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22-A ME Rev Stat § 212 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 22-A: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Subtitle 1: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 1: DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION|Subchapter 2: ORGANIZATION|22-A §212. Coordination and reporting on expenditure of funds pertaining to homeland security and bioterrorism prevention

 §212. Coordination and reporting on expenditure of funds pertaining to homeland security and bioterrorism prevention The commissioner shall coordinate in a mutually agreed upon manner with the Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management on the planning and expenditure of all federal funds received by the department for homeland security emergency preparedness purposes or for the prevention of bioterrorism and provide a report annually, beginning December 15, 2008, to the Homeland Security Advisory Council established in Title 37-B, section 708. The advisor for the Homeland Security Advisory Council shall report by January 15th of each year, beginning in 2009, on the expenditure of such funds to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters. The report must include, but is not limited to, the amount of funds expended in the prior year, the purpose of those expenditures, the effect of those expenditures on homeland security and bioterrorism prevention and the plans for coordination with the Maine Emergency Management Agency for the expenditure of the funds received or anticipated for such purposes in the 2 years following submission of the report.   [PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §51 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §51 (NEW).
22-A ME Rev Stat § 213 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 22-A: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Subtitle 1: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 1: DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION|Subchapter 2: ORGANIZATION|22-A §213. Funds for social services

 §213. Funds for social services The department shall administer any funds that may be available from private, local, state or federal sources for the provision of social services as defined by the department. Within any limitation that may apply from the sources of such funds, the department may provide said social services itself, or assure itself of the provision of such services by purchase of services, by contracts or by grants, or by joint provision of services, by contracts or by grants, or by joint provision of services with other agencies through matching agreements.   [PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §52 (NEW).]The department shall adopt rules as necessary to define eligibility for social services, contractual terms, conditions for grants, matching ratios and quality of performance standards and such others as are necessary for the administration of this section. These rules must be published and subject to a 30-day public review prior to taking final effect.   [PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §52 (NEW).]The department may expend any unidentified child support payments and any interest earned on those funds that the department has received when the department cannot identify the child for which payment was made. The department may expend these funds only in its efforts to enforce child support laws in accordance with Title 19-A, chapters 53, 63, 65 and 67. Before making any expenditure, the department must wait at least 12 months from the date the unidentified funds were received.   [PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §52 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §52 (NEW).
22-A ME Rev Stat § 215 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 22-A: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Subtitle 1: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 1: DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION|Subchapter 2: ORGANIZATION|22-A §215. State wards

 §215. State wards When a state ward becomes 18 years of age and the state ward and the department agree that need for care and support for educational, social or physical reasons exists, the department is authorized to continue care and support of this person up to 21 years of age.   [PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §54 (NEW).]When a state ward who is enrolled in a postsecondary education program becomes 21 years of age prior to the completion of the postsecondary education program, the department is authorized, at its discretion and by agreement with that state ward, to continue providing support for room, board and related education expenses until the state ward becomes 23 years of age. Funds allocated under this section must come from an identified education and training account specifically established for the postsecondary education-related costs of state wards after they become 21 years of age and before they become 23 years of age.   [PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §54 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 539, Pt. N, §54 (NEW).
22-A ME Rev Stat § 216 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 22-A: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Subtitle 1: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 1: DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION|Subchapter 2: ORGANIZATION|22-A §216. Health Care Liability Retirement Fund

 §216. Health Care Liability Retirement Fund The Health Care Liability Retirement Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund within the Department of Health and Human Services. The fund consists of proceeds from the sale of liquor operation revenue bonds pursuant to Title 30-A, section 6053. The money in the fund must be used for the purpose of making payments to health care providers for services provided prior to December 1, 2012 under the MaineCare program established by Title 22, chapter 855. When, as determined by the commissioner, there exist no outstanding amounts owed to health care providers eligible to be paid from the fund, the State Controller shall transfer all amounts in the fund to the Liquor Operation Revenue Fund established in Title 30-A, section 6054.   [PL 2013, c. 269, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2013, c. 269, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 51 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §51. Appointment; tenure; reports (REPEALED)

 §51. Appointment; tenure; reports (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1967, c. 490, §8 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 504, §§37,38 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 593, §4 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 52 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §52. General powers and duties

 §52. General powers and duties The Department of Transportation, referred to in this chapter as "the department," may from time to time make and shall enforce rules and regulations relating to the planning, design, engineering, construction, improvement, maintenance and use of transportation infrastructure. The department may from time to time make and shall enforce rules relating to the manner of conducting all investigations and hearings and the administration of its office, powers and duties. The department shall direct the expenditure of all money for the planning, design, engineering, construction, improvement, demolition, maintenance and use of all transportation infrastructure for which state funds are provided by law. The department may conduct traffic survey interviews and other statistical studies on the state highway system as considered necessary for the use in planning and development of the statewide highway system. The department may obtain leases for such land and office space as the department considers necessary for the performance of its duties. As used in this section, "transportation infrastructure" means infrastructure related to all modes of transportation, including highways, bridges, railroads, ferries, mass transit, airports and bicycle and pedestrian facilities, as well as all buildings, utilities, facilities and other appurtenances related to such modes.   [PL 2007, c. 306, §1 (AMD).]The department has full power to purchase all supplies, materials and equipment that are incidental to, or necessary for, project-specific construction, improvement or maintenance of transportation infrastructure. The purchase of supplies, materials and equipment for nonproject-specific purposes must be made through the State Purchasing Agent as provided by law. For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, "project-specific" means relating to a specific location for a limited duration, as opposed to perennial, nonlocation-specific activities. The department may be consulted by and shall, without charge, advise municipal officers and road commissioners on the subject of construction, improvement and maintenance of public highways, bridges and other structures. The department shall whenever practicable give preference in employment to the inhabitants of the town in which such highways are located.   [PL 2005, c. 313, §2 (RPR).]The department may adopt its own guidelines for determining the reasonableness and permissibility of various cost factors, including, but not limited to, salary limits, benefits and expense reimbursement. Notwithstanding any other federal or state law to the contrary, the department's guidelines must be used in lieu of federally mandated provisions.   [PL 2005, c. 313, §2 (RPR).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 625, §128 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 52, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 313, §2 (RPR). PL 2007, c. 306, §1 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 52-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §52-A. Retention of part of contract price and settlement of claims by subcontractors (REPEALED)

 §52-A. Retention of part of contract price and settlement of claims by subcontractors (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 580 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 165, §3 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 36, §3 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 53 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §53. Classification of highways

 §53. Classification of highways 1.  Classification.  The department shall cause charts and maps to be made showing the location and mileage of all highways in the State, and shall classify the highways of the State, and may, from time to time, amend that classification, namely: First, state highways, which mean a system of connected main highways throughout the State which primarily serve arterial or through traffic; 2nd, state aid highways, which mean those highways not included in the system of state highways which primarily serve as collector and feeder routes connecting local service roads to the arterial state highway system; and 3rd, town ways, which mean all other highways not included in the first 2 classes, which are maintained by the towns and primarily serve as local service roads providing access to adjacent land. The criteria to be used in the classification of highways shall be considered rulemaking and subject to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II.   [PL 1981, c. 702, Pt. Z, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Maintenance, repair and upkeep.  The maintenance, repair and upkeep of any and all state and state aid highways that are reclassified as towns ways pursuant to subsection 1 shall be the responsibility of the respective towns in which those ways lie and any and all rights of the State in those highways are transferred to the respective towns for those purposes.   [PL 1981, c. 702, Pt. Z, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 492, §C2 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 702, §Z1 (RPR).
23 ME Rev Stat § 53-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §53-A. Seasonal parkways

 §53-A. Seasonal parkways 1.  Classification.  The department may lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, discontinue and regulate as a state highway seasonal access road roads to public recreational areas which shall be classified "seasonal parkways."   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).] 2.  Limitations.  Such public highway shall be subject to the following conditions or limitations.   A. It shall be designed, constructed and maintained for seasonal use only, except as otherwise provided in this section.   [PL 1971, c. 556 (NEW).]B. It shall be primarily for noncommercial vehicle and light-load commercial vehicle use.   [PL 1971, c. 556 (NEW).]C. Access may be allowed only at public highway intersections designated by the department or at private road intersections approved by the department.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]D. Construction standards shall be commensurate with public seasonal use and need as shall be determined by the department.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]E. The department shall have full power and authority to regulate the use of seasonal parkways which shall include, but not be limited to, utility installations, speed and load weight, and snowmobiling.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]F. The department may develop the natural scenic beauty along and adjacent to seasonal parkways.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]G. The department shall close seasonal parkways to motor vehicular use for such seasonal periods deemed consistent with the public use and deemed expedient for the reduction of maintenance costs and undue abuse or deterioration to the highway caused by use during periods when adverse climatic conditions prevail. The road, or portions thereof, shall be officially closed when the department erects appropriate barricades across the way with a conspicuous notice posted thereon which shall set forth the time period the road shall remain closed.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]H. The construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of seasonal parkways and bridges thereon shall be borne wholly by the State under allocations for state highways and the department may contract for construction, reconstruction, improvement or maintenance as with state highways.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]I. The department may make and enforce rules and regulations relating to construction and maintenance of seasonal parkways.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]J. The department shall not designate, lay out or construct and maintain any seasonal parkway until and unless an adequate right-of-way be conveyed to the State without cost and a waiver filed for any and all damages which may result to the remaining land from the construction and further, such conveyance shall include such rights of access as the department requires.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).][PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 556 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 54 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §54. Highway openings

 §54. Highway openings Wherever highways maintained by the State are affected, whether the highways are situated in cities, towns or plantations, the department has all and the same rights, powers and duties in connection therewith as are granted to cities in city streets by sections 3351 to 3359, and to cities and towns by Title 35‑A, sections 2306 and 2310. Whenever the opening fee provided by section 3354 or by Title 35‑A, section 2510, has been paid to the department and a permit for digging up and opening a highway maintained by the State has been issued by the department, the holder of the permit is entitled to make the opening described therein without the payment of fees to the city or town or village corporation in which the street, road or highway to be opened is situated.   [PL 1997, c. 393, Pt. A, §24 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 141, §B16 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 393, §A24 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 55 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §55. Assistance in collection of gas tax (REPEALED)

 §55. Assistance in collection of gas tax (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A71 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 56 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §56. Officers to enforce orders regarding restricted travel; sheriffs

 §56. Officers to enforce orders regarding restricted travel; sheriffs The department may appoint any person in its employ whose special duty it shall be to enforce the statutes and orders promulgated thereunder which prohibit or restrict the passage of vehicles and trailers over ways and bridges, or designated sections thereof, under such conditions or in such manner as may cause undue damage to any such way or bridge. Every such person shall be appointed in writing by the department to serve during its pleasure and shall have the same power as sheriffs and their deputies to arrest and prosecute all persons caught violating said statutes and orders within the territorial limits designated in his appointment. He shall be entitled to the same fees as sheriffs and their deputies for like services.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 57 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §57. Cooperation and acceptance of federal funds

 §57. Cooperation and acceptance of federal funds "Title 23, United States Code," and all other Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, are assented to. The Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered to accept, for the State, federal funds apportioned under said code as amended and supplemented, to act for the State, in conjunction with the representatives of the Federal Government, in all matters relating to the location and construction of highways to be built with federal aid pursuant to said code, and to make all contracts and do all things necessary to cooperate with the United States Government in the construction and maintenance of public highways in accordance with said code, as amended and supplemented.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 57-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §57-A. Acceptance of funds

 §57-A. Acceptance of funds The Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered to accept for the State funds from one or more private parties for transportation improvement needs generated by development. Such funds must be segregated and held in an account to be used as agreed by the parties. The State and its employees are not liable to any person, corporation or entity for damages arising out of any activities or contracts or for any other service or financial commitment resulting from the implementation of this section.   [PL 1991, c. 409, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1991, c. 409, §1 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 58 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §58. Supplies from Federal Government

 §58. Supplies from Federal Government The department is authorized and empowered to obtain from the Federal Government or any agency thereof, through purchase or gift, supplies, materials and equipment which is adaptable to highway maintenance and construction. Such supplies, materials and equipment may be sold, leased or given by the department to the several towns in the State which make a written request therefor, on such terms and conditions as the department, in its discretion, deems necessary.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 59 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §59. -- uniform numbering system

 §59. -- uniform numbering system The department is authorized to cooperate with the Federal Government in formulating and adopting a uniform system of numbering or designating roads of interstate character within this State, and in the selection and erection of uniform danger signals and safety devices for the protection and direction of traffic on said highways.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 60 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §60. Town cooperation

 §60. Town cooperation Towns are authorized to enter into agreements with the Department of Transportation for the expenditure of town funds for maintenance and repair of town roads. The department is authorized, when requested by towns, to accept town funds for expenditure under its direction.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 61 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 3: OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES|Subchapter 1: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION|23 §61. Vacation, sale or lease of acquired land

 §61. Vacation, sale or lease of acquired land 1.  Land acquired may be vacated.  The Department of Transportation may vacate any land or part of land or rights in land which have been taken or acquired for transportation purposes by executing and recording a deed, and that action shall vest the title to the lands or rights so vacated in the person in whom it was vested at the time of the taking, their heirs and assigns. The value at the time of vacation may be pleaded in mitigation of damages in any proceeding on account of that taking.   [PL 1985, c. 13 (NEW).] 2.  Land acquired may be sold.  The Governor, on recommendation of the department, may sell and convey on behalf of the State the interests of the State in property taken or acquired by purchase for transportation purposes and deemed no longer necessary for those purposes.   [PL 1985, c. 13 (NEW).] 2-A.  Easements may be conveyed.  The Department of Transportation may grant or otherwise transfer easements over property taken or acquired for transportation purposes when the department in its sole discretion determines that the conveyance of such easements is appropriate and necessary.   [PL 1999, c. 753, §1 (NEW).] 3.  Lease and use of property.  The department may make advantageous use of property acquired or taken pending that use for transportation purposes, including, but not limited to, the leasing of those interests. All such property and interests shall be deemed to be for transportation purposes and shall be exempt from taxation.   [PL 1985, c. 13 (NEW).] 4.  Proceeds from sale, lease or vacating.  The State's share of all gross proceeds from a sale, lease or vacating of property shall be deposited into the Highway Fund and shall only be expended upon allocation by the Legislature. The Federal Government's share shall be deposited in the account from which it originated.   [PL 1987, c. 735, §39 (RPR).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 194 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 771, §234A (AMD). PL 1985, c. 13 (RPR). PL 1987, c. 735, §39 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 753, §1 (AMD).