GrowSmart-Brookings Report Action Update:
Legislative Accomplishments of 2007 - 2008
Click on the left column's headings to learn additional details about each goal.
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| GOAL |
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Accomplished in 2007 |
Accomplished in 2008 |
| STREAMLINE STATE GOVERNMENT AND K-12 ADMINISTRATION |
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Appropriations Committee streamlined $10 million from budget over the summer. |
Proposed streamlining bill not accepted. Recommendation from Prosperity Committee remains tabled. |
| School administrative consolidation passed in budget. |
Implementation ongoing. Efforts to repeal defeated by Governor’s veto. |
| INVEST IN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND THE INNOVATION ECONOMY |
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Governor’s committee formed |
Fund of Funds bill passed (LD 2320), then pocket vetoed by Governor |
| $55 million bond approved in Legislature |
Bond approved by voters in November; proposals pending to MTI for funding. |
| $4 million cluster development fund budgeted |
Implementation. |
| QUALITY PLACES |
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$17 million land bond approved in legislature |
Approved by voters in November. |
| $5 million riverfront community bond approved in legislature |
| Governor’s council formed |
Report released; no action taken by Legislature or Governor except on recommendations already in motion. |
| $150K budgeted for Maine Downtown Center |
No action this session. |
| $2 million for New Century program and $1.5 million for municipal investment trust fund included in bond package |
Approved by voters. |
| Quality places bill defeated in committee |
No action this session |
| TAX REDUCTIONS |
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Tax reform defeated |
No action on tax reform this session. |
| REDEVELOPMENT, REVITALIZATION, AND PREPARING FOR GROWTH |
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Resolve to reform building codes passed in Legislature |
Resolve report to Legislature led to passage of Uniform statewide building and energy code this session (LD 2257) |
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Historic preservation tax credit received unanimous vote in committee, held over until next session |
LD 262 (Historic Tax Credit) passed and funded
LD 2082 (Historic School Preservation) passed |
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Community planning fund held over until next session. |
No Action on planning resources this session. |
