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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 954S.P. 410 In Senate, March 11, 2025
An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Membership of the
Government Oversight Committee
(EMERGENCY)
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 6, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec.
Cosponsored by Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford and
Senator: President DAUGHTRY of Cumberland. Page 1 - 132LR1391(01)1 acts and resolves of the Legislature do not
2 become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
3 this legislation amends the laws governing the membership of the
4 Government Oversight Committee; and
5 this legislation needs to take effect as soon as possible during the current
6 legislative session in order to clarify the membership requirements of the committee; and
7 in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within
8 the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as
9 immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,
10 therefore,
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12 as amended by PL 2023, c. 417, ยง1, is further
13 amended to read:
14 The membership of the committee and the selection of chairs are established by joint
15 rule of the Legislature. Beginning with the 132nd Legislature, at least one member of the
16 committee must be a member of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having
17 jurisdiction over taxation matters and at least one member must be a member of the joint
18 standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic development
19 matters. No 2 members of the committee may be members of the same joint standing
20 committee of the Legislature and also members of the same political party.
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22 takes effect when approved.
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24 This bill removes the requirement that, beginning with the 132nd Legislature, at least
25 one member of the Government Oversight Committee be a member of the joint standing
26 committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters and at least one
27 member be a member of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction
28 over economic development matters. It also removes language that states that no 2
29 members of the committee may be members of the same joint standing committee of the
30 Legislature and also members of the same political party.
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