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LD1516 • 2025

An Act to Strengthen the Maine Development Foundation

An Act to Strengthen the Maine Development Foundation

Housing
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Tiffany Roberts
Last action
2025-06-17
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Strengthen the Maine Development Foundation

An Act to Strengthen the Maine Development Foundation Sponsor: Representative Tiffany Roberts Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Strengthen the Maine Development Foundation Sponsor: Representative Tiffany Roberts Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0991(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0991(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1516 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 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. 2025-06-17 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-06-03 House

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

  3. 2025-06-03 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-29 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Housing and Economic Development.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Strengthen the Maine Development Foundation
Sponsor:
Representative Tiffany Roberts
Reference committee:
Housing and Economic Development
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR0991(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1000 - L.D. 1516
An Act to Strengthen the Maine Development Foundation
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §919, as repealed and replaced by PL 1997, c. 662, §3, is amended
to read:
§919. Board of directors; officers
The Board of Directors of the Maine Development Foundation, referred to in this
chapter as "the "board of directors," consists of a minimum of 15 directors elected or
appointed to serve in that capacity in accordance with this section. The board of directors
shall annually determine the number of directors for the succeeding year. The corporators
shall elect 1/2 of the elected directors from among the private sector corporators and 1/2 of
the elected directors from among the public sector corporators. The Governor shall appoint
2 directors from among the ex officio corporators. Except for the president of the Maine
Development Foundation, a person may not serve as a director for more than 5 years in
succession. Elected directors must be elected to 4-year staggered terms, as provided by the
board of directors, and may not be elected for more than 2 successive terms. The
corporators shall elect a chair, a vice-chair and a treasurer from among the board of
directors. The board of directors shall appoint a president of the Maine Development
Foundation. The president may not be appointed from among the other directors. Upon
appointment, the president becomes a director and the chief executive officer of the Maine
Development Foundation.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 17, 2025
CHAPTER
325
PUBLIC LAW