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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 810H.P. 517 House of Representatives, March 4, 2025
An Act Regarding the Approval of Transmission Lines
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 27, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Energy, Utilities and Technology pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative KESSLER of South Portland.
Cosponsored by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock. Page 1 - 132LR2391(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2023, c. 644, ยง2, is
3 further amended by enacting at the end a new blocked paragraph to read:
4 For the purposes of this subsection, a high-impact electric transmission line proposed by a
5 state agency pursuant to a requirement of law or by a state agency established by law with
6 specific authority to propose such a line is deemed to have received the majority legislative
7 approval required by this subsection.
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9 This bill provides that a high-impact electric transmission line proposed by a state
10 agency pursuant to a requirement of law or by a state agency established by law with
11 specific authority to propose such a line is deemed to have received the majority legislative
12 approval required by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3132, subsection 6-C.
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