What is the status of LD76?

Failed as of March 3, 2026. Latest action: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (March 3, 2026).

Where is the official record for LD76?

On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=76&snum=132

Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature

Maine LD76: An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime

Q: What is LD76?

LD76 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Allow Use of the Fish Hatchery Maintenance Fund to Compensate Hatchery Staff When Certain Operational Needs Require Overtime.

Q: What does LD76 do?

In its own words: 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. Printed on recycled paper.

Status: Failed, March 3, 2026

What the bill says

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. Printed on recycled paper.

From the introduced text:

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. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10252, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §51 and affected by §422, is further amended to read: §10252. Fish hatchery maintenance fund The fish hatchery maintenance fund, referred to in this section as "the "fund," is established in the department as a nonlapsing fund to be used by the commissioner to fund or assist in funding engineering designs for the Embden Hatchery,; a statewide assessment of all other hatchery facilities and; maintenance, repair and capital improvements at fish hatcheries and feeding stations owned by the State; and overtime personnel services costs when overtime for fish stocking and other hatchery-related work is operationally required. The fund may not be used to fund personnel …

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Maine LD76: 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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