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An Act to Promote Accredited Institutions of Higher Education in Maine by Removing Requirements for Supplemental Guide Signs on the Interstate Highway System

An Act to Promote Accredited Institutions of Higher Education in Maine by Removing Requirements for Supplemental Guide Signs on the Interstate Highway System

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Sponsor
Representative Gary Friedmann
Last action
2025-04-08
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Promote Accredited Institutions of Higher Education in Maine by Removing Requirements for Supplemental Guide Signs on the Interstate Highway System

An Act to Promote Accredited Institutions of Higher Education in Maine by Removing Requirements for Supplemental Guide Signs on the Interstate Highway System Sponsor: Representative Gary Friedmann Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Promote Accredited Institutions of Higher Education in Maine by Removing Requirements for Supplemental Guide Signs on the Interstate Highway System Sponsor: Representative Gary Friedmann Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-08 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-03-27 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-03-27 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-03-21 House

    Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  6. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Promote Accredited Institutions of Higher Education in Maine by Removing Requirements for Supplemental Guide Signs on the Interstate Highway System
Sponsor:
Representative Gary Friedmann
Reference committee:
Transportation
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 923
H.P. 588 House of Representatives, March 11, 2025
An Act to Promote Accredited Institutions of Higher Education in
Maine by Removing Requirements for Supplemental Guide Signs on
the Interstate Highway System
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 5, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor.
Cosponsored by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock.

Page 1 - 132LR1806(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1912-C, sub-§5, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 549, §3, is
3 amended to read:
4 A. A college or university that: ;
5 ( 1) Is located within 15 miles of an exit and has an enrollment of 300 or more
6 students attending classes on site; or
7 ( 2) Has an enrollment of 1,000 or more students attending classes on site;
8SUMMARY
9 This bill removes the location and enrollment requirements that a college or university
10 must meet to appear on a supplemental guide sign on the interstate highway system.
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