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An Act to Add an Inflation Adjustment to the Maximum Amount of Funding Disbursed from the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund for Certain Personal Services of the Department of Environmental Protection

An Act to Add an Inflation Adjustment to the Maximum Amount of Funding Disbursed from the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund for Certain Personal Services of the Department of Environmental Protection

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Anne Carney
Last action
2025-05-23
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Add an Inflation Adjustment to the Maximum Amount of Funding Disbursed from the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund for Certain Personal Services of the Department of Environmental Protection

An Act to Add an Inflation Adjustment to the Maximum Amount of Funding Disbursed from the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund for Certain Personal Services of the Department of Environmental Protection Sponsor: Senator Anne Carney Reference committee: Environment and Natural Resources Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Add an Inflation Adjustment to the Maximum Amount of Funding Disbursed from the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund for Certain Personal Services of the Department of Environmental Protection Sponsor: Senator Anne Carney Reference committee: Environment and Natural Resources 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 - 132LR0166(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0166(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 26 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-23 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-21 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-20 House

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

  4. 2025-05-09 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-01-27 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-01-27 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-01-06 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Add an Inflation Adjustment to the Maximum Amount of Funding Disbursed from the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund for Certain Personal Services of the Department of Environmental Protection
Sponsor:
Senator Anne Carney
Reference committee:
Environment and Natural Resources
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0166(03)
STATE OF MAINE
_____
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 41 - L.D. 26
An Act to Add an Inflation Adjustment to the Maximum Amount of Funding
Disbursed from the Maine Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and
Response Fund for Certain Personal Services of the Department of
Environmental Protection
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §551, sub-§5, ¶A, as amended by PL 2015, c. 319, §16, is further
amended to read:
A. Administrative expenses, personal services and equipment costs of the department
related to the administration and enforcement of this subchapter and subchapter 2‑B,
except that total disbursements for personal services may not exceed $7,000,000 per
fiscal year adjusted on an annual basis based on the Consumer Price Index as published
by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics;
APPROVED
MAY 23, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
94
PUBLIC LAW