HB-23: Amends existing law relating to drilling permits to revise fee provisions, to provide for the use of certain permit fees, to authorize the director of the Department of Water Resources to provide blanket drilling permits for closed loop heat exchange wells and to provide that the applications for blanket permits for site specific monitoring programs shall include specified design proposals.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Senate Intro on 03/03/2011
You have voted HB-23: Amends existing law relating to drilling permits to revise fee provisions, to provide for the use of certain permit fees, to authorize the director of the Department of Water Resources to provide blanket drilling permits for closed loop heat exchange wells and to provide that the applications for blanket permits for site specific monitoring programs shall include specified design proposals..
Relating To Water. [HB-631]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires an owner or prior owner of an abandoned well to repair or seal the well at the owner's or prior owner's expense. Appropriates funds for three new positions to assist DLNR with the inspection of abandoned wells, the enforcement of well construction and pump installation standards, and enforcement of well abandonment requirements. (HB631 HD1)
HB-631: Relating To Water.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Reported From Wal (stand. Com. Rep. No. 355) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 02/15/2017
Personal Property Tax - Exemption - Property Used in Well Construction [HB-1561]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
[Construction ]
[Water ]
Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to exempt, under specified circumstances, specified personal property used in the construction of specified wells from the county or municipal corporation property tax; authorizing the governing body of a county or municipal corporation to enact specified provisions to carry out the exemption; and applying the Act to taxable years beginning after June 30, 2017.
HB-1561: Personal Property Tax - Exemption - Property Used in Well Construction
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Ann Frush
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/17/2017
HB-454: An Act To Ensure Safe Drinking Water for Families in Maine
Sponsored by: Sen. Shenna Lee Bellows
Ld 454 In Senate, June 19, 2017, This Bill, Having Been Returned By The Governor, Together With Objections To The Same Pursuant To The Provisions Of The Constitution Of The State Of Maine, After Reconsideration, The Senate Proceeded To Vote On The Question: "shall This Bill Become A Law Notwithstanding The Objections Of The Governor?" 35 In Favor And 0 Against, Accordingly It Was The Vote Of The Senate That The Bill Become Law And The Veto Was Overridden. on 06/19/2017
Onsite sewage systems and private wells; VDH to take steps to eliminate site evaluation. [HB-2477]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
Department of Health to take steps to begin eliminating site evaluation and design services for onsite sewage systems and private wells. Directs the Department of Health to take certain steps to begin eliminating site evaluation and design services for onsite sewage systems and private wells provided by the Department.
HB-2477: Onsite sewage systems and private wells; VDH to take steps to eliminate site evaluation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert D. Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0602) on 03/16/2017
Regulation of private wells. [SB-1247]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Regulation of private wells. Adds Stafford County to the list of counties and cities authorized to establish standards for the construction and abandonment of private wells that are more stringent than those standards adopted by the Board of Health.
SB-1247: Regulation of private wells.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Stuart
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017
Private wells; Stafford County authorized to regulate. [HB-1460]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Construction ]
Regulation of private wells. Adds Stafford County to the list of counties and cities authorized to establish standards for the construction and abandonment of private wells that are more stringent than those standards adopted by the Board of Health.
HB-1460: Private wells; Stafford County authorized to regulate.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark L. Cole
Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2017