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LD1241 • 2025

An Act to Establish the Make Change for Wildlife Program to Support the Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund

An Act to Establish the Make Change for Wildlife Program to Support the Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Sally Cluchey
Last action
2025-06-12
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Establish the Make Change for Wildlife Program to Support the Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund

An Act to Establish the Make Change for Wildlife Program to Support the Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund Sponsor: Representative Sally Cluchey Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Establish the Make Change for Wildlife Program to Support the Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund Sponsor: Representative Sally Cluchey Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1991(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1991(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1241 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-12 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-09 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-09 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-04 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-05 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-03-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Establish the Make Change for Wildlife Program to Support the Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund
Sponsor:
Representative Sally Cluchey
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1991(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 816 - L.D. 1241
An Act to Establish the Make Change for Wildlife Program to Support the
Maine Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10253, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and
affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10253, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6. Make Change for Wildlife program. The Make Change for Wildlife program is
established to encourage voluntary support for the fund from businesses that collect
voluntary customer contributions at the point of sale. Businesses shall deposit
contributions collected under this subsection with the Treasurer of State and designate
those contributions for deposit in the fund. The Treasurer of State shall credit all
contributions to the fund and all money generated pursuant to this subsection must be used
only for the purposes described in subsection 1.
Sec. 3. Report. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall submit a report
regarding the Make Change for Wildlife program, established in the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 12, section 10253, subsection 6, including any suggested legislation, to the
Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife no later than January 1, 2026.
The committee may report out a bill based on the report to the Second Regular Session of
the 132nd Legislature.
APPROVED
JUNE 12, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
283
PUBLIC LAW