Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1560: An Act to Address Conflicts of Interest with Municipal Contracts
Status: Failed, May 21, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Address Conflicts of Interest with Municipal Contracts Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative HYMES of Waldo. Printed on recycled paper.
From the introduced text:
An Act to Address Conflicts of Interest with Municipal Contracts Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative HYMES of Waldo. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2605, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read: 2. Contracts. A contract, other than a contract obtained through properly advertised bid procedures, made by a municipality, county or quasi-municipal corporation during the term of an official of a body of the municipality, county or quasi-municipal corporation involved in the negotiation or award of the contract who has a direct or an indirect pecuniary interest in it the contract is voidable, except as provided in subsection 4. A contract, even if the contract was obtained through properly advertised bid procedures, made by a municipality during the term of an official of the municipality involved in the negotiation or award of the contract who has a direct or an indirect pecuniary interest in the contract is voidable, except as provided in subsection 4. Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA …
Sponsors
- Benjamin Hymes (R, 38) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence
- : Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: CONTRACTS, Legislature, Senate, Other, MUNICIPALITIES, MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
Common questions
- What is LD1560?
- LD1560 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Address Conflicts of Interest with Municipal Contracts.
- What does LD1560 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Address Conflicts of Interest with Municipal Contracts Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative HYMES of Waldo. Printed on recycled paper.
- What is the status of LD1560?
- Failed as of May 21, 2025. Latest action: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (May 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1560?
- Benjamin Hymes (R, 38).
- Where is the official record for LD1560?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1560&snum=132
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