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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1454S.P. 595 In Senate, April 3, 2025
An Act to Redefine "Term" in the Law Governing Term Limits for
Constitutional Offices
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BRADSTREET of Kennebec.
Cosponsored by Senators: BICKFORD of Androscoggin, MARTIN of Oxford,
Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney, DRINKWATER of Milford. Page 1 - 132LR1152(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2023, c. 289, ยง1, is further
3 amended to read:
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5 the House of Representatives, a full term of office or any portion of a term that began before
6 the 3rd Wednesday in June in an year served by an elected official in an
7 office subject to the provisions of this chapter. For the purposes of the term of the Secretary
8 of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney General or State Auditor, "term" means a full term of
9 office or any portion of a term that began before the first Wednesday in December in an
10 odd-numbered year served by an elected official in an office subject to the provisions of
11 this chapter.
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13 This bill changes the earliest starting point of a partial term that the Secretary of State,
14 Treasurer of State, Attorney General or State Auditor may serve without it being considered
15 a term for purposes of term limits from the 3rd Wednesday in June in an odd-numbered
16 year to the first Wednesday in December in an odd-numbered year.
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