RULEMAKING

Public Input for Proposed Rules Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rulemaking. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one - the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rulemaking if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rulemaking if there are fewer (Title 5 §8055). You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone (207) 287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 §11112). World?Wide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rulemaking liaisons (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/liaisons.html), who are single points of contact for each agency. PROPOSALS AGENCY: 99-639 - ConnectME Authority CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 101, ConnectME Authority PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2017-P154 BRIEF SUMMARY: The purpose of this chapter is to incorporate revisions to the Advanced Technology Infrastructure Act contained in Title 35-A MRS Ch. 93 (specifically Sections 9201 to 9218), including the operation of the ConnectME Authority. PUBLIC HEARING: November 17, 2017, 2:00 p.m. at the Maine Public Utilities Commission office at 101 Second Street, Hallowell, ME 04347 COMMENT DEADLINE: November 29, 2017 CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING / SMALL BUSINESS IMPACT INFORMATION / RULEMAKING LIAISON: David W. Maxwell, Program Director, ConnectME Authority, 145 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04330-0145. Telephone: (207) 624-9793. Email: David.W.Maxwell@Maine.gov . FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: None ADOPTIONS Pursuant to Ch. 380 of the Public Laws of 2011, notice of the adoption of rules will no longer be published in the newspaper rulemaking notices; our Wednesday web notices will continue to carry them, however. Information on rules adopted through the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as well as the full text of adopted rules is available on the internet at http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules .