LD 1534 set up a study committee that seemed biased toward abolishing the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC), the state agency charged with protecting Maine’s vast North Woods. Policymakers had the option to support the committee’s Minority Report – a balanced legislative study to identify ways to improve LURC. Instead, the majority of lawmakers voted for a study process that seemed to have a pre-determined mission of dismantling LURC and moving its planning and regulatory functions to counties that include portions of the unorganized territories of northern Maine.

Status:

Bill passed and signed by the Governor

Votes / Roll Calls:

Date	Desc	Yea	Nay	No Vote	Absent	Total	Passed	Chamber
01/01/2011	Roll Call	77	98	0	9	185
Votes	Show Justin L. Alfond Yea Bernard L. A. Ayotte Nay Philip L. Bartlett Yea Paulette G. Beaudoin Yea Michael G. Beaulieu Nay Roberta B. Beavers Yea Henry E. M. Beck Yea Devin M. Beliveau Yea Paul Edward Bennett Nay Seth A. Berry Yea Bruce A. Bickford Nay Russell J. Black Nay Anna D. Blodgett Yea Andrea M. Boland Yea Brian D. Bolduc Nay Joseph C. Brannigan Yea Sheryl J. Briggs Yea Mark E. Bryant Absent David C. Burns Nay David R. Burns Nay Emily Ann Cain Yea Michael E. Carey Absent Alan M. Casavant Yea Richard M. Cebra Nay Michael Celli Absent Ralph Chapman Yea Kathleen D. Chase Nay Benjamin M. Chipman Yea Tyler Clark Nay Herbert E. Clark Nay Michael H. Clarke Absent Ronald F Collins Nay Alexander Cornell du Houx Yea H. David Cotta Nay Jonathan T.E. Courtney Nay Dale J. Crafts Nay Margaret M. Craven Yea Dean A. Cray Nay Jarrod S. Crockett Nay Philip A. Curtis Nay Andre E. Cushing III Nay Douglas K. Damon Absent Paul T. Davis Nay Bill Diamond Yea James F. Dill Yea Cynthia A. Dill Yea Mark N. Dion Absent Dana L. Dow Nay Timothy E. Driscoll Yea Robert S. Duchesne Yea Larry C. Dunphy Nay Jane E. Eberle Yea Peter Edgecomb Nay Ellie Espling Nay Mark W. Eves Absent Nichi S. Farnham Nay Stacey Allen Fitts Nay Joyce A. Fitzpatrick Nay Elspeth M. Flemings Yea Patrick S. A. Flood Nay Leslie T Fossel Nay Karen D. Foster Nay Kenneth Wade Fredette Nay Stanley J. Gerzofsky Yea Jeffery Allen Gifford Nay Paul E. Gilbert Yea James S. Gillway Nay Seth A. Goodall Excused Adam A. Goode Yea Anne P. Graham Yea Stacey K. Guerin Nay James M. Hamper Nay Stephen P. Hanley Yea Denise Patricia Harlow Yea R. Ryan Harmon Nay Lance Evans Harvell Nay David R. Hastings Nay Teresea Hayes Yea Erin D. Herbig Yea Dawn Hill Yea Jon Hinck Yea Barry J. Hobbins Yea George W. Hogan Yea Robert B. Hunt Yea Melissa Walsh Innes Absent Troy Dale Jackson Nay Peter B. Johnson Nay David D. Johnson Nay Bryan T Kaenrath Yea Roger J. Katz Nay Peter S. Kent Yea Dennis L. Keschl Nay Jane S. Knapp Nay L. Gary Knight Nay Chuck Kruger Yea Walter A. Kumiega III Yea Michel A. Lajoie Yea Brian D. Langley Nay Aaron F Libby Nay Ricky D. Long Nay Thomas R. W. Longstaff Yea Stephen D. Lovejoy Yea Louis J. Luchini Yea W. Bruce MacDonald Yea Joyce A. Maker Nay Richard S. Malaby Nay Maeghan Maloney Yea John L. Martin Yea Thomas H. Martin Nay Garrett Paul Mason Nay Edward J. Mazurek Yea Jeff M. McCabe Yea Michael D. McClellan Nay Earle L. McCormick Yea Howard E. McFadden Nay Jonathan B. McKane Nay Susan E. Morissette Nay Terry K. Morrison Yea Bradley S. Moulton Yea Joan M. Nass Nay Mary Pennell Nelson Yea Melvin Newendyke Nay Robert W. Nutting Nay Andrew R. O’Brien Yea Beth A. O’Connor Nay Kimberly N. Olsen Nay James W. Parker Nay Wayne R. Parry Nay John L. Patrick Nay Anita Peavey Haskell Yea Ann E. Peoples Yea Matthew J. Peterson Yea John Joseph Picchiotti Nay Donald E. Pilon Yea Debra D. Plowman Nay Gary E. Plummer Nay Kerri L. Prescott Nay Charles R. Priest Yea Helen Rankin Yea Kevin L. Raye Nay Christopher W. Rector Nay David E. Richardson Nay Wesley E. Richardson Nay Peter B. Rioux Nay Megan M. Rochelo Yea Richard W. Rosen Nay Kimberley C. Rosen Nay Margaret R. Rotundo Yea Diane M. Russell Yea Linda F. Sanborn Yea Deborah J. Sanderson Nay Ralph W. Sarty, Jr. Nay Thomas B. Saviello Nay Elizabeth M. Schneider Yea Michael A. Shaw (Resigned) Yea Roger L. Sherman Nay Heather W. Sirocki Nay Lois A. Snowe-Mello Nay Sara R. Stevens Yea Meredith N. Strang Burgess Nay Peter C. Stuckey Yea Nancy B. Sullivan Nay Charles Kenneth Theriault Yea Michael D. Thibodeau Nay Douglas A. Thomas Nay Dianne C. Tilton Nay Jeffrey L. Timberlake Nay David Trahan Nay Sharon Anglin Treat Yea Beth P. Turner Nay John L. Tuttle Yea Linda M. Valentino Yea Amy Fern Volk Nay Richard V Wagner Yea G. Paul Waterhouse Nay Windol C. Weaver Nay David C. Webster Yea Joan W. Welsh Yea Rodney L. Whittemore Nay Alexander Reginald Willette Nay Michael J. Willette Nay Tom J. Winsor Nay Frederick L. Wintle Absent Stephen J. Wood Nay Richard G. Woodbury Yea