An Act To Implement Recommendations of the Committee To Review Issues Dealing with Regulatory Takings (scored twice) (2012)
The Senate moved to “indefinitely postpone” LD 1810, a bill which would have required the state to pay off landowners if future laws passed by the Legislature reduced their property values by at least 50 percent. If the state could not afford to pay, the landowner would be allowed to ignore the law. The House initially approved the bill by one vote, but then followed the Senate’s lead to “indefinitely postpone,” thereby killing the bill. This legislation threatened to freeze the passage of any future environmental law or regulation because of the potential financial consequences to the state. This bill is scored twice on the 2012 Scorecard because of its significance to the future protection of Maine’s environment.
