Maine Attorney General Opinions
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Did Maine's optional telephone-rate bill compete with the 1986 voter initiative to preserve flat-rate service?
No. The Maine Attorney General concluded that the optional measured-service bill and the initiated bill could operate together because the former preserved a flat-rate option and did not bar the…
Could Maine's Legislature require a suspended judge to repay the salary he received while under indictment?
No. The Maine Attorney General concluded that a bill requiring former Judge Earl Wahl to repay salary received during a court-ordered suspension would violate the state Constitution's judicial…
Could Waldo County's budget committee set county officers' salaries differently from Maine's salary statute?
No. The Maine Attorney General concluded that Waldo County's budget committee could approve the county budget but could not set county officers' salaries differently from the amounts fixed by state…
Could filing a Maine voter initiative stop a pending utility commission order on measured telephone service?
No. The Maine Attorney General concluded that filing an initiative petition would not delay or suspend a Public Utilities Commission order requiring a telephone company to begin local measured…
Could Maine parochial school teachers receive state study loans and cancel them by teaching at a religious school?
The 1986 Maine Attorney General said parochial school teachers were eligible for Blaine House study loans under the statute, although an agency rule excluded them. He concluded that proposed loan…
Did Maine's sales tax on premium cable TV violate free speech, interstate commerce, or federal cable law?
No. The Maine Attorney General concluded that the state's 5 percent sales tax on extended cable television service did not violate the First Amendment or Commerce Clause and was not barred by the…
Could Maine's 1985 limits on buying military service credit apply to state retirement members whose pension rights had already vested?
The AG said the 1985 amendments took effect despite a later bill that reenacted the same section without them. But applying those changes to members who had ten years of service by September 19,…
In 1985, could a Maine legislator leave office at retirement age and keep state health coverage without retiring from a state pension system?
Generally, no under the 1985 statute: the AG read retiree health coverage as requiring a member to retire from a state retirement system and receive a pension, not simply reach age 60 and leave…
Would Maine's proposed commercial forestry excise tax have been constitutional after the forest fire tax ruling?
The Maine Attorney General concluded in 1985 that the proposed tax would likely be constitutional if enacted. The opinion treated it as a tax on using land for a commercial forestry enterprise,…
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Attorney general opinions in Maine are written by the Maine Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.