Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD177: An Act to Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing
Status: Failed, March 4, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative ADAMS of Lebanon. Printed on recycled paper.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative ADAMS of Lebanon. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 28-B MRSA §1101, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2023, c. 679, Pt. B, §139, is further amended to read: C. Money credited to the fund may be expended by the The office to shall on an annual basis provide 10% of the money credited to the fund as reimbursement to a municipality for qualifying expenses incurred as a result of the municipality's municipalities opting to permit the operation of some or all adult use cannabis establishments within the municipality. For the purposes of this paragraph, "qualifying expenses" means legal fees and costs associated with the drafting and adoption of a warrant article or the adoption or amendment of an ordinance, including the conduct of a town meeting or election, by a municipality that opted to permit the operation of some or all cannabis establishments within the municipality. Each municipality may receive funds, not to exceed $20,000, only once for the reimbursement of qualifying expenses in accordance with this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to require the …
Sponsors
- Jeffrey Adams (R, 144) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence
- : Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: Legislature, Senate, Other, CANNABIS, REVENUE SHARING, FUNDING
Common questions
- What is LD177?
- LD177 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing.
- What does LD177 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Create Municipal Cannabis Revenue Sharing Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative ADAMS of Lebanon. Printed on recycled paper.
- What is the status of LD177?
- Failed as of March 4, 2025. Latest action: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (March 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD177?
- Jeffrey Adams (R, 144).
- Where is the official record for LD177?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=177&snum=132
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