Public Input for Proposed Rules
Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rule-making. 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 rule-making if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rule-making 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). World Wide 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 rule-making liaisons (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/liaisons.html), who are single points of contact for each agency.
PROPOSALS
AGENCIES: 10-144 - Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - MCDC Immunization Program, jointly with 05-071 - Department of Education (DOE)
PROPOSED RULE FILING NUMBERS: 2017-P024, P025 (re-publication; hearing scheduled)
RULE CHAPTER NUMBERS: 10-144 CMR Ch. 261 (DHHS); 05-071 CMR Ch. 126 (DOE)
RULE TITLE: Immunization Requirements for School Children
CONCISE SUMMARY: Notice of these proposed major substantive rule changes was previously published on or about March 1, 2017. The prior notice, however, inadvertently failed to include notice of the date, time and location of the required public hearing for these proposed rule changes. This notice now includes notice of the required public hearing. The substance of these proposed rule changes remains the same as the proposed rule changes in the notice published on or about March 1, 2017. More specifically, this addition of a Meningococcal vaccine to the required school entry for children entering 7th grade would further protect Maine students from contracting meningitis, which affects 1,000 to 2,600 people annually in the U.S..
PUBLIC HEARING: April 25, 2017 at 1:00 pm, Key Bank Plaza, 286 Water Street, Augusta, ME
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: 5:00 p.m. May 5, 2017
AGENCY CONTACT PERSONS (including small business information):
DHHS: Tera Pare, Manager, Regulations and Enforcement, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 286 Water Street, 11 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0011. Telephone: (207) 287-5680. E-mail: Tera.Pare@Maine.gov . DHHS Rule-making Liaison: Kevin.Wells@Maine.gov .
DOE: Jaci Holmes, Federal State Legislative Liaison / DOE Rule-making Liaison, Maine Department of Education, 23 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333. Telephone: (207) 624-6669. E-mail: Jaci.Holmes@Maine.gov .
FISCAL IMPACT OF THE RULE: None.
AGENCY: 01-015 - Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF), Maine Milk Commission (MMC)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 3, Schedule of Minimum Prices, Order #05-17
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2017-P031
BRIEF SUMMARY: The principal reason for this rule is the need to respond to Federal Order changes and to certain other conditions affecting prevailing Class I, II and III milk prices in Southern New England in accordance with 7 MRS §2954.
PUBLIC HEARING: April 20, 2017, Thursday, starting at 10:30 a.m., Room 118, Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry, Marquardt Building, Hospital Street, Augusta, Maine
COMMENT DEADLINE: April 20, 2017
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS INFORMATION / MMC RULE-MAKING LIAISON: Tim Drake, Maine Milk Commission, 28 State House Station, Augusta ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-7521. E-mail: Tim.Drake@Maine.gov .
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None
AGENCY: 02-032 - Department of Department of Professional and Financial Regulation (PFR), Office of Securities
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 523, Rule Regarding Short-Form Seed Capital Registrations
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2017-P032
BRIEF SUMMARY: The proposed amendments to the rule would simplify the Offering Circular and the impoundment requirements, would increase the minimum offering amount from 30 percent to 50 percent, and would implement issuer reporting requirements.
The text of the proposed amendments to the rule and the notice of rulemaking may be found at the Office's website: www.investors.maine.gov .
SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT: The small business impact statement may be found on the Office's website: www.investors.maine.gov .
PUBLIC HEARING: Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Kennebec Room, 76 Northern Avenue, Gardiner, Maine. The Office requests that any interested party requiring special arrangements to attend the hearing contact Dona Garippa by telephone at (207) 624-8551 (TTY users may call Maine Relay 711) before April 21, 2017.
COMMENT DEADLINE: Written comments must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 and should be addressed to: Judith M. Shaw, Securities Administrator, 121 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333.
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS INFORMATION: Judith M. Shaw, Administrator, Maine Office of Securities, 121 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0121. Telephone: (207) 624.8551. E-mail: Judith.M.Shaw@Maine.gov .
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None.
AGENCY: 18-125 - Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS), Bureau of Revenue Services (Maine Revenue Services - MRS)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 202, Tree Growth Tax Law Valuations - 2017
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2017-P033
BRIEF SUMMARY: MRS is proposing to repeal and replace Rule 202 ("Tree Growth Tax Law Valuations - 2017"). The rule is being replaced to provide updated valuation rates for each forest type by region.
PUBLIC HEARING: none
COMMENT DEADLINE: May 5, 2017
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS INFORMATION: David Ledew, Maine Revenue Services, P.O. Box 9106, Augusta, Maine 04332-9106, 207-624-5600. E-mail: David.P.Ledew@Maine.gov .
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: The rule has minimal impact on municipalities. The valuation amounts for the Tree Growth Tax Law program vary from year to year, which impacts the property tax assessed on land in the program. Fluctuations in local taxes due to valuation changes in this program are partially offset by reimbursement and state subsidy provisions.
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 rule-making 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 .
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