Title 5, Title 5

Every officer or other person upon receiving any fees provided for by law, if required by the person paying them, shall make a particular account thereof in writing specifying for what they accrued or the officer or other person forfeits to the person treble the sum paid, to be r…

The State of Maine recognizes that intergovernmental cooperation is an essential factor in resolving problems affecting this State and that the interchange of personnel between and among governmental agencies at the same or different levels of government is a significant factor i…

For the purposes of this chapter: [PL 1967, c. 266 (NEW).] 1. Receiving agency. "Receiving agency" means any department or agency of the Federal Government or a state or local government which receives an employee of another government under this chapter. 2. Sending agency. "Send…

Any department, agency or instrumentality of the State, county, city, town, municipality, land-grant college, or college or university operated by the State or any local government is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies or…

The period of an individual assignment of an educator under an interchange program, authorized under section 3003, between the educator's school administrative unit as the sending agency and the Department of Education as the receiving agency may not exceed 36 months. For the pur…

Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in section 3003 may be considered during such participation to be on detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency, or in a status of leave of absence from their positions in the send…

A sending agency in this State may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay the travel expenses of such employees incurred in connection with…

1. Appointment or on detail. When any unit of government of this State acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of this chapter may be given appointments in the receiving agency covering the periods of such assignments, with com…

A receiving agency in this State may, in accordance with the travel regulations of such agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under this chapter during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. DD, §5 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 655, Pt. DD, §24 (AFF).] 1. Director. "Director" means the Director of the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future …

The Office of Policy Innovation and the Future is established in the Executive Department to: support the creation of a coherent system of policy planning and coordinated implementation as one function and responsibility of the executive branch; serve the Governor as a research, …

The Director of the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future is appointed by the Governor and serves at the pleasure of the Governor.

The director shall exercise the powers of the office and is responsible for the execution of the duties of the office. [PL 2019, c. 383, §5 (NEW).] 1. Duties of the director. The director shall: A. Appoint and remove the staff of the office and prescribe the duties of the staff a…

The office may accept, administer and expend funds, including but not limited to funds from the Federal Government or from private sources, for purposes consistent with this chapter. The director shall provide a report of the amount of any outside funding received from private so…

With the consent of the Governor the office may employ expert and professional consultants, contract for services as the director determines necessary, within the limits of the funds provided and consistent with the powers and duties of the office, and enter into agreements with …

Any department, agency, authority, board, commission or other instrumentality of the State or other governmental unit may assist in the gathering of information, reports and data that relate to state policy planning and development. Upon request by the director, the Governor may …

1. Establishment; purpose; administration. The Office of New Americans is established within the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future for the purpose of improving the economic and civic integration of immigrants into the State's workforce and communities to strengthen the e…

The Office of New Americans Advisory Council, as established in section 12004‑I, subsection 6‑K, is created as an advisory council to the Office of New Americans established in section 3110 on matters affecting the long-term economic and civic integration of immigrants in the Sta…

1. Advisory council. "Advisory council" means the Advisory Council on Affordable Health Care established in section 12004‑I, subsection 31‑B. 2. Executive director. "Executive director” or “director" means the executive director of the office appointed pursuant to section 3122, s…

1. Office established. The Office of Affordable Health Care is established as an independent executive agency for the purpose of analyzing health care costs in this State in accordance with the duties set forth in this chapter and as provided in this section. 2. Director; appoint…

The Advisory Council on Affordable Health Care, established in section 12004‑I, subsection 31‑B, is an advisory council to the office on matters affecting the cost of health care in this State. [PL 2021, c. 459, §3 (NEW).] 1. Duties of advisory council. The advisory council shall…

In 2022, the office shall convene a public hearing on cost trends no later than October 1st. Beginning in 2023, the office shall convene an annual public hearing no later than October 1st on cost trends and barriers to health care affordability. The hearing must provide an opport…

No later than January 1, 2023 and annually thereafter, the office shall submit a report to the Governor, the legislative oversight committee and the advisory council of its findings in accordance with this chapter. The report must include a summary of comments received at the ann…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2023, c. 643, Pt. DD, §2 (NEW).] 1. Director. "Director" means the Director of the Maine Office of Community Affairs appointed pursuant to section 3203. 1-A. Grow…

The Maine Office of Community Affairs is established to foster communications and partnerships across state agencies and between the State and communities in this State. The office shall engage with municipalities, tribal governments and regional councils to provide coordinated a…

The Director of the Maine Office of Community Affairs is appointed by the Governor and serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The director must have demonstrated experience and leadership in municipal or regional government and must bring expertise in planning, technical assista…

The director shall exercise the powers of the office and is responsible for the execution of the duties of the office. [PL 2023, c. 643, Pt. DD, §2 (NEW).] 1. Duties of director. The director shall: A. Appoint and remove office staff and prescribe staff duties as necessary to imp…

The office may accept, administer and expend funds, including but not limited to funds from the Federal Government or from private sources, for purposes consistent with this chapter. The director shall provide a report of the amount of any outside funding received from private so…

The office may employ expert and professional consultants, contract for services as the director determines necessary within the limits of the funds provided and consistent with the powers and duties of the office and enter into agreements with the Federal Government and other ag…

The Working Waterfront Information and Technical Assistance Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established. Balances in the fund may not lapse and must be carried forward and used for the purposes of this section. The fund is administered by the office, and the o…

The Working Waterfront Advisory Council, established by section 12004‑I, subsection 57‑I and referred to in this section as "the council," is established to address issues facing the State's working waterfronts. [PL 2025, c. 265, §2 (NEW).] 1. Membership. The director shall appoi…

1. Establishment; duties; administration. The State Resilience Office is established within the office. The State Resilience Office shall coordinate and assist implementation of the State's resilience policies and activities designed to improve resistance to extreme weather event…

1. Fund established. The State Resilience Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund administered by the office for the purpose of providing funds for the mitigation of risk to communities, buildings and infrastructure from ext…

1. Definition. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, "community" means a municipal government, tribal government, plantation, township or unorganized territory. 2. Program established; administration. The Community Resilience Partnership Program, referr…

1. Implement and manage coastal zone management program. The office, under direction of the director, shall manage and coordinate implementation and ongoing development and improvement of a state coastal zone management program in accordance with and in furtherance of the require…

The floodplain management program is established within the office. The office shall serve as the state coordinating agency for the National Flood Insurance Program pursuant to 44 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 60 and in that capacity shall oversee delivery of technical assist…

1. Fund established. The State Floodplain Mapping Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a dedicated, nonlapsing fund administered by the office for the purpose of providing funds for the mapping of floodplains in the State using light detection and ra…

The technical and financial assistance program for municipalities, regional councils and multimunicipal regions, referred to in this subchapter as "the program," is established to encourage and facilitate the adoption and implementation of local, regional and statewide growth man…

The office may enter into financial assistance grants under the program only to the extent that funds are available. In making grants, the office shall consider the need for planning in a municipality or multimunicipal region, the proximity of the municipality or multimunicipal r…

1. Comprehensive plans. A municipality or multimunicipal region that chooses to prepare a growth management program and receives a planning grant under Title 30‑A, chapter 187, subchapter 2 shall submit its comprehensive plan to the office for review. A municipality or multimunic…

1. Growth-related capital investments. The State may make growth-related capital investments only in: A. A locally designated growth area, as identified in a comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to and consistent with the procedures, goals and guidelines of Title 30‑A, chapter 187…

The Development Ready Advisory Committee, referred to in this section as "the committee," is established pursuant to section 12004‑I, subsection 6‑J to develop and maintain best practices for municipalities in infrastructure, land use, housing, economic development, conservation …

1. Program established; administration. The Housing Opportunity Program, referred to in this section as "the program," is established within the Maine Office of Community Affairs, established in section 3202 and referred to in this section as "the office." The program must encour…

There is established the Maine Commission for Community Service, referred to in this subchapter as "the commission," to foster the State's ethic of community service; encourage community service and volunteerism as a means of meeting critical human, environmental, educational and…

1. Membership; qualifications. The commission consists of no fewer than 15 and no more than 25 voting members appointed by the Governor and subject to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters. The commis…

The commission shall: [PL 2025, c. 388, Pt. D, §14 (NEW).] 1. Vision. Develop a state vision statement for national, state and community service; 2. Ethic of service. Demonstrate an ethic of service through its activities, policies and procedures and annually evaluate how effecti…