Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1681: An Act to Consider Municipal Shelter Facilities and Housing Projects Essential for Public Health, Welfare and Safety by Updating the Definition of "Public Service Infrastructure"
Status: Signed into law, June 10, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Consider Municipal Shelter Facilities and Housing Projects Essential for Public Health, Welfare and Safety by Updating the Definition of "Public Service Infrastructure".
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Consider Municipal Shelter Facilities and Housing Projects Essential for Public Health, Welfare and Safety by Updating the Definition of "Public Service Infrastructure" Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5903, sub-§8-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 90, §3, is further amended to read: 8-A. Public service infrastructure. "Public service infrastructure" means those facilities that are essential for public health, welfare and safety. Those facilities include, without limitation, sewage treatment facilities, municipal water supply and treatment facilities, solid waste facilities, public safety equipment and facilities, roads, traffic control devices and other transportation facilities, sidewalks, trees, buried utility lines and other streetscape improvements, parks and other open space or recreational areas, public access to coastal and inland waters, geographic information systems, municipal shelter facilities and housing projects managed and operated by a municipality or a municipal housing authority, as defined in section 4702, subsection 10-A, and any other public facility that benefits the public. Page 1 - 132LR1279(03)
Sponsors
- Grayson Lookner (D, 113) · primary sponsor
- Amy Arata (R, 104)
- Curry, Chip (D, 11)
- Victoria Doudera (D, 41)
- Wayne Farrin (D, 47)
- Ryan Fecteau (D, 132)
- Traci Gere (D, 134)
- Cassie Julia (D, 65)
- David Rollins (D, 59)
- Suzanne Salisbury (D, 128)
Latest actions
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCEUnder suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in concurrence
- : Committee on Housing and Economic Development suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: PUBLIC SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE, Legislature, MUNICIPAL BOND BANK, Senate, STATE GOVERNMENT, Other
Common questions
- What is LD1681?
- LD1681 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Consider Municipal Shelter Facilities and Housing Projects Essential for Public Health, Welfare and Safety by Updating the Definition of "Public Service Infrastructure".
- What does LD1681 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Consider Municipal Shelter Facilities and Housing Projects Essential for Public Health, Welfare and Safety by Updating the Definition of "Public Service Infrastructure".
- What is the status of LD1681?
- Signed into law as of June 10, 2025. Latest action: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (June 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1681?
- Grayson Lookner (D, 113), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD1681?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1681&snum=132
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