Municipal Law and Finance

Maine Municipal Legislative Update

Name: Maine Municipal Legislative Update
Start: 2024-06-04T09:00:00+0000
Location: Webinar

When: June 4, 2024 at 9:00am – 10:30am

People: Kristin M. Collins, Stephen E.F. Langsdorf, Cameron A. Ferrante

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Webinar

The second regular session of the 131st Maine Legislature has been particularly impactful for Maine’s municipalities, with further shrinking of home rule authority, new and onerous procedures for property tax sales, and many other new laws you need to know. Preti Flaherty’s Municipal Law team and the MTCMA are partnering to present this webinar to help you digest these new laws and how they might impact your town or county. Join us on June 4 for an extensive review of all the major legislative changes impacting municipalities this year.

Firm Highlights

Publication

Supreme Court Rules Certain Impact Fees Unconstitutional

A recent Supreme Court ruling in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado makes it clear that impact fees adopted by a legislative body may work as an unconstitutional taking of property. The Issue: This...

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Supreme Court Clarifies Constitutionality of Outdoor Camping Bans

Earlier today the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in the City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson et al. , overturning a 2019 decision from the 9 th Circuit Court, which held...

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Maine Legislature (Again) Changes Process for Selling Tax-Acquired Properties (LD 2262)

On April 16, 2024, the Governor signed LD 2262, “An Act to Amend the Process for the Sale of Foreclosed Properties Due to Nonpayment of Taxes.” In June 2023, in response to the United...