Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffery Gifford

LD 1534 set up a study committee that seems biased toward abolishing the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC), the state agency charged with protecting Maine’s vast North Woods. Policymakers had the option to support the Committee’s Minority Report – a balanced legislative study to identify ways to improve LURC. Instead, the majority of lawmakers voted for a study process that seems to have a pre-determined mission of dismantling LURC and moving its planning and regulatory functions to counties that include portions of the unorganized territories of Northern Maine. [Details]

Senate Roll Call #223: Yes 22, No 12, Excused 1

House Roll Call #156: Yes 75, No 65, Absent 10