Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD2042: An Act to Clarify the Requirement for Municipalities to Provide Public Notice in a Newspaper
Status: Signed into law, April 3, 2026
What the bill says
An Act to Clarify the Requirement for Municipalities to Provide Public Notice in a Newspaper.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Clarify the Requirement for Municipalities to Provide Public Notice in a Newspaper Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2007 is enacted to read: §2007. Public notice Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a municipality required by this Title to place a notice in a newspaper may meet this requirement by placing the notice on the newspaper's publicly accessible website or the statewide repository for legal notices as described in Title 1, section 603, subsection 2, as long as either action is followed by placement of the notice in the next available print edition of the newspaper. The notice on the newspaper's publicly accessible website must contain all information required to be published in a newspaper. Page 1 - 132LR2804(03)
Sponsors
- Russell Black (R, 5) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-573).In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (S-573) READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-573).Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- : Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 9, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
Subjects: Legislature, NOTICE, Senate, STATE GOVERNMENT, Other, ACCESS TO INFORMATION
Common questions
- What is LD2042?
- LD2042 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Clarify the Requirement for Municipalities to Provide Public Notice in a Newspaper.
- What does LD2042 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Clarify the Requirement for Municipalities to Provide Public Notice in a Newspaper.
- What is the status of LD2042?
- Signed into law as of April 3, 2026. Latest action: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (March 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored LD2042?
- Russell Black (R, 5).
- Where is the official record for LD2042?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=2042&snum=132
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