MSBA Legislative Update 03-13-09

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

CHIEF JUSTICE LEIGH SAUFLEY WILL PROVIDE THE STATE OF THE JUDICIARY TO A JOINT SESSION OF THE MAINE LEGISLATURE

It is scheduled for March 17 at 11:00 a.m. and can be heard through streaming audio located at the Legislature’s website of www.maine.gov/legis.

BUSY WEEK AHEAD

Please check the Legislative Database because the week of March 16 will be very busy with Committee hearings and work sessions! The Legislature has asked Committees to work as many bills as possible so the schedules are very full Tuesday – Friday.

UPCOMING ISSUES

• LD 391 (clarify adverse possession) – Public Hearing March 31, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 438 of the State House.
  
• LD 487 (increase judicial salaries) – Public Hearing March 24, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 438 of the State House.
  
• LD 502 (annual reports of non-profits) – Work Session March 20, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 438 of the State House.
  
• LD 882 (modernize Maine’s courts) – Public Hearing April 7, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 438 of the State House.