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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: 94-649 - Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 301, Fee Schedule and Administrative Procedures For Payment of Court or Commission-Assigned Counsel
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2024-P119
BRIEF SUMMARY: This proposed rule will provide authority to the Executive Director that if counsel submits a voucher for work completed that, upon investigation, the Executive Director concludes violated any of the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct or Commission Rules, the voucher may be rejected—in whole or in part—and the Executive Director may deny payment for the same.
PUBLIC HEARING: May 14, 2024 1:00 pm in Room 500, Burton Cross Building, Augusta and on Zoom
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 25, 2024
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING/SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: Jim Billings, Executive Director, 154 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, 207-287-3254, fax 207-287-3293, jim.billings@maine.gov
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any): None
AGENCY: 94-649 - Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 301-A, Payment for Attending and Reimbursement of Expenses Incidental to Attending Trainings
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2024-P120
BRIEF SUMMARY: This proposed rule clarifies that for multiday trainings, the 75% attendance requirement to qualify for payment will be applied based on counsel's attendance at the entire training, rather than a per-day basis. This proposed rule also provides that untimely vouchers for payment or reimbursement of expenses governed by Chapter 301-A will not be paid.
PUBLIC HEARING: May 14, 2024 1:00 pm in Room 500, Burton Cross Building, Augusta and on Zoom
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 25, 2024
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING/SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: Jim Billings, Executive Director, 154 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, 207-287-3254, fax 207-287-3293, jim.billings@maine.gov
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any): None
AGENCY: 94-649 - Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 302, Procedures Regarding Funds for Experts and Investigators
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2024-P121
BRIEF SUMMARY: This proposed rule removes the requirement that an application for funds for expert or investigative assistance must be in writing and repeals the email application requirement and replaces with a requirement that the applications be completed on a form designated by the Executive Director.
PUBLIC HEARING: May 14, 2024 1:00 pm in Room 500, Burton Cross Building, Augusta and on Zoom
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 25, 2024
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING/SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: Jim Billings, Executive Director, 154 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, 207-287-3254, fax 207-287-3293, jim.billings@maine.gov
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any): None
AGENCY: 94-649 - Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 4, Caseload Standards for Assigned Counsel and Contract Counsel
TYPE OF RULE: Routine Technical
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2024-P122
BRIEF SUMMARY: This proposed rule will establish caseload standards for assigned and contract counsel in homicide cases and when counsel serves as an MCILS Liaison. The proposed rule also sets the parameters for counsel setting their workload percentage and establishes how lawyer of the day points will be calculated.
PUBLIC HEARING: May 14, 2024 1:00 pm in Room 500, Burton Cross Building, Augusta and on Zoom
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 25, 2024
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING/SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: Jim Billings, Executive Director, 154 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, 207-287-3254, fax 207-287-3293, jim.billings@maine.gov
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any): None
AGENCY: 10-144 - Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 208, Rules Relating to Boys, Girls, Boys and Girls, Day Camps and Primitive and Trip Camping
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2023-P268
BRIEF SUMMARY:
On December 27, 2023, the Department proposed amendments to this rule governing its licensing requirements for youth camps. After a public hearing on January 18, 2024, followed by the comment period ending on January 28, 2024, the 131st Legislature passed an Emergency Resolve to Require a Stakeholder Group to Participate in the Development of Rules Regarding Youth Camps on April 9, 2024. To comply with this Resolve and allow for a stakeholder process to take place prior to proposal of any rule changes, the Department is withdrawing its proposed rule.
The Department will be working to directly contact commenters, interested parties, and licensees, to solicit their interest in joining the stakeholder group. Any other members of the public interested in joining the stakeholder group are also invited to access the Department's Maine CDC rulemaking site at https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/rules/maine-cdc-rules.shtml, which will provide additional stakeholder guidance and materials throughout the stakeholder process. Upon completion of the stakeholder process, the Department will propose amendments for public input and hold a public hearing in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedures Act, 5 M.R.S. § 8052.
PUBLIC HEARING: N/A
COMMENT DEADLINE: N/A
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING/SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: Andrew Hardy, 11 SHS-286 Water Street, Augusta, ME 04333-0011. Telephone: (207) 287-4490; Email: Andrew.Hardy@maine.gov
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any): None
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.
