# Maine LD 1985: An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Abandoned and Discontinued Roads Commission Maine LD 1985, An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Abandoned and Discontinued Roads Commission, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status became law, last action 2026-01-11 (ACTPUB Chapter 518); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1985-132 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 1985 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Abandoned and Discontinued Roads Commission - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-06-09 - Last action: 2026-01-11, ACTPUB Chapter 518 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: MUNICIPALITIES, MUNICIPALITIES - ROADS - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Owners on public easements get liability shield: benefit, high. If your property touches a public easement and you fix or maintain it to reach your home, you are protected from liability for injury, damage, or death from those repairs or from public use of the easement. This protection does not cover willful or malicious acts or failing to warn about a danger y… - Fuel deliveries allowed on easements: benefit, medium. Vehicles delivering home heating fuel or organic animal bedding that have a state DOT permit can use county and town ways and public easements without a separate local permit. Towns and counties can set safety restrictions like the state, but they cannot make these deliveries get another permit. Th… - Small funding for Roads Commission: benefit, low. The state provides $6,500 each year to the Road Commission Fund to support the Maine Abandoned and Discontinued Roads Commission. The money reimburses members’ expenses and helps the commission do its work. Funding is listed as $6,500 for 2025–26 and $6,500 for 2026–27. - Towns may use equipment on easements: benefit, low. A town’s legislative body can allow town officers to use town highway equipment on public easements. They may plow, repair, or maintain an easement when the town says it is in the town’s interest for fire or police protection. The town sets the limits on this use. - Town upkeep for year-round easement homes: mixed, medium. If you live year-round on a public easement, you or neighbors can petition the town for minimum, year-round upkeep. The town’s voters may approve grading, repairs, snowplowing, sanding, and culvert work up to the last year-round driveway. The work is below full road standards and continues until vo… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Actions (7) - 2026-01-11: ACTPUB Chapter 518 - 2025-07-08: HELD BY THE GOVERNOR. (Senate) - 2025-06-25: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-06-10: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence (Senate) - 2025-06-09: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-09: Report READ and ACCEPTED Bill READ ONCE Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-06-09: Reported by Representative SALISBURY for the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 3036, subsection 11.Report was READ and ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSEDSent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) ## Bill text - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1332&item=2&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1332&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1332&item=2&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1332&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1985-132 (as of 2026-10-17).