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and Windows
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Candidates for 2000 Election, Senate - lists the candidates running for Senate seats in the Nov 7, 2000 General Election. Names, addresses, phone numbers, party affiliation. This is also available as a Word document.
Term Limits for Members of the 120th Senate. All members of the 120th Maine Senate will be term limited by the year 2008. This page gives you the annual breakdown of who is term limited when.
Advance Journal & Calendar, Senate - lists the items to be taken up at the next meeting of the Senate. Also available in a Word document for viewing and printing.
Advance Journal & Calendar, House - list the items to be taken up at the next meeting of the House. Prepared by the Clerk's Office.
Advance Notice of Public Hearings (ANPH) - lists public hearings that have been scheduled by Committees. This list is organized by date, committee and item. Notices are available at the Secretary of the Senate's office by 10 am each Thursday during session. Also available as a Word document. Work Session Schedules and Hearing updates are available from the Legislative Information Office.
A Guide to Participating in Public Hearings - Information for those who want to participate in the Public Hearing Process.
Chamber Schedule, State House Events & Tour Schedule - Monthly listings of Chamber session schedules, scheduled State House Tours, and Events happening at the State House.
Legislative Records, 119th House - Word documents containing the transcription of floor actions, roll calls and debate in the House.
Legislative Records, 119th Senate - Word documents containing the transcription of floor actions, roll calls and debate in the Senate.
Legislature Phone Directory - lists phone numbers for offices and departments in the Legislature. Also includes some other useful phone numbers in state government.
Weekly Legislative Calendar - Meetings of interest to Legislators and the public produced by the Clerk's Office.
Weekly Legislative Report - list of bills printed and measures signed into law each week produced by the Clerk's Office.
Rules, House - An indexed listing of the Rules adopted and used by the 120th House of Representatives. Produced by the Clerk's Office.
Rules, Joint - An indexed listing of the Joint Rules adopted and used by the 120th House and Senate.
Rules, Senate - An indexed listing of the Rules adopted and used by the 120th Senate.
Address, Phone, & E-mail list, Senators - listing of information for Senators. Also available as a Word document.
Address & Phone list, House Members - listing of information for Representatives.
Address & Phone list, Joint Committee Members - listing of information for Senators and Representatives by Committee. Available as an Excel File.
Agency Rules, State Agencies - Available from the Secretary of State's Office. Also available - Rule Making Guide for Agencies and Weekly Newspaper Notices.
Bill & Amendment Text - Text of Bills being worked on this legislative session and Amendments offered to those Bills. Also available is a list of Bills. Produced by the Information Office.
Bill Summaries - At the end of each legislative session, the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis produces a summary of bills that were considered by the joint standing committees of the Legislature, excluding Taxation and Appropriations and Financial Affairs. Bill summaries describe each bill (LD), primary sponsor/s, committee amendments and other relevant amendments, final action taken on the bill, and if the bill was enacted, its chaptered law number.
Committee List by Senator - Alphabetical list of Senators and Committee Assignments for the 120th.
Committee List, Joint Standing & Joint Select - Lists House and Senate Committee members & Chairs. Also includes Committee Room numbers, phones, Clerk and Analyst names.
Committees, Senate Standing - Member list of the Senate Standing Committees - Bills in the Second Reading, Engrossed Bills, Senatorial Vote, and Ethics and Conduct
Drafting Manual - A guide for drafting legislative instruments, the manual is periodically updated by the Revisor's Office. The most recent version, as revised through January 1998, is available both on-line and in hard copy. Hard copies are available to the public for a nominal fee. In addition, a version of the drafting manual that may be downloaded in its entirety is available: Drafting Manual.PDF
Email List, House Members - lists E-mail addresses for House members of the 120th Legislature. Produced by the Clerk's Office.
Email List, Senate Members - lists E-mail addresses for Senators of the 120th Legislature. There is also a Word document for viewing and printing.
Find Your Senator - Town Listing to help you find out who your Senator is.
Government
Evaluation Act - The Process for Periodic Legislative
Evaluation of State Agencies and Programs. Produced by Office of Policy and Legal
Analysis.
History and Final Disposition of Bills - for the 118th Legislature. Produced by the Information Office.
Information for Persons with Disabilities - Provided by the Information Office.
Joint Committee Jurisdiction - Prepared by the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis.
Laws of the State of Maine - contains all Session Laws and related documents of each Legislative Session. Limited copies also are available in hard copy form at no charge from the Revisor's Office at time of publication and through the Law and Legislative Reference Library thereafter. Produced by the Revisor's Office.
Legislative Process - A brief summary of the process legislation takes in the Maine Legisalture (How a bill becomes law). A detailed version is also available.
Legislative Scholarship Fund - The Legislative Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1995 as the successor of the Gould-Michaud Scholarship Funds. The fund makes scholarship awards available to Maine residents attending any accredited Maine institution of higher education, in honor of all Legislators and Staff who served the Maine Legislature.
Maine Constitution - The Constitution of Maine is updated as necessary by the Revisor of Statutes upon ratification of amendments to the constitution by the voters of the State. The Constitution of Maine is subject to recodification every 10 years by its own terms (see Article X, Section 6). The last recodification was in 1993.
Maine Revised Statutes (MRSA) - The Maine Revised Statutes are maintained and updated each fall by the Revisor of Statutes to incorporate changes made by the immediately preceding legislative session.
Revisor's Report - An annual report that contains a description of all nonsubstantive changes and corrections made to the statutory database by the Revisor as authorized by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, Section 95.
Legislative Study Reports (OFPR) - study information for those studies authorized by the Legislature and staffed by the Office of Fiscal and Program Review.
Legislators Handbook - The Legislators' handbook, prepared by the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis, is a practical reference manual to help newly elected Legislators become familiar with the legislative process as they begin their term in the Legislature. The information presented in this handbook may be useful to state and local officials and other interested persons as well.
Roll Call Information, 118th Senate - Roll call summary information for each Senator.
Legislative Records, 118th Senate and House - Word documents containing the transcription of floor actions, roll calls and debate in the House and Senate.Legislative Study Reports (OPLA) - study information for those studies authorized by the Legislature and staffed by the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis.