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Maine Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2007)

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ATTORNEY GENERAL
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STATE OF MAINE
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
6 STATE HOUSE STATION
AUGUSTA, MAINE 04333-0006

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January 15, 2007
Honorable Glenn Cummings
Speaker of the House
Maine House of Representatives
2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002
RE:   Proposed Joint Rule 219
Dear Speaker Cummings:
You have asked whether the Legislature's Proposed Joint Rule 219, which would
impose a supermajority voting requirement upon any legislation exceeding the spending
limits in 5 M.R.S.A. § 1534, is constitutional.
Your January 9, 2007 letteri to me sets out the text of the proposed rule, which

reads:

Rule 219. Legislation that exceeds spending limitations.

Any legislation that exceeds the spending limitations established
under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1534 must be proposed
in a separate measure that addresses the excess amount solely and that
may be enacted only by a 2/3 vote of the elected members of each
chamber.
This rule expires December 2, 2008.
Senate Paper 10 (123rd Legis. 2007).
The proposed rule concerns the spending limitations s6t forth in Title 5, section
1534, which requires that as of December 1st of each even-numbered year, a limitatiofi
must be established on all General Fund appropriations for the ensuing legislative

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