Maine LD1131: An Act to Reform the Process by Which a Person May Petition an Agency to Adopt or Modify Rules Under the Maine Administrative Pr

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An Act to Reform the Process by Which a Person May Petition an Agency to Adopt or Modify Rules Under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative SOBOLESKI of Phillips. Cosponsored by Senator MARTIN of Oxford and Representative: SMITH of Palermo. Printed on recycled paper.

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An Act to Reform the Process by Which a Person May Petition an Agency to Adopt or Modify Rules Under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative SOBOLESKI of Phillips. Cosponsored by Senator MARTIN of Oxford and Representative: SMITH of Palermo. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §8055, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1985, c. 506, Pt. A, §4, is further amended to read: 3. Receipt of petition. Within 60 days after receipt of a petition, the agency shall either notify the petitioner in writing of its denial, stating the reasons therefor, or initiate appropriate rule-making proceedings. Whenever a petition to adopt or modify a rule is submitted by 150 or more a number of registered voters of the State that is equal to or greater than 1% of the total number of votes cast for Governor at the last gubernatorial election preceding the filing of the petition, the agency shall initiate appropriate rulemaking rule-making proceedings within 60 days after receipt of the petition. The petition must be verified and certified in the same manner provided in Title 21‐A, section 354, subsection 7, prior to its presentation …

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