LD76 • 2025

An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime

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Sponsor: Representative James Thorne
Last action: 2026-03-03
Official status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime

An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime Sponsor: Representative James Thorne Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime Sponsor: Representative James Thorne Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

2026-03-03 Senate
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2026-02-26 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP
2026-02-11 Committee
Work Session Held
2026-02-11 Committee
Voted; ONTP
2025-06-25 House
Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
2025-05-19 Committee
Carry Over Approved
2025-05-16 Committee
Carry Over Requested
2025-05-14 Committee
Work Session Held; TABLED
2025-02-24 Committee
Work Session Held; TABLED
2025-02-12 Committee
Work Session Held; TABLED
2025-01-06 Committee
Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime
Sponsor:
Representative James Thorne
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 76
H.P. 40 House of Representatives, January 8, 2025
An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to
Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs
Require Overtime
Submitted by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative THORNE of Carmel.

Page 1 - 132LR0243(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10252, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c.
3 655, Pt. B, §51 and affected by §422, is further amended to read:
4§10252. Fish hatchery maintenance fund
5 The fish hatchery maintenance fund, referred to in this section as "the "fund," is
6 established in the department as a nonlapsing fund to be used by the commissioner to fund
7 or assist in funding engineering designs for the Embden Hatchery, ; a statewide assessment
8 of all other hatchery facilities and ; maintenance, repair and capital improvements at fish
9 hatcheries and feeding stations owned by the State; and overtime personnel services costs
10 when overtime for fish stocking and other hatchery-related work is operationally required.
11 The fund may not be used to fund personnel services costs or the general operating costs
12 of a fish hatchery or to fund personnel services costs other than those allowed pursuant to
13 this section. The commissioner may accept and deposit into the fund any monetary gifts,
14 donations or other contributions from public or private sources and must use that money
15 for the purposes specified in this section.
16SUMMARY
17 This bill expands the use of the fish hatchery maintenance fund to allow the funding of
18 overtime personnel services costs when overtime for fish stocking and other hatchery-
19 related work is operationally required.
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