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NOTICE OF STATE RULEMAKING
Public Input for Rules
Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rulemaking. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one - the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rulemaking if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rulemaking if there are fewer. You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone (207) 287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 §11112). WorldWide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rulemaking liaisons (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/liaisons.html), who are single points of contact for each agency.
PROPOSALS
AGENCY:16-633 - Department of Public Safety (DPS), Gambling Control Unit
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 32, Rules Relating to Games of Chance
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2022-P075 (2nd publication)
BRIEF SUMMARY: These rules are to update areas of concern from prior changes that include immediate family member definition, authority to close sealed ticket games, posting of top awards, the reporting of winners of five dollars or more and the repeal of registrants from sub 6 reports and records required.
PUBLIC HEARING: N/A
COMMENT DEADLINE: August 26, 2022
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION: Milton Champion, Executive Director, 45 Commerce Drive - Suite 3, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 626-3901. Email: Milton.F.Champion@Maine.gov.
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: N/A
AGENCY: 65-407 - Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 313, Customer Net Energy Billing
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2022-P126
BRIEF SUMMARY: The Public Utilities Commission initiates a rulemaking proceeding to amend its Net Energy Billing (NEB) rule (Ch. 313) as required to reflect recently enacted legislation
PUBLIC HEARING: August 17, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. at the Public Utilities Commission, 26 Katherine Drive, Hallowell, Maine 04347
COMMENT DEADLINE: August 29, 2022. Written comments on the proposed rule may be filed until close of business on August 29, 2022. However, the Commission requests that comments be filed by close of business on August 12, 2022 to allow for follow up inquires during the hearing. Supplemental comments may be filed after the hearing. Written comments should refer to the docket number of this proceeding, Docket No. 2022-00185, and be filed using the Commission's case management system (CMS) which is accessible from the Commission's website.
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION: Mitch Tannenbaum, Public Utilities Commission, 18 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-1391. Email: Mitchell.Tannenbaum@Maine.gov.
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None
AGENCY: 02-514 - Department of Professional and Financial Regulation (PFR), Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation (OPOR), Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 6-A (New), Licensure by Endorsement
TYPE OF RULE (check one): Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2022-P127
BRIEF SUMMARY: The principal reason for this proposed rulemaking is to propose a rule to implement a pathway for licensure by Endorsement pursuant to Public Law 2021 Ch. 167, "An Act to Facilitate Licensure for Credentialed Individuals from Other Jurisdictions".
PUBLIC HEARING: N/A. Pursuant to 5 MRS §8052(1) and §8053(3)(B), a hearing may be requested by five (5) interested persons by submitting a request in writing to contact person for this filing.
COMMENT DEADLINE: Friday, August 26, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. Comments may be submitted in writing to the contact person for this filing.
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION: Kristina M. Halvorsen, 35 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 telephone: (207) 624-8420. TTY: Maine relay 711. Email: Kristina.M.Halvorsen@Maine.gov.
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: N/A
ADOPTIONS
Pursuant to Ch. 380 of the Public Laws of 2011, notice of the adoption of rules will no longer be published in the newspaper rulemaking notices; our Wednesday web notices will continue to carry them, however. Information on rules adopted through the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as well as the full text of adopted rules is available on the internet at http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules.
