Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1246: Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development to Convene a Working Group to Review the Process of Setting Impact Fees
Status: Signed into law, June 18, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
APPROVED CHAPTER JUNE 18, 2025 85 BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES STATE OF MAINE _____ IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE _____ H.P. 821 - L.D. 1246 Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development to Convene a Working Group to Review the Process of Setting Impact Fees Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, the State is facing a housing crisis that harms the quality of life and economic prosperity of all Maine residents that needs to be addressed as soon as possible; and Whereas, to address this crisis, an additional 84,000 new housing units must be built by 2030; and Whereas, a study on the barriers to addressing this crisis, completed in January 2025 by HR&A Advisors, found that unpredictable and overly burdensome costs and fees, including impact fees, were a deterrent to the construction of housing; and Whereas, the HR&A Advisors report recommends the State establish a working group to review current local fees, including impact fees, and develop standards by which a municipality determines the local infrastructure costs and impact fees resulting from a housing development project, a transparent process by which municipalities establish those fees and a requirement that the fees be established at the beginning …
Sponsors
- Traci Gere (D, 134) · primary sponsor
- Daniel Ankeles (D, 100)
- Cassie Julia (D, 65)
- Marc Malon (D, 133)
- Amy Roeder (D, 23)
- Melanie Sachs (D, 102)
Latest actions
- : FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- : Speaker laid before the HouseThis being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken. Subsequently, the Resolve was FINALLY PASSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- : This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.On motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, TABLED pending FINAL PASSAGE.Later today assigned.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-392) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-392), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
Subjects: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Legislature, Senate, IMPACT FEES, Other, PLANNING
Common questions
- What is LD1246?
- LD1246 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): Resolve, Directing the Department of Economic and Community Development to Convene a Working Group to Review the Process of Setting Impact Fees.
- What is the status of LD1246?
- Signed into law as of June 18, 2025. Latest action: FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. (June 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1246?
- Traci Gere (D, 134), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD1246?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1246&snum=132
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