial construction 
costs of the facility or building. The life-cycle costs must be a primary consideration in the 
selection of the design. As At a minimum, the design must meet the energy efficiency 
building performance standards adopted by the Department of Public Safety in the Maine 
Uniform Building and Energy Code as defined in Title 10, section 9721, subsection 2.
Sec. A-8.  5 MRSA §1764, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2021, c. 554, §4, is further 
amended to read:
1.  Bureau of General Services to adopt rules and procedures.  The Bureau of 
General Services shall adopt rules, including energy conservation guidelines that conform 
as at a minimum to the energy efficiency building performance standards adopted by the 
Department of Public Safety for conducting an energy-related life-cycle costs analysis of 
alternative architectural or engineering designs, or both, and shall evaluate the efficiency 
of energy utilization for designs in the construction and lease of public improvements and 
public school facilities.
Sec. A-9.  5 MRSA §1831, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 785, §3, is further 
amended to read:
1.  Adoption of rules.  Every A department or agency of State Government, subject to 
chapters 141 to 152, purchasing services or awarding grants or contracts which that are not 
subject to the authority of the Department of Administration Administrative and Financial 
Services, as defined in chapters 153 and 155, shall establish a procedure by which these 
services are purchased or by which grants or contracts are awarded.  This procedure must 
be adopted in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 375 no 
later than January 1, 1991 and must be approved by the State Purchasing Agent prior to 
their the procedure's adoption.  The State Purchasing Agent shall ensure that the rules 
adopted under this section meet the standards of public notice, administrative review, and 
rights to appeal as set forth in chapter 155, subchapter I‑A.  Any 1-A. A department or 
agency of State Government that does not adopt rules under this section by January 1, 1991, 
is subject to rules adopted by the State Purchasing Agent under chapter 155, subchapter 
I‑A 1-A.
Sec. A-10.  5 MRSA §1831, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1985, c. 785, Pt. A, §76, is 
further amended to read:
3.  Application.  The procedure adopted by a department or agency in under this 
section may be used by the department or agency for any qualifying purchase or award of 
a contract or grant.  Nothing in this This section may not be construed to require the 
adoption of new procedures for every new purchase, contract or award.  Nothing in this 
This section may not be construed to require the State Purchasing Agent or the Department 
of Administration Administrative and Financial Services to approve any contract, grant or 
award that is not presently approved by the State Purchasing Agent or the Department of 
Administration Administrative and Financial Services under chapters 153 and 155.
Sec. A-11.  5 MRSA §4592, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 393, §22, is 
amended to read:
C.  A failure to take steps that may be necessary to ensure that no individual with a 
disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently than 
other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services, unless, in the 
case of a private entity, the private entity can demonstrate that taking those steps would 
fundamentally alter the nature of the good goods, service, facility, privilege, advantage 
or accommodation being offered or would result in an undue burden;
Sec. A-12.  5 MRSA §4592, sub-§4, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 393, §24, is 
amended to read:
B.  To afford an individual or a class of individuals, on the basis of a disability or 
disabilities of the individual or class, directly or through contractual, licensing or other 
arrangements, with the opportunity to participate in or benefit from a good, goods or a 
service, facility, privilege, advantage or accommodation in a manner that is not equal 
to that afforded to other individuals; and
Sec. A-13.  5 MRSA §4592, sub-§4, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 393, §24, is 
amended to read:
C.  To provide an individual or a class of individuals, on the basis of a disability or 
disabilities of the individual or class, directly or through contractual, licensing or other 
arrangements, with a good, goods or a service, facility, privilege, advantage or 
accommodation that is different or separate from that provided to other individuals, 
unless this action is necessary to provide the individual or class of individuals with a 
good, goods or a service, facility, privilege, advantage or accommodation or other 
opportunity that is as effective as that provided to others.
Sec. A-14.  5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§49-C, as corrected by RR 2013, c. 1, §12, is 
amended to read:
49-C.  
Inland Fisheries 
and Wildlife
Landowners and Sportsmen Land 
Users Relations Advisory Board
Not Authorized
MRSA §10157
Sec. A-15.  5 MRSA §17928, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 384, §8 and amended 
by PL 2021, c. 548, §45, is further amended to read:
A member who by election remains covered, as to qualification for benefits, under 
section 17924 as written prior to its amendment by Public Law 1991, chapter 887, section 
7, qualifies for a disability retirement benefit on meeting the requirements of section 17924, 
subsection 1, paragraphs C and D.  When a member so qualified retires after approval for 
disability retirement by the chief executive officer in accordance with this Article article, 
the member is entitled to receive a disability retirement benefit equal to 66 2/3% of the 
member's average final compensation.
Sec. A-16.  5 MRSA §18252-A, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2021, c. 90, §1 
and c. 286, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
A.  Except as provided by section 18252‑C, a person hired by a participating local 
district, or rehired following a break in service, after the date on which the employer 
provides a plan under section 18252‑B must elect at the time of initial hiring or rehiring 
whether to be a member under the Participating Local District Retirement Program or 
to be covered under a plan provided by the employer under section 18252‑B.
Sec. A-17.  5 MRSA §18252-A, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2021, c. 90, §2 
and c. 286, §4, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
B.  An employee of the participating local district who is a member under the 
Participating Local District Retirement Program on the date on which the employer 
provides a plan under section 18252‑B may elect to remain a member under that 
program or to become covered under a plan provided by the employer under section 
18252‑B.  Except as provided by section 18252‑C, a person must make an election 
within 90 days of the date on which the employer provides a plan under section 
18252‑B.
(1)  If that person elects not to remain a member, the election is effective as of the 
first day of the month in which no contributions or pick-up contributions are made 
to the Participating Local District Retirement Program by that person.  A person 
who elects not to remain a member may, at that person's discretion, withdraw 
accumulated contributions in accordance with section 18306‑A.
Sec. A-18.  5 MRSA §18453, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2019, c. 364, §2 and c. 
370, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
2.  Employee Special Plan #2.  Except as provided in this subsection, a retirement 
benefit to police officers, firefighters, sheriffs, full-time deputy sheriffs, county corrections 
employees, dispatchers, emergency medical services persons as defined in Title 32, section 
83, subsection 12 or any other participating local district employees who have completed 
to 25 years of creditable service, the number of years to be selected by the participating 
local district.  A participating local district may not elect to provide retirement benefits to 
its dispatchers in a plan that requires less than 25 years of creditable service.  For the 
purposes of this subsection, "county corrections employees" means employees of the 
county who are employed at a county jail and whose duties include contact with prisoners 
or juvenile detainees.  The benefits are 1/2 of the member's average final compensation.
Sec. A-19.  5 MRSA §18453, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2019, c. 364, §3 and c. 
370, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
3.  Firefighter, Emergency Medical Services Person and Dispatcher Special Plan 
#1.  A retirement benefit equal to 1/2 of the member's average final compensation to a 
firefighter, including the chief of a fire department, a dispatcher or an emergency medical 
services person as defined in Title 32, section 83, subsection 12, who has completed at least 
years of creditable service in that capacity and who retires upon or after reaching 55 
years of age.
Sec. A-20.  5 MRSA §18453, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2019, c. 364, §4 and c. 
370, §4, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
4.  Firefighter, Emergency Medical Services Person and Dispatcher Special Plan 
#2.  A retirement benefit to a firefighter, including the chief of a fire department, a 
dispatcher or an emergency medical services person as defined in Title 32, section 83, 
subsection 12, who has completed at least 25 years of creditable service in that capacity 
and who retires upon or after reaching 55 years of age. The benefits are 2/3 of the member's 
average final compensation.
Sec. A-21.  5 MRSA §18453, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2019, c. 364, §5 and c. 
370, §5, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
5.  Firefighter, Emergency Medical Services Person and Dispatcher Special Plan 
#3.  Except as provided in this subsection, a retirement benefit to a firefighter, including 
the chief of a fire department, a dispatcher or an emergency medical services person as 
defined in Title 32, section 83, subsection 12, who has completed 20 to 25 years of 
creditable service in that capacity, the number of years to be selected by the participating 
local district, and who retires at any age. A participating local district may not elect to 
provide retirement benefits to its dispatchers in a plan that requires less than 25 years of 
creditable service.  The benefits are 2/3 of the member's average final compensation.
Sec. A-22.  10 MRSA §1105, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2021, c. 175, §1, is 
further amended to read:
C.  "Necessities" includes food for human or animal consumption; seeds; potable water; 
pharmaceutical products, including prescription medications; wearing apparel; shoes; 
building materials; gas and electricity for light, heat and power; ice; fuel of all kinds; 
and fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients; together with tools, utensils, implements, 
machinery and equipment required for the actual production or manufacture of the 
same.  "Necessities" includes any other vital or necessary good goods or service except 
those:
(1)  Subject to continuous maximum price regulation under the provisions of any 
state or federal law;
(2)  As to which the State's authority is preempted; or
(3)  Furnished or provided by:
(a)  Insurers; or
(b)  Nonprofit hospitals, medical service organizations or health maintenance 
organizations authorized to transact business within the State pursuant to Title 
and Title 24‑A.
Sec. A-23.  10 MRSA §1500-G, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 302, §1, is 
amended to read:
1.  False representation of authentic Indian products.  A person may not offer or 
display for sale or sell a good goods in a manner that falsely suggests it is the goods are 
Indian-produced, an Indian product products or the product products of a particular Indian 
or Indian tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization in a manner that violates 25 United 
States Code, Section 305e.
Sec. A-24.  12 MRSA §543, sub-§1, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §3, is 
amended to read:
1.  Director.  The executive head of the survey, referred to in this section as "the 
director," holds the offices of director of the survey and State Geologist. The executive 
head of the survey shall personally attend to the duties of those offices so far as practicable.
Sec. A-25.  12 MRSA §6404-J, first ¶, as amended by PL 2013, c. 49, §6, is further 
amended to read:
The commissioner shall suspend or revoke the elver fishing license of any license 
holder convicted of violating section 6575 or 6575-A.
Sec. A-26.  12 MRSA §6525-A, sub-§1, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §56, 
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
1.  Setting nets or seines near weirs.  A person, other than a weir owner or the weir 
owner's crew members, may not set or assist in setting a net or seine within 2,000 feet of 
the mouth of a weir that is:
A.  In operating condition;
B.  Licensed under Title 38, chapter 9; and 
C.  Operated by an operator who is licensed under section 6501.
Sec. A-27.  12 MRSA §10157, as amended by PL 2015, c. 277, §§2 to 8, is further 
amended by amending the section headnote to read:
§10157.  Landowners and Sportsmen Land Users Relations Advisory Board
Sec. A-28.  12 MRSA §10157, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 277, §3, is 
amended to read:
1-A.  Appointment and composition.  The Landowners and Sportsmen Land Users 
Relations Advisory Board, referred to in this chapter as "the advisory board" and 
established by Title 5, section 12004‑I, subsection 49‑C, consists of the following 
members:
A.  Eleven members, appointed by the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife:
(1)  One representative of a statewide small woodland owners association;
(2)  One representative of a large landowners association;
(3)  One representative of a statewide farmers organization;
(4)  Three representatives of sportsmen hunters;
(5)  Two representatives of outdoor recreationists;
(6)  Two representatives of environmentalist organizations; and
(7)  One representative of land trust organizations.
Sec. A-29.  12 MRSA §10255, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. Y, §4, 
is further amended to read:
3.  Distribution from fund.  Money distributed from the fund may be used for 
marketing the plates and for the production and marketing of goods using the 
environmental plate design.  After the Treasurer of State has reimbursed the Secretary of 
State for costs of producing and issuing environmental registration plates in accordance 
with Title 29-A, section 455, the Treasurer of State shall, at the end of each quarter in the 
fiscal year, distribute the balance in the fund as follows:
A.  Sixty percent of the balance must be deposited in the Parks General Operations 
Fund established in section 1825, subsection 1‑A; and
B.  Forty percent of the balance must be deposited in the Maine Endangered and 
Nongame Wildlife Fund established in section 10253.
Sec. A-30.  12 MRSA §10353, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, 
§2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended by amending subparagraph (1) to read:
(1)  A warden shall, when possible, while in and about the woods, caution all 
sportsmen participants in outdoor recreation of the danger from fires in the woods 
and, if possible, extinguish a fire left burning by anyone.
Sec. A-31.  12 MRSA §12503, sub-§2, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. A, §23, 
is amended to read:
2.  Land used for agricultural purposes; domicile.  Notwithstanding section 12501, 
subsection 1 and subject to all other applicable laws and rules, any resident and any member 
of the resident's immediate family, as long as the angler's license to fish is not under 
suspension or revocation, may fish without a license in open inland waters from land:
A.  To which they are legally entitled to possession;
B.  On which they are actually domiciled; and
C.  That is used exclusively for agricultural purposes.
Sec. A-32.  15 MRSA §321, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 619, is amended 
to read:
A.  A person is charged with or convicted of a violation of Title 17‑A, sections section 
201, 202, 203, to 204, 207, 207-A, 208, 208-A, 208-B, 208-C, 208-D, 208-E, 208-F, 
209, 209-A, 210, 210-A, 210-B, 210-C, to 211, 252, 253, 301, 302, to 303, 506‑A or 
556;
Sec. A-33.  17 MRSA c. 3, as amended, is repealed.
Sec. A-34.  17-A MRSA §1111-B, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 724, §1, 
is amended by amending subparagraph (17) to read:
(17)  Violation of a protection from harassment order issued pursuant to Title 5, 
chapter 337‑A, a protective order in crimes between family members issued 
pursuant to Title 15, chapter 12‑A or a protection from abuse order issued pursuant 
to Title 19‑A, former chapter 101 or Title 19-A, chapter 103;
Sec. A-35.  19-A MRSA §1658, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 340, §2, is 
amended to read:
C.  A final order, other than in a protection from abuse matter under former chapter 
or chapter 103, that has been in effect for at least 12 months grants the petitioner 
exclusive parental rights and responsibilities with respect to all aspects of the child's 
welfare, with the exception of the right and responsibility for support, without reserving 
for the parent any rights to make decisions, to have access to records or to have contact 
with the child, and termination of the parent's parental rights and responsibilities is 
necessary to protect the child from serious harm or the threat of serious harm.
Sec. A-36.  20-A MRSA §1311, sub-§6, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 
and 8, is amended to read:
E.  If a certificate of approval indicates that the state board has authorized state aid to 
be paid in accordance with the alternate method prescribed by former Title 20, section 
3460, the total estimated amount of state aid payable on account of the school 
construction project described in the certificate of approval shall must be treated as 
outstanding school indebtedness for the purpose of computing the borrowing capacity 
of the district to finance that project by issuing its bonds or notes.  State aid shall must 
be determined by applying the applicable percentage of state aid to the total estimated 
cost of the project, as set forth in the certificate of approval.
Sec. A-37.  20-A MRSA §1352, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 
and 8, is amended to read:
C.  When a referendum is called for the purposes of approving the addition of a 
municipality to the district, the article shall must be in the form set forth in section 1401 
1465, subsection 2, paragraph A 3.
Sec. A-38.  20-A MRSA §1352, sub-§2, ¶I, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 
and 8, is amended to read:
I.  When a referendum is called for the purpose of approving the agreement to transfer 
a municipality from one district to another district, the article shall must be the form 
set forth in section 1406 1467, subsection 2.
Sec. A-39.  20-A MRSA §1462, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, 
§13, is amended to read:
3.  Financing assumed debts.  A regional school unit shall assume the outstanding 
indebtedness of a school administrative unit in existence prior to the operational date of the 
new regional school unit for school construction projects approved for subsidy under 
chapter 609 and pursuant to section 1506.  If a regional school unit board of directors has 
assumed the outstanding indebtedness of a school administrative unit in existence prior to 
the operational date of the new regional school unit, the directors of the regional school 
unit board may, notwithstanding any other statute or any provision of any trust agreement, 
use any sinking fund or other money set aside by the school administrative unit in existence 
prior to the operational date of the new regional school unit to pay off the indebtedness for 
which the money was dedicated.  A regional school unit board of directors is not required 
to assume the outstanding indebtedness of a school administrative unit in existence prior to 
the operational date of the new regional school unit in its regional school unit for nonstate-
funded projects pursuant to section 15905‑A and pursuant to section 1481 1481-A.
Sec. A-40.  20-A MRSA §1463, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXXX, 
§13, is amended to read:
2.  Transfer of governing authority.  The regional school unit board of directors, on 
the date established pursuant to subsection 1, shall assume responsibility for the 
management and control of the public schools and programs within the school 
administrative units in existence prior to the operational date of the new regional school 
unit that are within the regional school unit.  Those school administrative units in existence 
prior to the operational date of the new regional school unit on the date established in 
subsection 1 have no further responsibility for the operation or control of the public schools 
and programs within the school administrative unit except those pursuant to section 1481 
1481-A.
Sec. A-41.  20-A MRSA §2404, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2015, c. 448, §3, 
is further amended to read:
C.  Except as provided in paragraphs G, H, and I and K, if capacity is insufficient to 
enroll all students who wish to attend the school, the public charter school shall select 
students through a random selection process.  A list maintained to fill potential 
vacancies may be carried over to the succeeding year.
Sec. A-42.  20-A MRSA §4805, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 719, §2, is 
amended to read:
6.  National Women's History Week.  National Women's History Week is the week 
containing March 8th, in accordance with Title 1, section 122.
Sec. A-43.  20-A MRSA §5813, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, §§5 and 8, is 
amended to read:
§5813.  Driver education
Students may be charged a fee for driver education as provided under section 4604 
8704.
Sec. A-44.  20-A MRSA §6601-A, as amended by PL 2021, c. 676, Pt. E, §1 and c. 
719, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§6601-A.  Free or reduced-price school meals; Internet-based school meal 
applications
The department shall contract for the development and implementation of an Internet-
based application for free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch 
Program under 7 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 210 and the School Breakfast Program 
under 7 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 220.  The department shall make available to 
public schools the Internet‑based application for free or reduced-price meals developed 
under this section on the department's publicly accessible website.  The department shall 
make the Internet-based application in an understandable and uniform format and, to the 
maximum extent practicable, in a language that parents and legal guardians can understand.  
A public school may make the Internet-based application available for school meal 
applications on the public school's publicly accessible website.  All public schools shall 
continue to distribute paper applications for school meals to all students.  A public school 
is solely responsible for processing that school's online applications.  Data submitted 
through the Internet-based application may not be visible to the department and must be 
transmitted directly to the applicable public school.  All public schools shall accept data 
submitted through the Internet-based application.
Sec. A-45.  20-A MRSA §8457, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 398, §26, is 
further amended to read:
1.  General powers and duties.  A cooperative board has all of the powers and duties 
of a school board as provided in section 1001, subsections 1, 2, 4 to 7 and 11‑A to 19; 
section 1002; section 1256, subsections 1, 2 and 4 to 7; section 1257; sections 1313 to 
section 1314; section 1315; section 4801; section 13201; and section 13202.  For such 
purposes, references in those sections to "school administrative unit," "administrative unit," 
"school unit," "unit," "school administrative district," "district," "regional school unit," 
"RSU," "alternative organizational structure" or "AOS" mean career and technical 
education region; references in those sections to "school board," "school committee," 
"board," "board of directors" or "directors" mean cooperative board; references in those 
sections to "director" mean a member of a cooperative board; and references in those 
sections to "they" mean either, as appropriate in the context, cooperative board or members 
of the cooperative board.
Sec. A-46.  20-A MRSA §9501, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2009, c. 369, Pt. A, 
§29 and PL 2011, c. 286, Pt. B, §5, is further amended to read:
2.  Exemptions.  Educational programs related to the real estate professions that are 
subject to approval under Title 32, chapter 59 114, commercial driver education schools 
subject to approval by the Secretary of State under Title 29‑A, chapter 11, subchapter 3, 
schools of barbering and schools of cosmetology subject to approval by the Director of the 
Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation under Title 32, chapter 126, 
educational programs offered by any Maine nonprofit corporation, any educational 
programs offered by any professional or trade association primarily for the benefit of its 
own members and any educational institution authorized by the laws of this State to grant 
a degree are exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
Sec. A-47.  21-A MRSA §1062-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 563, §18, 
is further amended to read:
1.  Registration.  A political action committee required to register under section 
1052‑A, 1053‑A or 1053‑B or a ballot question committee required to register under section 
1053‑A or 1056-B that fails to do so or that fails to provide the information required by the 
commission for registration may be assessed a fine of no more than $2,500.  In assessing a 
fine, the commission shall consider, among other things, whether the violation was 
intentional, the amount of campaign and financial activity that occurred before the 
committee registered, whether the committee intended to conceal its campaign or financial 
activity and the level of experience of the committee's volunteers and staff.
Sec. A-48.  21-A MRSA §1062-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2019, c. 563, §19, 
is further amended to read:
4.  Maximum penalties.  The maximum penalty under this subchapter is $10,000 for 
reports required under section 1053‑A, 1056-B or 1059, except that if the dollar amount of 
the financial activity that was not timely filed or did not substantially conform to the 
reporting requirements of this subchapter exceeds $50,000, the maximum penalty is 100% 
of the dollar amount of that financial activity.
Sec. A-49.  21-A MRSA §1062-A, sub-§8-A, as amended by IB 2015, c. 1, §11, 
is further amended to read:
8-A.  Penalties for failure to file report.  The commission may assess a civil penalty 
for failure to file a report required by this subchapter.  The maximum penalty for failure to 
file a report required under section 1056-B or section 1059 is $10,000 or the amount of 
financial activity not reported, whichever is greater.
Sec. A-50.  22 MRSA §1592, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 696, §186, is amended to 
read:
§1592.  Discrimination for refusal
No A person, hospital, health care facility, firm, association, corporation or educational 
institution, directly or indirectly, by himself or another, shall may not discriminate against 
any a physician, nurse or other person by refusing or withholding employment from or 
denying admittance, when such that physician, nurse or other person refuses to perform, or 
assist in the performance of an abortion, nor shall such may that refusal constitute grounds 
for loss of any privileges or immunities to which such that physician, nurse or other person 
would otherwise be entitled.
Sec. A-51.  22 MRSA §1722, sub-§1, ¶B, as reallocated by RR 2007, c. 2, §9, is 
amended by amending the first blocked paragraph to read:
For the purposes of this paragraph, a hospital’s total hospital-only expenses include 
any item that is listed on the hospital’s Medicare cost report as a subprovider, such as 
a psychiatric unit or rehabilitation unit, and does not include nonhospital cost centers 
shown on the hospital’s Medicare cost report, such as home health agencies, nursing 
facilities, swing beds, skilled nursing facilities and hospital-owned physician practices. 
For purposes of this paragraph, a hospital’s bad debt is as defined and reported in the 
hospital’s Medicare cost report and as submitted to the Maine Health Data 
Organization pursuant to Title 22, chapter 1683.
Sec. A-52.  22 MRSA §1872, last ¶, as reallocated by PL 1983, c. 816, Pt. A, §16, 
is amended to read:
This section does not apply to persons a person who may be committed under section 
1022 811.
Sec. A-53.  22 MRSA §2061, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 609, §3, is amended 
to read:
5.  Projects for program of independent housing with services not required to be 
licensed.  If the project is for a program of independent housing with services that is not 
required to be licensed under this Title, the participating health care facility has agreed to 
comply with the requirements applicable to assisted living providers with regard to the 
standardized contract under section 7916 7862 and residents' rights under section 7902-A 
7853, subsection 6 and rules adopted pursuant to those provisions.  This requirement does 
not apply to the refinancing of an authority loan outstanding on April 1, 2002 or to a project 
specifically authorized under this chapter.
Sec. A-54.  22 MRSA §2164, first ¶, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §126, is 
amended to read:
The Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's 
duly authorized agent must have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, 
warehouse or establishment in which foods are manufactured, processed, packed or held 
for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such 
foods in commerce for the purpose of:
Sec. A-55.  22 MRSA §2164, sub-§1 is amended to read:
1.  Inspection.  Of inspecting such Inspecting the factory, warehouse, establishment or 
vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of this subchapter are being violated; and
Sec. A-56.  22 MRSA §2164, sub-§2 is amended to read:
2.  Examination of samples.  To secure Securing samples or specimens of any food 
after paying or offering to pay for such the sample.
It shall be is the duty of the commissioner to make or cause to be made examination of 
samples secured under this section to determine whether or not any provision of this 
subchapter is being violated.
Sec. A-57.  22 MRSA §2423-A, sub-§10, ¶E, as repealed and replaced by PL 
2019, c. 331, §13 and c. 354, §5 and amended by PL 2021, c. 669, §5, is repealed and the 
following enacted in its place:
E.  A cannabis testing facility shall obtain and must be able to produce, upon demand 
of the department or a municipal code enforcement officer, documentation of the 
facility's accreditation pursuant to standard ISO/IEC 17025 of the International 
Organization for Standardization by a 3rd‑party accrediting body.
Sec. A-58.  22 MRSA §2430-G, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2021, c. 367, §16, 
c. 387, §§14 and 15 and c. 669, §5, is further amended by repealing subparagraph (2) and 
enacting the following in its place:
(2)  Keep the books and records maintained by the registered caregiver, registered 
dispensary, cannabis testing facility or manufacturing facility for a period of 4 
years; and
Sec. A-59.  22 MRSA §2519-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 777, §1, is amended to 
read:
§2519-A.  Detention
If a livestock product or poultry product or a product exempted from the definitions of 
"livestock product" and "poultry product" or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased livestock 
or poultry is found by an authorized representative of the commissioner upon premises 
where it is held for, during or after distribution in intrastate commerce or is otherwise 
subject to this chapter and there is reason to believe that the product or animal is adulterated 
or misbranded and is useable as human food or that it has not been inspected, in violation 
of the provisions of this chapter or the federal acts or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act, or that the product or animal has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of 
any of these provisions, it may be detained by a representative for a period not to exceed 
days, pending action under section 2522 2524-A or notification of a federal authority 
having jurisdiction over the product or animal.  The product or animal may not be moved 
by a person from the place at which it is located when detained, until released by the 
representative.  All official marks may be required by the representative to be removed 
from the product or animal before it is released, unless it appears to the satisfaction of the 
commissioner or the commissioner's designee that the product or animal is eligible to retain 
the marks.
Sec. A-60.  22 MRSA §2660-E, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 705, §13, is 
further amended to read:
In addition to fees authorized under Title 22-A, section 9 210, the commissioner may 
impose an annual operation fee upon each public water system in the State.
Sec. A-61.  22 MRSA §3173-C, sub-§3, ¶F, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, 
§159, is amended to read:
F.  Services furnished to an individual by a Health Maintenance Organization, as 
defined described in the United States Social Security Act, Section 1903(m), in which 
the individual is enrolled; and
Sec. A-62.  22 MRSA §3174-T, sub-§2, ¶E, as amended by PL 2001, c. 450, Pt. 
A, §3, is further amended to read:
E.  Coverage under the Cub Care program may be purchased for children described in 
subparagraphs (1) and (2) for a period of up to 18 months as provided in this paragraph 
at a premium level that is revenue neutral and that covers the cost of the benefit and a 
contribution toward administrative costs no greater than the maximum level allowable 
under COBRA the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, 
COBRA, of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 
United States Code, Sections 1161 to 1168 (Supp. 1997).  The department shall adopt 
rules to implement this paragraph.  The following children are eligible to enroll under 
this paragraph:
(1)  A child who is enrolled under paragraph A or B and whose family income at 
the end of the child's 12-month enrollment term exceeds the maximum allowable 
income set in that paragraph; and
(2)  A child who is enrolled in the Medicaid program and whose family income 
exceeds the limits of that program.  The department shall terminate Medicaid 
coverage for a child who enrolls in the Cub Care program under this subparagraph.
Sec. A-63.  22 MRSA §3178, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 790, §2, is amended to read:
§3178.  Payment to conservator or guardian
If an applicant for or a recipient of aid is found by the department to be incapable of 
taking care of himself or his the applicant's or recipient's own health, welfare or money, 
payment shall must be made only to a legally appointed guardian or conservator for his the 
applicant's or recipient's benefit.
Sec. A-64.  22 MRSA §3203, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 790, §3, is amended to read:
§3203.  Report
On or before February 1, 1975, and thereafter annually, on or before September 1st, 
the department shall submit a detailed annual report on the federal supplemental income 
program and the state supplemental income program to the Governor in accordance with 
Title 5, sections 43, 44, 45 and 46 and to the Legislative Council. The report shall must 
include copies of all pertinent state and federal rules and regulations, and recommendations 
for policy, budgetary and legislative action, and any advisory recommendations as may be 
recommended by the Maine Committee on Aging and the Maine Human Services Council.
Sec. A-65.  22 MRSA §3271, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 790, §3, is amended 
to read:
2.   The department, to the extent allowed by Title XVI of the United States Social 
Security Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder, shall establish, with the 
advice of the Maine Committee on Aging and the Maine Human Services Council, standard 
levels of state supplemental income benefits for blind, disabled and elderly people. The 
benefits shall must be provided under a modified flat benefit system, and may vary by 
marital status, and by living arrangements to the extent allowed by Title XVI of the United 
States Social Security Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder. The 
benefits shall may not be based on individual budgeted need and shall may not vary by 
category or geographical area. Benefits for a couple, except as provided under section 3273, 
subsection 1, paragraph B, shall must be equal to the sum of the amount of benefit for an 
individual and 50% of the benefit for an individual.
Sec. A-66.  22 MRSA §4016, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 354, §4, is amended to read:
§4016.  Confidentiality of employee records
Notwithstanding Title 5, section 554 7070, subsection 2, paragraph E or any other 
provision of law, the confidentiality of employee records is abrogated in relation to required 
reporting, cooperating with the department or guardian ad litem in an investigation or other 
child protective activity or giving evidence in a child protective proceeding.
Sec. A-67.  22 MRSA §4309, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. OO, §8, 
is further amended to read:
4.  Eligibility of minors who are parents.  An otherwise eligible person under the age 
of 18 who has never married and who has a dependent child or is pregnant is eligible only 
if that person and child reside in a dwelling maintained by a parent or other adult relative 
as that parent's or relative's own home or in a foster home, maternity home or other adult-
supervised supportive living arrangement unless:
A.  The person has no living parent or the whereabouts of both parents are unknown;
B.  No parent will permit the person to live in the parent's home;
C.  The department determines that the physical or emotional health or safety of the 
person or dependent child would be jeopardized if that person and dependent child 
lived with a parent;
D.  The individual has lived apart from both parents for a period of at least one year 
before the birth of any dependent child; or
E.  The department determines, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this 
section, which must be in accordance with federal regulations, that there is good cause 
to waive this requirement.
For the purposes of this subsection, "parent" includes legal guardian.
Sec. A-68.  22 MRSA §5304, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 793, §12, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-69.  22 MRSA §5304, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1983, c. 409, §2, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-70.  22 MRSA §5305, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 793, §12, is 
amended to read:
State agencies shall cooperate fully with the bureau and council in carrying out this 
Part and Part 2. The bureau and council are is authorized to request such personnel, 
financial assistance, facilities and data as are reasonably required to assist the bureau and 
council to fulfill their the bureau's powers and duties.
Sec. A-71.  22 MRSA §5308, as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. CCCC, §6, is 
further amended to read:
§5308.  Office of Child and Family Services
There is within the Department of Health and Human Services the Office of Child and 
Family Services. The office must be a separate, distinct administrative unit, which may that 
is not be integrated in any way as a part or function of any other administrative unit of the 
department. The office is equal in organizational level and status with other major 
organizational units within the department or its successors. The office is under the 
immediate and full supervision of the commissioner or the chief officer of whatsoever unit 
succeeds the department.
It is the intent of this Part that the office shall function function as a central office 
administrative unit of the department with the advice of the council and that the powers, 
duties, authority and responsibility of the office may not be delegated, decentralized or 
assigned to regional, local or other units of the department, except as provided in this 
section, and section 6108 and Title 5, section 464. Regarding any portion of this Part and 
Part 2 that relate to provision of services directly to eligible people through staff employed 
subject to the Civil Service Law by the department or other organizational units of State 
Government, the office may carry out its powers and duties through regional or other 
administrative units of the department or State Government.
Regarding any portion of this Part and Part 2 that relate to development, execution and 
monitoring of agreements, the office shall carry out its powers and duties directly with 
public or private, nonprofit agencies without acting through other administrative units of 
the department as intermediaries, except as provided in section 6108.  Functions relating to 
agreements do not require the approval of any other unit of the department, except as the 
office is responsible and accountable to the commissioner and except as the office shall 
function with the advice of the council pursuant to Title 5, section 464 and with the consent 
of the Maine Committee on Aging pursuant to section 5112, subsection 3 and except as 
provided by section 6108.
The office is the sole agency of State Government responsible for administration of 
this Part and Part 2 subject to the direction of the commissioner. The office shall fully 
coordinate with appropriate state agencies and fully utilize existing support services.
Sec. A-72.  22 MRSA §5309, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §§213 to 215, is 
amended to read:
§5309.  Director
The bureau is administered by a director.
The director shall must be a person qualified by training and experience with human 
services or by satisfactory experience of a comparable nature in the direction, organization 
and administration of public or private human services. The director shall must be 
immediately and fully responsible to the commissioner and shall may not be partially or 
indirectly responsible to any other official of the department.
The director shall serve full time in a position that is separate from and not integrated 
in any way with another position in the department.  The director may not concurrently 
hold another title and shall perform duties solely germane to the powers and duties pursuant 
to this Part and Part 2.
The director shall possess has full authority and responsibility for administering all the 
powers and duties of the bureau provided in section 5310, subject to the direction of the 
commissioner, and with the advice of the council pursuant to section 5316, and the advice 
of the Maine Committee on Aging pursuant to section 5112, subsection 3, and except as 
otherwise provided in section 6108.
The director shall assume and discharge all responsibilities vested in the bureau.  The 
director may not in any case assign to another unit of the department that is not responsible 
to the director any power or duty granted to the bureau by statute, or by rules or procedures 
adopted pursuant to this Part and Part 2.
The director may employ, subject to the Civil Service Law and within the limits of 
available funds, competent professional personnel and other staff necessary to carry out the 
purposes of this Part and Part 2. The director shall prescribe the duties of the staff and 
assign a sufficient number of staff full time to the bureau to achieve its powers and duties. 
Regarding the provision of human services by the bureau directly to eligible people, the 
director may arrange to house staff or assign staff who are responsible to the director to 
regional or other units of the department or State Government. Regarding the development, 
execution and monitoring of agreements, the director may not house nor assign staff to any 
other unit of the department or State Government. Such staff shall report solely and directly 
to the director. The director shall assign staff to the council as provided in sections 5305 
and 5315.
Sec. A-73.  22 MRSA §5310, first ¶, as amended by P&SL 1975, c. 90, §C, §5, is 
further amended to read:
The bureau shall establish in accordance with the purposes and intent of this Part and 
Part 2, with the advice of the council and subject to the direction of the commissioner, the 
overall planning, policy, objectives and priorities for all functions and activities relating to 
human services, including services to older people funded by Title IV or Title VI, or their 
successors or amendments or additions thereto of the United States Social Security Act, as 
amended, and excepting all other services to older people which that are conducted or 
supported in the State. In order to carry out the above, the bureau shall have has the power 
and duty to:
Sec. A-74.  22 MRSA §5310, sub-§7, as amended by P&SL 1975, c. 90, §C, §5, is 
further amended to read:
7.   Function as the organizational unit of State Government with the sole responsibility 
for conducting and coordinating, with the advice of the council or of the committee and 
subject to the direction of the commissioner, functions assigned to it by the commissioner, 
and functions authorized by this Part and Part 2 and so much of the several Acts, 
amendments and successors to them enacted by the people of the State of Maine and those 
authorized by the United States Acts, amendments and successors to them as relate to 
human services, including services to older people funded by Titles IV and VI, or their 
successors or amendments or additions thereto of the United States Social Security Act, as 
amended, and excepting all other services to older people:
A.  The Priority Social Services Act of 1973 except services to older people in 
accordance with section 6108; and
B.  Title IV and VI, in their entirety, of the United States Social Security Act, as 
amended.
The bureau is designated as the single agency of State Government solely responsible for 
administering, subject to the direction of the commissioner, any state plans as may be 
required by the above Acts, and for administering programs or Acts of the State or United 
States relating to such human services which that are not the specific responsibility of 
another state agency under state or federal law.;
Sec. A-75.  22 MRSA §5310, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 793, §12, is 
amended to read:
8.   Assist, with the advice of the council, the Legislative and Executive Branches 
legislative and executive branches of State Government, especially the Governor, 
commissioner and Bureau of the Budget, to coordinate all government efforts relating to 
human services, except services to older people, by:
A.  Submitting to each branch of State Government no later than September 1st of each 
year an annual report covering its activities for the immediately past fiscal year and 
future plans, including reports of the committee;
B.  Reviewing all proposed legislation, fiscal activities, plans, policies and other 
administrative functions relating to such the human services made by or requested of 
all state agencies. The bureau shall have has the authority to submit to those bodies 
findings, comments and recommendations, which shall be are advisory. Such The 
findings and comments shall must recommend what modification in proposals or 
actions shall must be taken to make proposed legislation, fiscal activities and 
administrative activities consistent with such policies and priorities; and
C.  Making recommendations to the respective branches of State Government related 
to improving the quality of such human services and shall consult consulting with and 
be being consulted by all responsible state agencies regarding the policies, priorities 
and objectives of functions related to human services;
Sec. A-76.  22 MRSA §6203, as amended by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §64, is further 
amended to read:
§6203.  Rules; agreements
1.  Rules.  The department shall promulgate adopt such rules as may be necessary for 
the effective administration of adult day care pursuant to this chapter, in accordance with 
the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375.  In the development of these 
rules, the department shall consult with the Maine Committee on Aging, the associations 
representing care facilities and area agencies on aging.
2.  Agreements.  In order to provide adult day care and other services, the department 
may enter into agreements with long-term health care facilities and community-based 
programs, separate and distinct from any other agreements between the department and the 
same facility or programs.
Any  A facility or program providing adult day care pursuant to this chapter shall enter into 
an agreement with the department.  Each agreement shall must specify, among other things, 
the services to be provided, the fees for services, the method of payment, records to be 
maintained and the provisions for evaluating the services provided.
Sec. A-77.  22 MRSA §7302, sub-§5, as repealed and replaced by PL 2009, c. 652, 
Pt. A, §32, is amended to read:
5.  In-home and community support services.  "In-home and community support 
services" means health and social services and other assistance required to enable adults 
with long-term care needs to remain in their places of residence. These services include, 
but are not limited to, self-directed care services; medical and diagnostic services; 
professional nursing; physical, occupational and speech therapy; dietary and nutrition 
services; home health aide services; personal care assistance services; companion and 
attendant services; handyman home repair and home maintenance, chore and homemaker 
services; respite care; hospice care; counseling services; transportation; small rent 
subsidies; various devices that lessen the effects of disabilities; and other appropriate and 
necessary social services.
Sec. A-78.  22 MRSA §7802, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 400, §13 and 
PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. CCCC, §7, is further amended to read:
1-A.  Consolidation of functions.  All staff performing general licensing functions 
within the Office of Child and Family Services, including the out-of-home abuse and 
neglect investigating team when investigating pursuant to section 5005 8354, subsection 3 
2, paragraph C, shall be are consolidated as a single organizational unit.
Sec. A-79.  22 MRSA §8204, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 515, §3, is amended 
to read:
1.  License required.  Any An individual who operates a child placing agency shall be 
is subject to the licensing requirements of the department, as specified under this chapter 
and under chapter 1663. Any An individual who advertises himself or holds himself out as 
or claims to perform the service of placing or finding homes for children for the purpose of 
adoption, shall be is deemed to operate a child placing agency.
Sec. A-80.  22 MRSA §8204, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 515, §3, is amended 
to read:
2.  License not required.  Any An individual who does not advertise himself or hold 
himself out as or claim to perform the service of placing or finding homes for children for 
the purpose of adoption, but who places or assists in placing a child for adoption, shall not 
be deemed is not considered to operate a child placing agency and shall is not be subject to 
the licensing requirements of the department, as specified under this chapter and under 
chapter 1663.
Sec. A-81.  22 MRSA §8602, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 389, §5 and 
amended by PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to read:
The Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with adult day care 
providers and the Maine Committee on Aging, shall promulgate adopt rules for adult day 
care programs which shall that include, but are not be limited to, rules pertaining to the 
health and safety of the adult clients and staff, the quality of the program provided, the 
administration of medication and licensing procedures.
Sec. A-82.  24 MRSA §2308-A, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 344, §5, is 
amended by amending subparagraph (1) to read:
(1)  Title 24‑A, section 222, subsections 2 to 10 and Title 24‑A, section 222, 
subsections 12 13-A to 18;
Sec. A-83.  24-A MRSA §721, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1969, c. 132, §1, is 
amended to read:
3.   Reinsurance ceded as authorized by section 731 shall subchapter 3 must be 
deducted in determining risk retained.  As to surety risks, deduction shall must be made of 
the amount assumed by any authorized cosurety and the value of any security deposited, 
pledged or held subject to the surety's consent and for the surety's protection.
Sec. A-84.  24-A MRSA §2209, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 677, §3 and 
affected by §5, is amended to read:
1.  Required notice.  A regulated insurance entity or insurance support organization 
may not prepare or request an investigative consumer report about an  insurance consumer  
in connection with an insurance transaction involving an application for insurance, a policy 
renewal, a policy reinstatement or a change in insurance benefits unless the regulated 
insurance entity complies with Title 10, section 1314 the federal Consumer Credit 
Protection Act, 15 United States Code, Section 1681d and informs the consumer in writing 
that the consumer may request to be interviewed in connection with the preparation of the 
investigative consumer report.
Sec. A-85.  24-A MRSA §2328, as amended by PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. B, §10 and 
affected by §13, is further amended to read:
§2328.  Examinations
The superintendent shall examine the affairs, transactions, accounts and records of each 
rating organization licensed in this State as provided in section 2310, of each advisory 
organization licensed in this State as provided in section 2321‑A, and of joint underwriters 
and joint reinsurers as defined in section 2322‑A, as often as the superintendent deems 
considers advisable, but not less frequently than once every 5 years.  The examination must 
be conducted in the same manner and is subject to the same applicable provisions as apply 
to examination of insurers in chapter 3. The reasonable costs of any such examination must 
be paid by the organization or association so examined. In lieu of any such examination, 
the superintendent may accept the report of an examination made by the insurance 
supervisory official of another state, pursuant to the laws of such state.
If the examination of a rating organization is satisfied by acceptance of another state's 
report on that rating organization, the superintendent shall submit a report to the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over banking and insurance 
concerning the superintendent's analysis of that report, any deficiencies noted by the 
superintendent or in the other state's report and what action has been taken to correct those 
deficiencies.
Sec. A-86.  24-A MRSA §2482, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 680, §1, is 
amended to read:
1.  Appeal to review panel appointed by commission.  Not later than 30 days after 
the commission has given notice of a disapproved product or advertisement filed with the 
commission, the insurer or 3rd-party filer whose filing was disapproved may appeal the 
determination to a review panel appointed by the commission.  The commission shall 
promulgate rules to establish procedures for appointing a review panel and provide for 
notice and hearing.  An allegation that the commission, in disapproving a product or 
advertisement filed with the commission, acted arbitrarily, capriciously or in a manner that 
is an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with the law is subject to judicial 
review in accordance with section 2474 2478, subsection 5 7.
Sec. A-87.  24-A MRSA §2540, as amended by PL 1979, c. 141, is further amended 
to read:
§2540.  "Wholesale life insurance" defined
"Wholesale life insurance" is that plan of life insurance, other than salary savings life 
insurance or pension trust insurance and annuities, under which individual policies are 
issued to the employees of any employer and where such policies are issued on the lives of 
not less than 3 employees at date of issue. Premiums for such policies shall must be paid 
either wholly from the employer's funds, or funds contributed by him the employer, or 
partly from such funds and partly from funds contributed by the insured employees. In 
addition to the wholesale plans referred to in this section, wholesale life insurance may also 
be issued to any group of persons eligible for franchise health insurance under section 2740, 
subject to the terms and conditions of that section.
Sec. A-88.  24-A MRSA §2736-C, sub-§6, ¶A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 332, 
Pt. K, §1, is further amended to read:
A.  Each carrier must actively market individual health plan coverage, including any 
standardized plans defined pursuant to subsection 8, to individuals in this State.
Sec. A-89.  24-A MRSA §2736-C, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2011, c. 364, §8, is 
further amended to read:
9.  Exemption for certain associations.  The superintendent may exempt a group 
health insurance policy or group nonprofit hospital or medical service corporation contract 
issued to an association group, organized pursuant to section 2805‑A, from the 
requirements of subsection 3, paragraph A; and subsection 6, paragraph A; and subsection 
if:
A.  Issuance and renewal of coverage under the policy or contract is guaranteed to all 
members of the association who are residents of this State and to their dependents;
B.  Rates for the association comply with the premium rate requirements of subsection 
or are established on a nationwide basis and substantially comply with the purposes 
of this section, except that exempted associations may be rated separately from the 
carrier's other individual health plans, if any;
C.  The group's anticipated loss ratio, as defined in subsection 5, is at least 75%;
D.  The association's membership criteria do not include age, health status, medical 
utilization history or any other factor with a similar purpose or effect;
E.  The association's group health plan is not marketed to the general public;
F.  The association does not allow insurance agents or brokers to market association 
memberships, accept applications for memberships or enroll members, except when 
the association is an association of insurance agents or brokers organized under section 
2805‑A;
G.  Insurance is provided as an incidental benefit of association membership and the 
primary purposes of the association do not include group buying or mass marketing of 
insurance or other goods and services; and
H.  Granting an exemption to the association does not conflict with the purposes of this 
section.
Except for individuals with grandfathered health plans under the federal Affordable Care 
Act, this subsection does not apply to policies, contracts or certificates that are executed, 
delivered, issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 
2014.
Sec. A-90.  24-A MRSA §2904, first ¶, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §254, 
is amended to read:
Whenever any person, including an administrator, executor, or guardian, recovers a 
final judgment against any other person for any loss or damage specified in section 2903, 
the judgment creditor is entitled to have the insurance money applied to the satisfaction of 
the judgment by bringing a civil action, in the judgment creditor's own name, against the 
insurer to reach and apply the insurance money, if when the right of action accrued, the 
judgment debtor was insured against such liability and if before the recovery of the 
judgment the insurer had had notice of such accident, injury or damage. The insurer has the 
right to invoke the defenses described in this section in the proceedings.  The provisions of 
this paragraph and section 2903 do not apply:
Sec. A-91.  24-A MRSA §3423, sub-§1, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §281, 
is amended to read:
1.   If a domestic stock insurer's paid-in capital stock, as represented by the aggregate 
par value of its outstanding capital stock, becomes impaired, or the assets of a domestic 
mutual insurer are less than its liabilities and the minimum amount of basic surplus required 
to be maintained by it under this Title for authority to transact the kinds of insurance being 
transacted, the superintendent shall at once determine the amount of deficiency and serve 
notice upon the insurer to cure the deficiency and file proof thereof with the insurer 
superintendent within the period specified in the notice, which period may not be less than 
nor more than 90 days from the date of the notice. Such notice may be so served by 
delivery to the insurer, or by mailing to the insurer addressed to its registered office in this 
State.
Sec. A-92.  24-A MRSA §3871, sub-§2, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §319, 
is amended to read:
2.   If an An order to show cause why a receiver, conservator, rehabilitator or liquidator 
of the insurer should not be appointed is issued while the subscriber's policy is in force or 
within one year after its termination.
Sec. A-93.  24-A MRSA §4128, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §§332 to 334, 
is amended to read:
§4128.  Licensing of agents
Insurance producers of societies must be licensed in accordance with chapter 16 
provided the examination requirements of chapter 16 are not applicable to any insurance 
producer who was in the service of a society on January 1, 1978, and provided except that 
no insurance producer's license is required of the following if:
1.  Officer devoting substantial time to activities other than solicitation or 
negotiation of insurance contracts.  Any An officer, employee or secretary of any such a 
society or of any subordinate lodge or branch thereof who of that society devotes 
substantially all of the officer's, employee's or secretary's time to activities other than the 
solicitation or negotiation of insurance contracts and who receives no commission or other 
compensation directly dependent upon the number or amount of contracts solicited or 
negotiated;
2.  Agent devoting less than 50% of time to solicitation and procurement of 
insurance contracts.  Any An agent or representative of a society who devotes less than 
50% of the agent's or representative's time to the solicitation and procurement of insurance 
contracts for such the society. Any A person, who in the preceding calendar year has 
solicited and procured life insurance in excess of $200,000, face amount, or, in the case of 
any other kind or kinds of insurance that the society may write, on the persons of more than 
individuals and who has received or will receive a commission or other compensation 
therefor, for the solicitation and procurement is presumed to be devoting 50% of the 
person's time to the solicitation or procurement of insurance contracts for such the society; 
or
3.  Persons who do not effect insurance.  Any A member of a society who does not 
effect insurance and whose that member's solicitation or negotiation is incidental to 
securing new members for the member's society and whose that member's only 
remuneration consists of prizes in the form of merchandise or payments of a nominal 
amount.
Sec. A-94.  24-A MRSA §4381, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. B, §375, is 
amended to read:
§4381.  Offsets
1.   In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the insurer and another person 
in connection with any action or proceeding under this chapter, such credits and debts shall 
must be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in 
subsection 2.
2.   No An offset shall be is not allowed in favor of any such a person where if:
A.  The obligation of the insurer to such the person would not at the date of the entry 
of any liquidation order or otherwise, as provided in section 4376, entitle such the 
person to share as a claimant in the assets of the insurer; or
B.  The obligation of the insurer to such the person was purchased by or transferred to 
such the person with a view of its being used as an offset,; or
C.  The obligation of such the person is to pay an assessment levied against the 
members of a mutual insurer, or against the subscribers of a reciprocal insurer, or is to 
pay a balance upon the subscription to the capital stock of a stock insurer.
Sec. A-95.  25 MRSA §2469, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 194, §1 and 
affected by §3, is amended to read:
A.  With an assembly that incorporates a sensor control component and an alarm 
notification that detects elevations in propane, natural gas or any liquified liquefied 
petroleum gas;
Sec. A-96.  25 MRSA §2469, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2021, c. 676, Pt. D, §5, is 
further amended to read:
2.  Fuel gas detector required.  The building owner shall install, or cause to be 
installed, in accordance with the manufacturer's requirements at least one approved fuel 
gas detector in every room containing an appliance that combusts propane, natural gas or 
any liquified liquefied petroleum gas in:
A.  Each unit in any building of multifamily occupancy;
B.  A fraternity house, sorority house or dormitory that is affiliated with an educational 
facility;
C.  A children's home, emergency children's shelter, children's residential care facility, 
shelter for homeless children or specialized children's home as defined in Title 22, 
section 8101, subsections 1, 2, 4, 4‑A and 5, respectively;
D.  A hotel, motel or inn;
E.  A mixed use occupancy that contains a dwelling unit;
F.  Beginning January 1, 2026, a business occupancy;
G.  Beginning January 1, 2026, a mercantile occupancy; or
H.  Beginning January 1, 2026, an assembly occupancy.
Sec. A-97.  25 MRSA §2469, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 194, §1 and 
affected by §3, is amended to read:
4.  Transfer of building.  A person who, after January 1, 2022, acquires by sale or 
exchange a building listed in subsection 2, paragraph A shall install fuel gas detectors in 
accordance with subsection 2 in the acquired building within 30 days of acquisition or 
occupancy of the building, whichever is later, if fuel gas detectors in accordance with 
subsection 2 are not already present, and shall certify at the closing of the transaction that 
fuel gas detectors will be installed.  This certification must be signed and dated by the 
person acquiring the building.  A fuel gas detector must be installed in accordance with the 
manufacturer's requirements at the time of installation in each area containing an appliance 
fueled by propane, natural gas or liquified liquefied petroleum gas.  A person may not have 
a claim for relief against a property owner, a property purchaser, an authorized agent of a 
property owner or purchaser, a person in possession of real property, a closing agent or a 
lender for any damages resulting from the operation, maintenance or effectiveness of a fuel 
gas detector.  Violation of this subsection does not create a defect in title.
Sec. A-98.  26 MRSA §42-A, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 559, Pt. B, 
§6, is further amended to read:
A.  The development and application of a statewide safety education and training 
program to familiarize employers, supervisors, employees and union leaders with 
techniques of accident investigation and prevention, including education and training 
assistance to employers and employees under the chemical substance identification law 
in sections 1715 and 1720;
Sec. A-99.  26 MRSA §1043, sub-§11, ¶D is repealed and the following enacted 
in its place:
D.  Service is considered to be localized within a state if:
(1)  The service is performed entirely within a state; or
(2)  The service is performed both within and outside a state, but the service 
performed outside a state is incidental to the individual's service within the State, 
including service that is temporary or transitory in nature or consists of isolated 
transactions.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, "employment" includes all 
service performed after January 1, 1947 by an officer or member of the crew of an 
American vessel on or in connection with the vessel, as long as the operating office 
from which the operations of the vessel operating on navigable waters within, or within 
and outside, the United States are ordinarily and regularly supervised, managed, 
directed or controlled is within the State.
Sec. A-100.  26 MRSA §1162, as amended by PL 2021, c. 456, §11, is further 
amended to read:
§1162.  Withdrawals
Moneys must be requisitioned from the State's account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund solely for the payment of benefits and for the payment of refunds pursuant to section 
1043, subsection 11, paragraph F, subparagraph (2) and section 1225 in accordance with 
rules prescribed by the commissioner.  The commissioner shall from time to time 
requisition from the Unemployment Trust Fund the amounts, not exceeding the amounts 
standing to this State's account therein, as the commissioner considers necessary for the 
payment of the benefits and refunds for a reasonable future period.  Upon receipt thereof 
the Treasurer of State shall deposit the moneys in the benefit account and warrants must be 
issued for the payment of benefits and refunds solely from the benefit account.  All warrants 
issued for the payment of benefits and refunds must bear the signature of the commissioner 
or the commissioner's duly authorized agent for that purpose.  When so signed and 
delivered to the payee, the warrants become a check against a designated bank or trust 
company acting as a depository of the State Government.  The commissioner is the final 
judge of the legality or propriety of any award of benefits, or the amount thereof, appearing 
in any such warrant prepared by the commissioner, subject only to the right of appeal as 
provided in section 1194, subsections subsection 8 and 9.  Any balance of moneys 
requisitioned from the Unemployment Trust Fund that remains unclaimed or unpaid in the 
benefit account after the expiration of the period for which the sums were requisitioned 
must either be deducted from estimates for, and may be utilized for the payment of, benefits 
and refunds during succeeding periods or, in the discretion of the commissioner, be 
redeposited with the United States Secretary of the Treasury, to the credit of this State's 
account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, as provided in section 1161.
Sec. A-101.  26 MRSA §1285, sub-§1, ¶C, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. A, 
§93, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
C.  To execute in writing an agreement between the public employer and the bargaining 
agent. An agreement under this paragraph is subject to negotiation and may not exceed 
years; 
Sec. A-102.  28-A MRSA §1066-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 373, §91, 
is further amended to read:
1.  Issuance of licenses.  The bureau may issue licenses under this section for the sale 
of malt liquor to be consumed on the premises to taverns as defined in section 2, subsection 
15, paragraph T‑1.
Sec. A-103.  28-A MRSA §1074, as amended by PL 2021, c. 598, §6 and c. 658, 
§194, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§1074.  Outdoor stadiums
1.  Issuance of licenses.  The bureau may issue a license under this section for the sale 
of malt liquor, wine and spirits for on-premises consumption to an outdoor stadium, as 
defined in section 2, subsection 15, paragraph M.  A concessionaire or lessee may be issued 
a license under this section, regardless of whether it controls the premises, as long as that 
concessionaire or lessee complies with the notice provisions applicable to qualified catering 
services in section 1076, subsection 7 prior to exercising the license.
2.  No sales at events for children.  A licensee under this section may not sell malt 
liquor, wine or spirits at an outdoor stadium at any event primarily involving primary or 
secondary schoolchildren.
3.  Conditions on sales.  A licensee under this section may not sell malt liquor, wine 
or spirits in the spectator stands at an outdoor stadium.  A licensee may sell malt liquor, 
wine or spirits only by the glass in plastic or paper cups.
Sec. A-104.  28-A MRSA §1355-A, sub-§5, ¶K, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 742, 
§1 and reallocated by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. A, §100, is amended to read:
K.  A rectifier and a holder of a distillery or small distillery license shall comply with 
all applicable requirements of Title 38, section 1612 1615.
Sec. A-105.  28-A MRSA §1404, sub-§1, ¶D, as repealed by PL 2021, c. 622, §4 
and amended by c. 658, §245, is repealed.
Sec. A-106.  28-A MRSA §1404, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 2021, c. 622, §4 
and c. 658, §246, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
E.  On receipt of the copy of the completed purchase order form and payment for excise 
taxes submitted under paragraph C, the bureau shall promptly process the payment and 
submit copies of the completed purchase order form indicating that excise taxes have 
been paid to the unbonded wholesale licensee and to the certificate of approval holder 
with which the unbonded wholesale licensee wishes to place the order.
Sec. A-107.  28-A MRSA §1405, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2021, c. 622, §5 
and c. 658, §248, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
C.  The bonded wholesale licensee shall submit a copy of the completed purchase order 
form to the certificate of approval holder with which the bonded wholesale licensee 
wishes to place the order.
Sec. A-108.  29-A MRSA §255, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 645, Pt. B, 
§6 and affected by §24, is amended to read:
A.  The Secretary of State has received a written request along with a copy of a 
protection order that has been issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655; Title 15, 
section 321; Title 19 19-A, section 765 4006 or 766 4007; or Title 22, chapter 1071 to 
protect the requestor from harassment or abuse; or
Sec. A-109.  30-A MRSA §1601, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 
and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is 
further amended to read:
This section does not apply to sections 1602 and section 1603 and section 1606, 
subsection 1.
Sec. A-110.  30-A MRSA §1603, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. 
C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further 
amended to read:
§1603.  Contracts subject to cancellation or suspension
Except for contracts made under section 1602 1606, subsection 1, any contract for the 
employment of prisoners made by the county commissioners with any person, firm or 
corporation, shall must be made subject to the right of the county commissioners to 
withdraw, cancel or suspend the contract in whole or in part.
Sec. A-111.  30-A MRSA §1658, 2nd ¶, as amended by PL 2021, c. 676, Pt. B, §3, 
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 Title 34‑A, section 1210‑D 1210-E.  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. A-112.  Effective date. That section of this Part that amends the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 30-A, section 1658 takes effect July 1, 2023.
Sec. A-113.  30-A MRSA §1671, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 2015, c. 329, Pt. 
A, §18, is further amended to read:
A.  Developing and adopting a mission statement consistent with the purposes of the 
State Board of Corrections under Title 34‑A, section 1801;
Sec. A-114.  32 MRSA §83, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1983, c. 693, §2, is further 
amended to read:
5.  Ambulance service.  "Ambulance service" means any person, persons or 
organization which that holds itself out to be a provider of transportation of ill or injured 
persons or which that routinely provides transportation for ill or injured persons.  For the 
purposes of this chapter, the Maine Army National Guard, the Maine Air National Guard 
and the United States Armed Forces shall are not be considered ambulance services.  It 
"Ambulance service" does not mean a person, persons or an organization which that 
transports ill or injured persons for reasons not connected with their illness or injury.  It 
"Ambulance service" does not mean a nursing home licensed under Title 22, chapter 405, 
a boarding home residential care facility or assisted living program licensed under Title 22, 
chapter 1665 1664, a children's home licensed under Title 22, chapter 1669, or similar 
residential facility when transporting its own residents or those of another similarly 
licensed facility when those residents do not require emergency medical treatment.
Sec. A-115.  32 MRSA §2298, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 324, §2, is 
amended to read:
1.  Effective date Assembly; rules.  This compact becomes effective on the date on 
which the compact statute is enacted into law in the 10th member state.  The provisions, 
which become effective at that time, of this compact are limited to the powers granted to 
the commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules.  Thereafter, the The 
commission shall meet and exercise rule-making powers necessary to the implementation 
and administration of the compact.
Sec. A-116.  32 MRSA §2561, as amended by PL 2019, c. 627, Pt. B, §10, is further 
amended to read:
§2561.  Membership; qualifications; tenure; vacancies
The Board of Osteopathic Licensure, as established by Title 5, section 12004‑A, 
subsection 29, and in this chapter called the "board," consists of 11 members appointed by 
the Governor.  Members must be residents of this State.  Six members must be graduates 
of a school or college of osteopathic medicine approved by the American Osteopathic 
Association and must have been, at the time of appointment, actively engaged in the 
practice of the profession of osteopathic medicine in the State for a continuous period of at 
least 5 years preceding their appointment to the board.  Two members must be physician 
assistants licensed under this chapter who have been actively engaged in the profession of 
physician assistant in this State for at least 5 years preceding appointment to the board.  
Three members must be public members.  Consumer groups may submit nominations to 
the Governor for the members to be appointed to represent the interest of consumers.  A 
full term of appointment is for 5 years.  Appointment of members must comply with Title 
10, section 60 8009.  A member of the board may be removed from office for cause by the 
Governor.
Sec. A-117.  32 MRSA §3302, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. D, §3, 
is further amended to read:
1.  License required.  A license is required for any individual who is engaged in 
plumbing or performing plumbing installations. No A license is not required for any 
activity for which a permit is not required under Title 30 30-A, section 3223 or its successor 
4215.  This section does not apply to the following:
A.  Plumbing by regular employees of public utilities as defined in Title 35‑A, section 
102, when working as such;
B.  Plumbing by oil burner technicians, duly licensed under chapter 139, and propane 
and natural gas installers, licensed under chapter 139, except that this exception only 
applies to hot and cold water connections to existing piping in the same room where 
the installation is taking place and does not apply beyond any existing branch 
connection supplying water;
C.  Plumbing by a person in a single-family residence occupied or to be occupied by 
that person as that person's bona fide personal abode as long as the installation 
conforms with board laws and rules; and
D.  Plumbing by a pump installer who is duly licensed pursuant to section 4700‑I, 
subsection 2, except that this exception is limited to installing piping from the cold 
water distribution pipe at the pressure tank's main shut-off valve to the existing water 
supply piping as long as the piping is located in the same room as the tank, the length 
of the piping is no longer than 15 feet and the piping does not extend beyond any 
existing branches.  Such plumbing must conform to the board's laws and rules.
Sec. A-118.  32 MRSA §3850-C, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 331, §1, is 
amended to read:
1.  Effective date Assembly; rules.  The compact comes into effect on the date on 
which the compact is enacted into law in the 7th compact state.  The provisions, which 
become effective at that time, of this compact are limited to the powers granted to the 
commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules.  Thereafter, the The 
commission shall meet and exercise rule-making powers necessary for the implementation 
and administration of the compact.
Sec. A-119.  33 MRSA §1952, as amended by PL 2019, c. 496, §§1 to 3 and repealed 
by c. 498, §21, is repealed.
Sec. A-120.  33 MRSA §1953, as amended by PL 2019, c. 496, §4 and repealed by 
c. 498, §21, is repealed.
Sec. A-121.  33 MRSA §1959, as amended by PL 2019, c. 496, §5 and repealed by 
c. 498, §21, is repealed.
Sec. A-122.  33 MRSA §1979, as amended by PL 2019, c. 496, §6 and repealed by 
c. 498, §21, is repealed.
Sec. A-123.  34-A MRSA §1214, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2021, c. 676, Pt. B, 
§4, 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 section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 2 1, paragraph A or any contract agency with 
all laws, administrative rules and institutional and other policies relating to the rights and 
dignity of victims.
Sec. A-124.  34-A MRSA §1214, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2021, c. 676, Pt. 
B, §5, 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 section 1210‑D 
1210-E, subsection 2 1, paragraph A or any contract agency or assist these persons in 
the resolution of victim-related issues;
Sec. A-125.  Effective date. Those sections of this Part that amend the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, section 1214, subsection 1 and subsection 3, paragraph B take 
effect July 1, 2023.
Sec. A-126.  35-A MRSA §1316, as amended by PL 2021, c. 659, §§5 to 9 and c. 
702, §4, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§1316.  Testimony presented by employees of public utilities, competitive electricity 
providers, affiliated interests or utility contractors to legislative committees, 
the Public Utilities Commission and the Public Advocate
1.  Definitions.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings.
A.  "Employee" means a person who currently performs or formerly performed a 
service for wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, expressed or implied, 
for a public utility, competitive electricity provider, affiliated interest or utility 
contractor.
A-1.  "Affiliated interest" has the same meaning as in section 707, subsection 1, 
paragraph A.
B.  "Employer" means a public utility, competitive electricity provider, affiliated 
interest or utility contractor licensed to do business in this State with one or more 
employees.
C.  "Legislative committee" means a joint standing committee or a joint select 
committee of the Legislature, a task force, commission or council or any other 
committee established by the Legislature and composed wholly or partly of Legislators 
for the purpose of conducting legislative business.
D.  "Own time" means an employee's vacation or personal time, earned as a condition 
of employment.
E.  "Utility contractor" means a person that provides goods or services to a public utility 
or competitive electricity provider.
2.  Right of employees to provide testimony.  Employees have the right to represent 
themselves and to testify before or provide information to a legislative committee, the 
commission or the Public Advocate on their own time.  An employee who complies with 
this section may not be denied the right to testify before or provide information to a 
legislative committee, the commission or the Public Advocate.
2-A.  Right of utility contractors to provide testimony.  A utility contractor has the 
right to testify before or provide information to a legislative committee, the commission or 
the Public Advocate.
3.  Discharge of, threats to or discrimination against employees for testimony 
presented to legislative committees, the commission or the Public Advocate.  A 
supervisor may not discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate against an employee 
regarding the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location or privileges of 
employment because the employee, in compliance with this section, in good faith testifies 
before or provides information to a legislative committee, the commission or the Public 
Advocate regarding the operation of the business of a public utility or competitive 
electricity provider or because the employee brings the subject matter of the testimony or 
information to the attention of a person having supervisory authority.
This subsection does not apply to an employee who has testified before or provided 
information to a legislative committee, the commission or the Public Advocate unless the 
employee has first brought the subject matter of the testimony or information in writing to 
the attention of a person having supervisory authority with the employer and has allowed 
the employer a reasonable time to address the subject matter of the testimony or 
information.  If appropriate, the employer shall respond in writing.
4.  Exceptions.  The protections created in subsections 3 and 9 do not apply to 
testimony or information that, upon reasonable inquiry by the employee or utility 
contractor, would be found to be false.
5.  Civil actions for injunctive relief or other remedies by employees.  An employee 
who alleges a violation of rights under this section and who has made reasonable efforts to 
exhaust all grievance procedures, as provided for in the contract of employment or that 
otherwise may be available at the employee's place of employment, may bring a civil 
action, including an action for injunctive relief, within 90 days after the occurrence of that 
alleged violation or after the grievance procedure or similar process terminates.  The action 
may be brought in the Superior Court for the county where the alleged violation occurred, 
the county where the complainant resides or the county where the person against whom the 
civil complaint is filed resides.  An employee must establish each element of the employee's 
case by a preponderance of the evidence.
5-A.  Civil actions for injunctive relief or other remedies by utility contractors.  A 
utility contractor that alleges a violation of rights under this section may bring a civil action, 
including an action for injunctive relief, within 90 days after the occurrence of that alleged 
violation.  The action may be brought in the Superior Court for the county where the alleged 
violation occurred, the county where the complainant resides or the county where the 
person against whom the civil complaint is filed resides.  A utility contractor must establish 
each element of the utility contractor's case by a preponderance of the evidence.
6.  Remedies ordered by court.  A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought 
pursuant to this section, may order reinstatement of the employee, the payment of back 
wages, full reinstatement of fringe benefits and seniority rights or any combination of these 
remedies.  If an employee or utility contractor is the prevailing party, a court shall award 
the employee or utility contractor all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including 
reasonable attorney's fees and witness fees.
7.  Agreements.  This section does not diminish or impair the rights of a person under 
any collective bargaining agreement. A public utility, competitive electricity provider or 
affiliated interest may not enter into an agreement preventing employees from exercising 
their rights to testify before or provide information to a legislative committee, the 
commission or the Public Advocate pursuant to this section.
8.  Jury trial; common-law rights.  Any action brought under this section may be 
heard by a jury.  Nothing in this section derogates any common-law rights of an employee 
or employer.
9.  Contracts with utility contractors.  If a utility contractor, in compliance with this 
section and in good faith, testifies before or provides information to a legislative committee, 
the commission or the Public Advocate, a public utility or competitive electricity provider 
may not respond to such action by the utility contractor by:
A.  Terminating or threatening to terminate a contract with the utility contractor; or  
B.  Harming or threatening to harm the utility contractor financially.
10.  Notice of rights required.  A public utility and a competitive electricity provider 
shall notify the public utility's and the competitive electricity provider's employees, 
affiliated interests and utility contractors of their rights under this section.
11.  Penalties.  The commission may impose penalties for violations of this section.  
This subsection does not apply in the case of an employee of a utility contractor alleging a 
violation under subsection 3.
12.  Rulemaking.  The commission may adopt rules to implement this section.  Rules 
adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 
375, subchapter 2‑A.
Sec. A-127.  35-A MRSA §2503, sub-§18, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, 
§6, is amended to read:
18.  Rights of applicable licensing authority.  Nothing in Title 30 30-A, section 2151 
3008, subsection 1, paragraph H, 5 impairs the rights of the applicable licensing authority.
Sec. A-128.  35-A MRSA §3206-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. G, 
§4, is amended by amending the first blocked paragraph to read:
If the commission orders a divestiture pursuant to this subsection, the distribution utility 
must complete the divestiture within 12 months of the order to divest, unless the 
commission grants an extension.  Upon application by the distribution utility, the 
commission may grant an extension for the purpose of permitting the utility to complete a 
divestiture that has been initiated in good faith but not finalized within the 12-month period.  
The commission shall oversee and approve a divestiture in accordance with rules adopted 
pursuant to section 3204, subsection 4.
Sec. A-129.  36 MRSA c. 109, as amended, is repealed.
Sec. A-130.  37 MRSA c. 5, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. A-131. 37 MRSA c. 7, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. A-132. 37 MRSA c. 9, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. A-133.  37-B MRSA §796, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 464, §3, is 
amended to read:
3.  Revised data sheets.  Within 3 months after the discovery of new information about 
a hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance identified in the data sheet required 
by subsection 1, paragraph A or within 3 months after obtaining a hazardous chemical or 
extremely hazardous substance for which reporting is required by subsection 1, paragraph 
A, the owner or operator of a facility shall prepare and submit a revised data sheet or a 
revised list of chemicals for which data sheets are available that meets the requirements of 
subsection 1, paragraph A and contains the new information to the local emergency 
planning committee, the commission, and the fire department having jurisdiction over the 
facility.
Sec. A-134.  38 MRSA §440, 3rd ¶, as amended by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §§86 
and 106 and PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to 
read:
Zoning ordinances adopted or extended pursuant to this section need not depend upon 
the existence of a zoning ordinance for all of the land and water area within a municipality, 
despite the provisions of Title 30‑A, section 4503, 4532 to the contrary, provided such 
ordinances are except that an ordinance is required for entrance of the municipality into the 
Federal Flood Insurance Program. Ordinances or amendments adopted by authority of this 
section shall may not extend beyond an area greater than that necessary to comply with the 
requirements of the Federal Flood Insurance Program.
Sec. A-135.  38 MRSA §440, 4th ¶, as amended by PL 1989, c. 403, §9, is further 
amended to read:
Zoning ordinances adopted or amended pursuant to this section shall must designate as 
a resource protection zone or its equivalent, as defined in the guidelines adopted pursuant 
to section 438‑A, subsection 1, all areas within the floodway of the 100-year flood plain 
along rivers and in the velocity zone in areas subject to tides, based on detailed flood 
insurance studies and as delineated on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood 
Boundary and Floodway Maps and Flood Insurance Rate Maps. This provision does not 
apply to areas zoned for general development or its equivalent, as defined in the guidelines 
adopted pursuant to section 438‑A, subsection 1, as of the effective date of this paragraph 
July 16, 1986, or within areas designated by ordinances as densely developed. The 
determination of which areas are densely developed shall must be based on a finding that, 
as of the effective date of this paragraph July 16, 1986, existing development meets the 
definition in former section 436, subsection 3.
Sec. A-136.  38 MRSA §480-U, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 214, §2, is 
amended by amending subparagraph (1) to read:
(1)  The cranberries must be cultivated in accordance with organic production 
standards established in Title 7, section 551, subsection 2 and section 553, 
subsection 1, paragraph A the rules and regulations of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service's National Organic 
Program.
Sec. A-137.  38 MRSA §555, as amended by PL 1997, c. 424, Pt. B, §8, is further 
amended to read:
§555.  Budget approval
The commissioner shall submit budget recommendations for disbursements from the 
fund in accordance with section 551, subsection 5, paragraphs A, C, F and H for each 
biennium. The budget must be submitted as part of the unified current services budget 
legislation in accordance with Title 5, sections 1663 to 1666. The State Controller shall 
authorize expenditures therefrom as approved by the commissioner. Expenditures pursuant 
to section 551, subsection 5, paragraphs B, D,  and E and G may be made as authorized by 
the State Controller following approval by the commissioner.
Sec. A-138.  38 MRSA §704 is amended to read:
§704.  Trial; costs
When any such an answer is filed pursuant to section 703 and an issue in fact or in law 
is joined, it shall must be decided as similar issues are decided at common law. If judgment 
is for the defendant, he shall the defendant is entitled to recover his the defendant's costs.
Sec. A-139.  38 MRSA §718 is amended to read:
§718.  --offer of increased compensation
The owner of the mill, dam or canal may within said month the time provided in section 
offer in writing to the owner of the land injured, an increase of compensation for the 
future. If the owner of the land does not agree to accept it, but brings a new complaint for 
the purpose of increasing it, he recovers no the owner of the land may not recover costs 
unless he that owner obtains an increase greater than the offer.
Sec. A-140.  38 MRSA §719 is amended to read:
§719.  --offer to accept less compensation
The owner of the land injured may within said month the time provided in section 717 
offer in writing to the owner of the mill, dam or canal to accept a reduced compensation 
for the future. If the owner of the mill, dam or canal declines to pay it, and brings a new 
complaint to obtain a reduction, he shall the owner of the mill, dam or canal may not recover 
no costs, unless such the compensation is reduced to a sum less than what was offered.
Sec. A-141.  38 MRSA §727 is amended to read:
§727.  If complaint abates, rights preserved by new complaint
If such a complaint referenced in section 725 or 726 is abated or defeated for want of 
form, or if, after a verdict for the plaintiff, judgment is reversed, he the plaintiff may bring 
a new complaint at any time within one year thereafter and thereon recover the damages 
sustained during the 3 years preceding the institution of the first complaint, or at any time 
afterwards.
Sec. A-142.  38 MRSA §963, sub-§1, ¶A, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, 
§259, is amended to read:
A.  Application of the performance standard to the land or water area in question will 
result in undue hardship to the applicant, provided that hardship to the applicant, 
provided except that hardship shall may not be construed to include hardship:
(1)  Any hardship attributable Attributable to any act, course of conduct or failure 
to act of the applicant or the applicant's predecessor in interest beginning with the 
owner of record on the effective date of this chapter or of a performance standard 
adopted pursuant thereto to this chapter from which a variance is sought; or
(2)  Any hardship that That is not unique to the petitioner's land;
Sec. A-143.  38 MRSA §974 is amended to read:
§974.  Right of owner to search for lost logs
The owner of such logs, masts or spars referred to in section 971 or the owner's agent 
may at any time, by himself or his agent, enter in a peaceable manner upon any mill, mill-
brow, boom or raft of logs or other timber in search of such that lost property. Whoever 
willfully prevents or obstructs such a search for that lost property forfeits for each offense 
not less than $20 nor more than $50, to the person by whom or on whose account such the 
entry was claimed, to be recovered in a civil action.
Sec. A-144.  38 MRSA §1104, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 466, §3, is 
amended to read:
C.  The trustee against whom the recall petition is filed shall be is a candidate at the 
special election without nomination, unless he the trustee resigns within 10 days after 
the original filing of the petition. There shall be no A primary may not be held. 
Candidates for the office may be nominated under the usual procedure of nomination 
for a primary election by filing nomination papers, not later than 5 p.m., 4 weeks 
preceding the election and have their names placed on the ballot at the special election.
Sec. A-145.  39-A MRSA §201, sub-§3-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 2021, c. 629, 
§2, is further amended to read:
B.  The employee is a law enforcement officer, corrections officer, E-9-1-1 dispatcher, 
firefighter or emergency medical services person and is diagnosed by an allopathic 
physician or an osteopathic physician licensed under Title 32, chapter 48 or chapter 36, 
respectively, with a specialization in psychiatry or a psychologist licensed under Title 
32, chapter 56 as having post-traumatic stress disorder that resulted from work stress, 
that the work stress was extraordinary and unusual compared with that experienced by 
the average employee and the work stress and not some other source of stress was the 
predominant cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder, in which case the post-
traumatic stress disorder is presumed to have arisen out of and in the course of the 
worker's employment.  This presumption may be rebutted by clear and convincing 
evidence to the contrary.  For purposes of this paragraph, "law enforcement officer," 
"corrections officer," "firefighter" and "emergency medical services person" have the 
same meaning as in section 328‑A, subsection 1.  For the purposes of this paragraph, 
"E-9-1-1 dispatcher" means a person who receives calls made to the E-9-1-1 system 
and dispatches emergency services.  "E-9-1-1 dispatcher" includes an emergency 
medical dispatcher as defined in Title 32, chapter 2‑B, section 85‑A, subsection 1, 
paragraph D.
Each time the Legislature amends this paragraph to provide for a rebuttable 
presumption for a new category of employees, the board shall submit a report to the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters no 
later than the January 1st after the 5th year of the addition of the category of employees 
and no later than the January 1st after the 10th year of the addition of the category of 
employees. The reports must include an analysis of the number of claims brought under 
this paragraph, the portion of those claims that resulted in a settlement or award of 
benefits and the effect of the provisions of this paragraph on costs to the State and its 
subdivisions.  The Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of 
Human Resources and the Department of Public Safety shall assist the board in 
developing the reports, and the board shall seek the input of an association the whose 
membership whose consists exclusively of counties, municipalities and other political 
or administrative subdivisions in the development of the report.
This paragraph is repealed October 1, 2025.
Sec. A-146.  39-A MRSA §308, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 
and affected by §§9 to 11, is amended to read:
2.  Employment status reports.  At the previous employer's request, any person 
receiving compensation under this Act who has not returned to that person's previous 
employment must submit quarterly employment status reports to that employer.  The report 
is due 90 days after the date of injury, or after the filing of the report under subsection 3 1, 
and every 90 days thereafter.  The report must be in a form prescribed by the board and 
must indicate whether the employee has been employed, changed employment or 
performed any services for compensation during the previous 90 days, the nature of the 
employment or services, the name and address of the employer or person for whom the 
services were performed and any other information that the board by rule may require.  Any 
employer requesting a quarterly report under this subsection must provide the employee 
with the prescribed form at least 15 days prior to the date on which it is due.
Sec. A-147. PL 2019, c. 650, §20, amending clause is amended to read: 
Sec. 20. 29-A MRSA §2390, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2017, c. 165, §10 and c. 
229, §34, is further amended by amending the first paragraph to read:
Sec. A-148. PL 2021, c. 528, §10 is amended to read: 
Sec. 10. Maine Veterans' Homes; Caribou and Machias locations.  
Notwithstanding any decision of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Veterans' Homes prior 
to the effective date of this section, the Maine Veterans' Homes located in Caribou and 
Machias may not be closed until the Board of Trustees of the Maine Veterans' Homes 
submits a report under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, section 611 that includes a 
proposal to close those homes and the process required under Title 37-B, section 612 has 
been followed.
Sec. A-149. PL 2021, c. 688, §3 is amended to read:
Sec. 3. Staggered terms.  Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, 
section 3702 3802, subsection 5, initial appointments to the Essential Support Workforce 
Advisory Committee must be staggered as follows: 
1.  One member appointed by the President of the Senate must be appointed for a one-
year term; one member must be appointed for a 2-year term; and 3 members must be 
appointed for 3-year terms; and
2.  One member appointed by the Speaker of the House must be appointed for a 
one-year term; one member must be appointed for a 2-year term; and 3 members must be 
appointed for 3-year terms. 
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation 
takes effect when approved, except as otherwise indicated.
SUMMARY
Part A does the following.
Section 1 corrects a cross-reference.
Sections 2 and 3 correct a cross-reference and make a technical correction.
Sections 4 and 5 correct a cross-reference.
Section 6 makes grammatical corrections.
Section 7 corrects a clerical error.
Section 8 corrects a clerical error.
Sections 9 and 10 correct references to the Department of Administrative and Financial 
Services and make technical corrections and grammatical changes.
Sections 11 to 13 make grammatical corrections.
Section 14 corrects gender-specific language.
Section 15 corrects a cross-reference and makes a technical correction.
Sections 16 and 17 correct a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 90 and 286, 
which affected the same provisions of law, by repealing the provisions and replacing them 
with the chapter 286 versions.
Sections 18 to 21 correct a conflict created by Public Law 2019, chapters 364 and 370, 
which affected the same provisions of law, by repealing the provisions and replacing them 
with the substance of the chapter 364 version and a change to remove an unnecessary 
provision.
Section 22 makes a grammatical correction.
Section 23 makes grammatical corrections.
Section 24 makes a technical correction.
Section 25 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 26 makes grammatical and technical corrections.
Sections 27 and 28 correct gender-specific language.
Section 29 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 30 corrects gender-specific language.
Section 31 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 32 removes an obsolete cross-reference and makes a technical correction.
Section 33 makes a technical correction by repealing a chapter of law in which all the 
contents have already been repealed.
Section 34 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 35 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 36 corrects a cross-reference and makes grammatical changes.
Sections 37 and 38 correct cross-references and make grammatical changes.
Section 39 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 40 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 41 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 42 removes an obsolete cross-reference.
Section 43 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 44 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 676 and 719, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with the 
chapter 719 version.
Section 45 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 46 corrects a cross-reference.
Sections 47 to 49 remove obsolete cross-references.
Section 50 corrects gender-specific language and makes grammatical changes.
Section 51 corrects a clerical error.
Section 52 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 53 corrects cross-references.
Sections 54 to 56 make grammatical changes.
Section 57 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2019, chapters 331 and 354, which 
affected the same provision of law, by repealing and replacing the provision with the 
chapter 354 version. The chapter 354 version omits language that appears in the chapter 
version but that chapter 354 enacted, with the addition of the Maine Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention, in an immediately adjacent provision.
Section 58 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 367 and 387, which 
affected the same provision of law, by incorporating the changes made by both laws.
Section 59 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 60 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 61 makes a technical correction.
Section 62 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 63 corrects gender-specific language and makes grammatical changes.
Section 64 removes outdated language and references to eliminated advisory bodies 
and makes grammatical changes.
Section 65 removes references to eliminated advisory bodies and makes grammatical 
changes.
Section 66 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 67 removes an obsolete reference.
Sections 68 and 69 remove references to eliminated advisory bodies.
Section 70 removes references to an eliminated advisory body and makes grammatical 
changes.
Section 71 removes cross-references to repealed provisions of law and references to 
eliminated advisory bodies and makes grammatical changes.
Section 72 removes cross-references to repealed provisions of law and references to 
eliminated advisory bodies and makes grammatical changes.
Sections 73 to 75 remove references to eliminated advisory bodies and make 
grammatical changes and technical corrections.
Section 76 removes a reference to an eliminated advisory body and makes grammatical 
changes and a technical correction.
Section 77 corrects gender-specific language.
Section 78 corrects a cross-reference and makes a grammatical change.
Sections 79 and 80 correct gender-specific language and make grammatical changes.
Section 81 removes a reference to an eliminated advisory body and makes grammatical 
changes.
Section 82 removes an obsolete cross-reference.
Section 83 corrects a cross-reference and makes a grammatical change.
Section 84 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 85 removes an obsolete cross-reference and makes a grammatical change.
Section 86 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 87 removes a provision referencing a repealed provision of law, corrects 
gender-specific language and makes a grammatical change.
Sections 88 and 89 remove obsolete language referencing a repealed provision of law 
and make a grammatical change.
Section 90 makes a grammatical correction.
Section 91 corrects a clerical error.
Section 92 makes a grammatical correction.
Section 93 makes grammatical and technical corrections.
Section 94 makes grammatical and technical corrections.
Sections 95 to 97 conform the spelling of a term to a statutory norm.
Section 98 removes obsolete cross-references.
Section 99 makes grammatical and formatting changes.
Section 100 removes an obsolete cross-reference.
Section 101 makes grammatical changes and technical corrections.
Section 102 corrects a clerical error.
Section 103 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 598 and 658, 
which affected the same provision of law, by incorporating the changes made by both laws, 
and makes conforming changes.
Section 104 corrects a cross-reference.
Sections 105 and 106 correct conflicts created by Public Law 2021, chapters 622 and 
658, which affected the same provisions of law, by repealing the provisions and replacing 
them with the chapter 622 versions.
Section 107 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 622 and 658, 
which affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with 
the chapter 622 version.
Section 108 corrects cross-references.
Section 109 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 110 corrects a cross-reference and makes a grammatical change.
Sections 111 and 112 correct a cross-reference.
Section 113 removes a reference to the State Board of Corrections, which was 
eliminated by Public Law 2015, chapter 335.
Section 114 corrects cross-references, makes grammatical changes and eliminates an 
outdated term.
Section 115 removes the conditional effective date of the Occupational Therapy 
Licensure Compact as executed law because the conditions have been met and the compact 
has taken effect.
Section 116 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 117 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 118 removes the conditional effective date of the Psychology 
Interjurisdictional Compact as executed law because the conditions have been met and the 
compact has taken effect.
Section 119 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2019, chapters 496 and 498, 
which affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision.
Section 120 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2019, chapters 496 and 498, 
which affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision.
Section 121 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2019, chapters 496 and 498, 
which affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision.
Section 122 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2019, chapters 496 and 498, 
which affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision.
Sections 123 to 125 correct a cross-reference.
Section 126 corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2021, chapters 659 and 702, 
which affected the same provision of law, by repealing the provision and replacing it with 
the chapter 702 version and changing references from "competitive service provider" to 
"competitive electricity provider."
Section 127 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 128 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 129 makes a technical correction by repealing a chapter of law in which all of 
the contents have already been repealed.
Section 130 makes a technical correction by repealing a chapter of law in which all of 
the contents have already been repealed.
Section 131 makes a technical correction by repealing a chapter of law in which all of 
the contents have already been repealed.
Section 132 makes a technical correction by repealing a chapter of law in which all of 
the contents have already been repealed.
Section 133 corrects a cross-reference.
Sections 134 and 135 correct cross-references and make grammatical changes and 
technical corrections.
Section 136 removes cross-references to provisions of law repealed after the State's 
organic certification program became obsolete and a federal organic certification and 
labeling program was established and replaces the cross-references with a reference to the 
federal program.
Section 137 removes an obsolete cross-reference and makes a grammatical change.
Section 138 makes grammatical changes, corrects gender-specific language and 
specifies a cross-reference.
Section 139 corrects gender-specific language and specifies a cross-reference.
Section 140 makes a grammatical change, corrects gender-specific language and 
specifies a cross-reference.
Section 141 makes a technical correction, corrects gender-specific language and 
specifies a cross-reference.
Section 142 removes redundant text and makes grammatical changes and technical 
corrections.
Section 143 corrects gender-specific language, specifies a cross-reference and makes 
grammatical changes.
Section 144 corrects gender-specific language and makes grammatical changes.
Section 145 corrects a clerical error.
Section 146 corrects a cross-reference.
Section 147 corrects an amending clause.
Section 148 corrects a clerical error.
Section 149 corrects a cross-reference.