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- Abuse or neglect: means a threat to a child's health or welfare by physical, mental or emotional injury or impairment, sexual abuse or exploitation including under Title 17?A, sections 282, 852, 853 and 855 or deprivation of essential needs, or lack of protection from these, by a person responsible for the child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002
- Abutting property: means , with respect to a parcel of land, another parcel of land that shares a common property boundary, except that "abutting property" does not include a parcel of land separated from another parcel by a public road or highway. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Academic credit: means credit hours or some equivalent measure which may be awarded and which are applicable toward a degree. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10701
- Account: means a general account or a compliance account. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A
- account: means a financial instrument established pursuant to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10981
- Account holder: means an eligible person who owns a family development account. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10981
- Accreditation: means a formal status granted by an accrediting agency to an institution meeting or exceeding the educational quality criteria as stated in the accrediting agency's publication in order to assess and enhance the educational quality of an institution, ensure consistency in institutional operations, promote institutional improvement and provide for public accountability. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10801
- Accreditation mill: means an entity that is created to give the appearance that certain substandard schools or institutions of higher education are legitimately accredited organizations, that is not recognized by any authorized state, professional or national agency and that has few, if any, standards for quality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10801
- accumulated contributions: includes as much of the employer's contribution in the Retirement Allowance Fund as is needed to reach 7. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Affiliate: means any person who, as determined by the commission:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303Affiliate: means any person who, as determined by the commission:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3180Agency: means the Maine Municipal and Rural Electrification Cooperative Agency. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4103 Agent: means an individual appointed to serve in the capacity of a superintendent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Aggravating factor: means any of the following circumstances with regard to the parent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Aggregate: means to organize individual electricity consumers into a group or entity for the purpose of purchasing electricity on a group basis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Aggregator: means an entity that gathers individual consumers together for the purpose of purchasing electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Agricultural commodity: means any and all agricultural, horticultural and vineyard crops and products when produced or sold in this State, either in their natural state or as processed by the producer, including such products as:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423Agricultural enterprise: includes a business or activity that attracts visitors to a farm for the purpose of supplementing income from the primary crop or livestock operation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 434 Air contaminants: includes , but is not limited to, dust, fumes, gas, mist, particulate matter, smoke, vapor or any combination thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Air contamination source: means any and all sources of emission of air contaminants, whether privately or publicly owned or operated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration as to be injurious to human, plant or animal life or to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life and property throughout the State or throughout such areas of the State as shall be affected thereby. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Air pollution control apparatus: means and includes any appliance, equipment or machinery which removes, reduces controls, eliminates, disposes of or renders less noxious the emission of air contaminants into ambient air. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Air quality units: means the toxicity score for a hazardous air pollutant multiplied by the estimated emissions of that hazardous air pollutant. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Allocation: means the number of carbon dioxide allowances to be credited to a carbon dioxide budget unit or to the general account of the sponsor of an approved carbon dioxide emissions offset project. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Ambient air: means all air outside of buildings, stacks or exterior ducts. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it. Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments. Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year. Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant. Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal. Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority. Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account. Associate: means any person other than a transmission and distribution utility that substantially participates in the ownership or operation of a cogeneration or small power production facility or any person that contracts to receive the thermal output of a cogeneration facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Associated facilities: means elements of a wind energy development other than its generating facilities that are necessary to the proper operation and maintenance of the wind energy development, including but not limited to buildings, access roads, generator lead lines and substations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Assured revenues: as used in this chapter and in chapter 411, means revenues to be received from grants, subsidies, contracts, leases or other; agreements made by or with the Federal Government, the State or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government or the State, or others; or revenues to be received from existing projects, from projects under construction or from projects for which the university has entered into a binding commitment for the acquisition, construction or accomplishment of the project, anticipated by the trustees to produce annual revenues in an amount not less than the anticipated annual cost of operation, maintenance and repair of such project, including aggregate annual debt service payments on any financing for the project, during the term of any financing effected under this chapter for the project, as determined by the trustees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951 Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court. Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings. BART: means an emission limitation based on the degree of reduction achievable through the application of the best system of continuous emission reduction for each visibility-impairing air pollutant that is emitted by an existing stationary facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 BART eligible unit: means an existing stationary facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels. Battery storage system: means a commercially available technology that uses chemical processes for absorbing energy and storing it for a period of time for use at a later time, including but not limited to lithium-ion batteries. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3498 Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC Beneficiary: means a person or persons designated by a member to receive a benefit under this Part or a person otherwise entitled to receive a benefit under this Part. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Best practical mitigation: means methods or technologies used during construction or operation of a wind energy development that control or reduce to the lowest feasible level impacts to scenic or wildlife resources in accordance with rules adopted by the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Best practical treatment: means that method which controls or reduces emissions of air contaminants to the lowest possible level considering:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582Bid rate: means the rate proposed under a qualified bid for the output of a distributed generation resource in response to a competitive procurement solicitation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Board: means the board of trustees, established under section 12004?F, subsection 9, to administer the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Board of directors: means the governing body with statutory powers and duties for a school administrative district. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Broker: means an entity that acts as an agent or intermediary in the sale and purchase of electricity but that does not take title to electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Bulk gasoline plant: means , except for gasoline service stations, any gasoline storage and distribution facility or bulk gasoline terminal with a daily throughput of 76,000 liters, or 20,000 gallons, or less, that receives gasoline from refineries, bulk gasoline terminals or through direct import. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Bulk gasoline terminal: means a gasoline storage facility that receives gasoline from refineries, primarily by pipeline, ship or barge, and delivers gasoline to bulk gasoline plants or commercial or retail accounts primarily by tank vehicle and that has a daily throughput of more than 76,000 liters, or 20,000 gallons, of gasoline. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Campsite: means a camping location containing tents, registered tent trailers, registered pickup campers, registered recreational vehicles, registered trailers or similar devices used for camping. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Carbon dioxide budget unit: means any single fossil fuel fired unit that serves a generator with a nameplate capacity equal to or greater than 25 megawatts of electrical output. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Carbon dioxide emissions budget: means the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions allowances allocated by the State on an annual basis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Carbon dioxide emissions offset project: includes , but is not limited to, landfill and agricultural methane capture and destruction, reduction in emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, sequestration of carbon due to forestry practices and reduction or avoidance of carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas, oil or propane end-use combustion due to end-use energy efficiency and other categories established by the department by rule. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Carbon dioxide offset allowance: means a carbon dioxide allowance awarded to the sponsor of a carbon dioxide emissions offset project. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Cave: includes natural subsurface water and drainage systems, but does not include any mine, tunnel or other artificial excavation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 544-J Cave life: means any life-form normally found in a cave. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 544-J Certified business: means a business that has been certified by the federal Small Business Administration or another appropriate entity, as determined by the commission by rule, as a minority-owned, veteran-owned or women-owned business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Child protection proceeding: means a proceeding on a child protection petition under subchapter VI, a subsequent proceeding to review or modify a case disposition under section 4038, an appeal under section 4006, a proceeding on a termination petition under subchapter VI, or a proceeding on a medical treatment petition under subchapter VIII. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Clearing price: means the highest bid rate accepted by the commission for a procurement under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Climate action plan: means the state plan adopted under section 577. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 574 Closing: means the time at which a nuclear power plant ceases to generate electricity and is retired from active service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself. Cogenerator: means a municipality or person:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303Combined cycle system: means a system composed of one or more combustion turbines, heat recovery system generators and steam turbines configured to improve overall efficiency of electrical generation or steam production. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Combined heat and power project: means a facility that uses wood fuel to generate electric heat and power that is used for industrial or space heating purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3622 Combined heat and power unit: means a device that simultaneously generates electricity and thermal power and operates at a high level of output efficiency by utilizing the waste heat created as a by-product of electricity generation for domestic, commercial or industrial heating or cooling purposes, and whose useful thermal output equals at least 10% of the fossil fuel energy input of the unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Combined observation: means a view from a scenic resource of state or national significance of more than one group of generating facilities located within the viewshed of the scenic resource of state or national significance within the field of view of a stationary viewer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Commercial or institutional customer: means a nonresidential customer of an investor?owned transmission and distribution utility in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Commercial sporting camp: means a building or group of buildings devoted primarily to the offering of primitive lodging facilities for a fee to persons primarily in pursuit of primitive recreation or snowmobiling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Commissioner: means one of the members of the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 411 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's designee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 544 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13054 Committee membership: Legislators are assigned to specific committees by their party. Seniority, regional balance, and political philosophy are the most prominent factors in the committee assignment process. Common disaster: A sudden and extraordinary misfortune that brings about the simultaneous or near-simultaneous deaths of two or more associated persons, such as husband and wife. Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action. Community and workforce enhancement standards: means the standards described in section 3408, subsection 3 that contractors and subcontractors responsible for construction work and individuals performing construction work must meet. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Community benefit agreement: means an agreement between the developer of an expedited wind energy development and a host community that involves payments by the developer to the host community to be utilized for public purposes, including, but not limited to, for property tax reductions, economic development projects, land and natural resource conservation, tourism promotion or reduction of energy costs, and that specifies in writing:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Community benefits package: means the aggregate collection of tangible benefits resulting from any of the following:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Community development organization: means a charitable organization, a community action agency or a nonprofit organization under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 501(c)(3) approved by the university to administer family development accounts. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10981 Community Reinvestment Act: The Act is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. It was enacted by the Congress in 1977. Source: OCC Community-based offshore wind energy project: means a wind energy development, as defined by Title 35?A, section 3451, subsection 11, with an aggregate generating capacity of less than 3 megawatts that meets the following criteria: the generating facilities are wholly or partially located on or above the coastal submerged lands of the State; the generating facilities are located within one nautical mile of one or more islands that are within the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State and the project will offset part or all of the electricity requirements of those island communities; and the development meets the definition of "community-based renewable energy project" as defined by Title 35?A, section 3602, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Community-based renewable energy project: means a locally owned electricity generating facility that generates electricity from an eligible renewable resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Competitive electricity provider: means a marketer, broker, aggregator or any other entity selling electricity to the public at retail, but does not include an electric vehicle charging station or an entity that generates electricity solely for the use of:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant. compliance account: means the account established by the department for a carbon dioxide budget unit wherein carbon dioxide emissions allowances and carbon dioxide offset allowances are held and available for compliance purposes under the carbon dioxide cap-and-trade program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Construction: means the installation of permanent equipment or structures. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4372 Construction work: means the construction, alteration or remodeling of a structure and any work directly related to the construction, alteration or remodeling of a structure, including, but not limited to, landscaping and trucking, but does not include surveying or engineering or the examination or inspection of a construction site. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility: includes but is not limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time. Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed. cooperative: means any corporation organized under this chapter or which becomes subject to this chapter in the manner provided. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3703 Cooperative: means any corporation organized as of January 1, 1981, under chapter 37 or former Title 35, chapters 221 to 227 on a cooperative plan under the laws of the State and supplying or authorized to supply electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4103 Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name. Corridor: means an area no greater than 1/2 mile in width in which a proposed transmission line is to be located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131 Cost-effective: means , with respect to nonwires alternatives, that benefits exceed costs, as determined by benefit-cost analysis conducted pursuant to section 3132?C, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131 Courses of study: means the courses of study for the elementary and secondary schools that are in alignment with the system of learning results as established in section 6209 and consistent with the requirements of this Title. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Credit rate: means the per?kilowatt?hour rate used to calculate the monetary value of a distributed generation resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Cumulative scenic impact or effect: means the potential adverse effect on the scenic character and existing uses related to the scenic character of scenic resources of state or national significance resulting from the incremental impact of a proposed wind energy development when added to the effects of other existing, permitted or pending wind energy developments within the viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Currently available and qualified employee: means an individual, including, but not limited to, an apprentice, performing construction work who:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-ACustodian: means the person who has legal custody and power over the person of a child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Customer: includes any person, government or governmental division which has applied for, been accepted and is currently receiving service from a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Dam: means any artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, the site on which it is located and appurtenant rights of flowage and access, that impounds or diverts water, and that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries. Debtor: means an individual debtor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 4421 Decedent: A deceased person. Decommissioning: includes the grading to postconstruction grade and revegetation of all earth disturbed during construction and decommissioning, except for areas already restored, providing for the recycling of the waste components of the solar energy development that are recyclable, including, but not limited to, the solar panels, by a facility authorized to accept such materials for recycling and providing for the disposal of the waste components of the solar energy development that are not recyclable by a facility authorized to accept such materials for disposal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3491 Decommissioning: includes the grading to postconstruction grade and revegetation of all earth disturbed during construction and decommissioning, except for areas already restored. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3498 Decommissioning: means the series of activities undertaken beginning at the time of closing of a nuclear power plant to ensure that the final disposition of the site or any radioactive components or material, but not including spent fuel, associated with the plant is accomplished safely, in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Decommissioning expenses: means the following:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352Decommissioning financing plan: means the plan approved by the commission under section 4353. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Decommissioning fund committee: means a committee established to have overall responsibility, as described in section 4354, for a decommissioning trust fund. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another. Degree: means a document of achievement at the associate level or higher conferred by a postsecondary educational institution authorized to confer that degree in its home state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10701 Degree mill: means a school or institution of higher education without accreditation that meets any one of the following conditions:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10801Department: means the Department of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Department: means the Department of Environmental Protection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A Department: means the Department of Economic and Community Development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13054 Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another. Dependent: includes a spouse, whether or not actually dependent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 4421 Development: means all of the methods used in the preparation of a known and presumed economically extractable ore deposit for mining. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Devise: To gift property by will. Diploma mill: means an institution of higher education operating without accreditation or supervision of a state or a nationally recognized professional agency and granting diplomas that are either fraudulent or, because of lack of proper standards, worthless. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10801 Direct-marketing: means the marketing of agricultural commodities by farmers directly to consumers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 411 Director of the survey: means the executive head of the survey under section 543, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Disadvantaged business enterprise: means a business that is certified by the Department of Transportation in compliance with federal regulations under Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 26. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Disaster relief organization: means an entity that provides emergency or disaster relief services that include health services or veterinary services provided by volunteer health practitioners as long as the entity:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-ADisclaimant: means the person to whom a disclaimed interest or power would have passed had the disclaimer not been made. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Disclaimed interest: means the interest that would have passed to the disclaimant had the disclaimer not been made. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Disclaimer: means the refusal to accept an interest in or power over property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial. displaced homemaker: means an individual who: [PL 2013, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10921 Distributed energy resources: means small-scale electrical generation sources located close to where the generated electricity is used, energy storage resources, energy efficiency resources or demand response resources. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3351 Distributed generation resource: means an electric generating facility with a nameplate capacity of less than 5 megawatts that uses a renewable fuel or technology under section 3210, subsection 2, paragraph B?3 and is located in the service territory of a transmission and distribution utility in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 District: means geographical division of the production areas in this State as may be established by the commissioner pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Divest: means to legally transfer ownership and control to an entity that is not an affiliated interest. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Domestic transmission and distribution utility: means any entity organized under the laws of this State to transmit or distribute electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131 Donee: The recipient of a gift. Donor: The person who makes a gift. Door-to-door sales: means the practice by which a representative of a competitive electricity provider, including a 3rd-party sales agent, solicits or sells electric services to residential or small commercial consumers by means of personal visits to consumers at locations other than the representative's place of business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Duly authorized institution of higher learning: means an institution that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10801Dwelling unit: means any part of a structure which, through sale or lease, is intended for human habitation, including single-family and multifamily housing, condominiums, time-share units, and apartments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Economic development incentive: means federal and state statutorily defined programs that receive state funds, dedicated revenue funds and tax expenditures as defined by section 1666 whose purposes are to create, attract or retain business entities related to business development in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13070-J Economic development investments: means commitments of state funds, dedicated revenue funds and tax expenditures as defined by section 1666 for research and development activities and economic development incentive programs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13070-J Economic development proposal: means proposed legislation that establishes a new program or that expands an existing program that:
(1) Is intended to encourage significant business expansion or retention in the State; and
(2) Contains a tax expenditure, as defined in section 1666, or a budget expenditure with a cost that is estimated to exceed $100,000 per year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13070-JEducational institution: means any person, partnership, board, association, institution or corporation other than the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System and the Maine Maritime Academy that offers academic, educational, literary or professional courses or programs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10701 Efficient combined heat and power system: means a system that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201Electric billing and metering services: means the following services:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201Electric vehicle charging station provider: means a person selling electricity for the sole purpose of transferring electric energy between a charger and the battery or other energy storage device in an electric vehicle. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Electrical generating unit: means a fossil fuel fired combustion device that serves a generator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Eligible person: means an individual whose family income is below 200% of the nonfarm income official poverty line as defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with the United States Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Section 673, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10981 Eligible renewable resource: means a renewable capacity resource as defined in section 3210, subsection 2, paragraph B?3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Eligible small generator: means a generator that has a generating capacity of 5 megawatts or less and generates electricity using:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201Emergency: means an event or condition that is an actual or imminent civil emergency or disaster or an actual or threatened epidemic or public health threat that is the subject of an emergency proclamation pursuant to section 742 or an emergency declaration pursuant to Title 22, section 802. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Emergency: means breaches and all conditions leading to or causing a breach, overtopping or any other condition in a dam and its appurtenant structures that may be construed as unsafe or threatening to life and property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Emergency action plan: means a set of written instructions or guidelines for use by public officials that recommends actions that, when implemented, will minimize the effects of a dam failure on people and property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Emergency declaration: means a declaration or proclamation of emergency issued by a person authorized to do so under the laws of this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Emergency Management Assistance Compact: means the interstate compact approved by the United States Congress in Public Law 104-321 (1996) and adopted by this State in chapter 16. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Emergency situation: means a situation determined by the commissioner, after consultation with other state and federal agencies if time permits, to present a potential but real and impending danger to life, limb or property because of flooding or potential and imminent flooding and includes a situation that the Governor declares to be an emergency pursuant to section 742. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Emission: means a release of air contaminants into ambient air or the air contaminants so released. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Emission source: means any and all sources of emissions of air contaminants, whether privately or publicly owned or operated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Employee: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001Energy storage system: means a commercially available technology that uses mechanical, chemical or thermal processes for absorbing energy and storing it for a period of time for use at a later time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs. Entity: means a person other than an individual. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Entity: means a person or organization, including but not limited to any political, governmental, quasi-governmental, corporate, business, professional, trade, agricultural, cooperative, for-profit or nonprofit organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Environmental permitting entity: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3491Environmental permitting entity: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3498Equal Credit Opportunity Act: Prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives income from a public assistance program. Source: OCC Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met. Escrow account: means an account established under commission rules to hold funds collected under an interim decommissioning financing plan promulgated under section 4353, subsection 5, until a decommissioning trust fund is established or to hold funds for other temporary purposes under this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Evidences of indebtedness: means any notes, long-term or short-term, or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951 Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent Expedited permitting area: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Expedited wind energy development: means a grid-scale wind energy development or a port facility necessary to the proper operation and maintenance of an offshore wind power project as defined in section 3401?A, subsection 15 that is proposed for location within an expedited permitting area. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Exploration: means an examination of an area for the purpose of discovering the presence of minerals with techniques which include all of the manual, mechanical, electronic or chemical methods of determining the presence, size and quality of a mineral deposit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Explosives: means explosive materials which are used to explore, develop or mine a mineral deposit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A External floating roof: means a storage vessel cover in an open-top tank consisting of a double deck or pontoon single deck which rests upon and is supported by the petroleum liquid being contained and is equipped with a closure seal or seals to close the space between the roof edge and tank shell. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. False academic degree: means a document such as a degree or certification of completion of a degree, course work or academic credit, including a transcript, that provides evidence or demonstrates completion of a course of instruction or course work that results in the issuance of an associate or more advanced degree by an institution that is not a duly authorized institution of higher learning. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10801 Family development account reserve fund: means the fund created by a community development organization for the purposes of funding the administrative costs of the program and providing matching funds for deposit in family development accounts. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10981 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: means a condition whose effects include having facial characteristics, growth restriction, central nervous system abnormalities or other characteristics consistent with prenatal alcohol exposure identified in a child from birth to 12 months of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Fiduciary: means a personal representative, trustee, agent acting under a power of attorney or other person authorized to act as a fiduciary with respect to the property of another person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Financial institution: means a credit union or financial institution authorized to do business in this State under Title 9?B and that meets standards established by the university. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10981 Financing documents: means any evidences of indebtedness, loan agreements, credit agreements, financing leases, lease-purchase agreements, trust agreements, indentures, resolutions, mortgages, security agreements, pledge agreements or other contracts, agreements or documents executed and delivered by the university in connection with a financing transaction under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951 Financing transaction: means the borrowing of money by the university on behalf of the State pursuant to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951 Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006. Fishing community: means a municipality where marine organisms, as defined in Title 12, section 6001, subsection 26, are landed or processed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Fixed Rate: Having a "fixed" rate means that the APR doesn't change based on fluctuations of some external rate (such as the "Prime Rate"). In other words, a fixed rate is a rate that is not a variable rate. A fixed APR can change over time, in several circumstances: Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC Foreign electric utility: means any entity organized under the laws of a state other than this State, or a province of Canada, that is authorized under the laws of the state or province in which it is organized to generate, transmit or distribute electricity, or to own, operate or otherwise participate in utility facilities or interests in utility facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131 Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC Fossil fuel: means natural gas, petroleum, coal or any form of solid, liquid or gaseous fuel derived from such a material. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Fossil fuel fired unit: means :
- You are late making a payment or commit some other default, triggering an increase to a penalty rate
- The bank changes the terms of your account and you do not reject the change.
- The rate expires (if the rate was fixed for only a certain period of time).
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-AFoster parent: means a person whose home is licensed by the department as a family foster home as defined in section 8101, subsection 3 and with whom the child lives pursuant to a court order or agreement with the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another. Fuel-burning equipment: means any furnace, boiler or apparatus,and all appurtenances thereto, used in the process of burning fuel including stationary internal combustion engines. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Fugitive emissions: means emissions of air contaminants which do not pass through a stack, flue, chimney or vent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 fund: means a trust fund set up as prescribed in sections 4353 and 4355 to hold money for the eventual purpose of paying decommissioning expenses. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Fund: means the Maine Microenterprise Initiative Fund established in section 13063?K. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13063-J Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor Gasoline dispensing facility: means any gasoline service station, bulk terminal or bulk plant or any other facility or organization, governmental or private, that stores gasoline in tanks having a capacity of greater than 250 gallons, and dispenses fuel for motor vehicle use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 general account: means the account established by the department upon the request of an entity wherein the entity may hold carbon dioxide allowances and carbon dioxide offset allowances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A General process source: means any emission source, except fuel-burning equipment, incinerators, mobile sources, open burning sources and sources of fugitive emissions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Generating facilities: means wind turbines and towers and transmission lines, not including generator lead lines, that are immediately associated with the wind turbines. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Generation assets: includes all real estate, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with, or to facilitate, the generation of electric power. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Generation service: means the provision of electric power to a consumer through a transmission and distribution utility but does not encompass any activity related to the transmission or distribution of that power. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Generator: means a device that produces electricity and is required to be reported as a generating unit pursuant to the United States Department of Energy Form 860. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value. Grade: means one of the officially established grades for an agricultural commodity as defined by the commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage, Greenhouse gas: includes , but is not limited to, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 574 Grid-scale wind energy development: means a wind energy development that is of a size that would qualify as a development of state or regional significance that may substantially affect the environment as defined under Title 38, section 482, subsection 2, paragraph A or paragraph C. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Gross annual greenhouse gas emissions: means the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by all sources within the State each year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 574 Gross electrical generation: means the electrical output in megawatts at the terminals of the generator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Handler: means any person, except a common carrier, exempt carrier or contract carrier of agricultural commodities, who is engaged in packing, grading, selling, offering for sale or marketing any agricultural commodities, who as owner, agent or otherwise ships or causes to be shipped an agricultural commodity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Hazard potential: means the possible adverse incremental consequences that result from the release of water or stored contents due to failure of the dam or misoperation of the dam or appurtenances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Hazardous air pollutant: means an air pollutant to which no ambient air standard is applicable and which in the judgment of the board causes, or contributes to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to result in an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Health facility: means an entity licensed under the laws of this State or another state to provide health services or veterinary services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Health practitioner: means an individual licensed under the laws of this State or another state to provide health services or veterinary services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Health services: means the provision of treatment, care, advice or guidance or other services or supplies related to the health or death of individuals or human populations, to the extent necessary to respond to an emergency, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-AHearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court. High hazard potential dam: means a dam assigned the high hazard potential classification where failure or misoperation will probably cause loss of human life; [PL 2001, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 High-impact electric transmission line: means a transmission line greater than 50 miles in length that is:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131High-level radioactive waste: means the highly radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing and any solid material derived from that liquid waste that contains fission products in sufficient concentrations; and other highly radioactive material that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law, determines by rule to require permanent isolations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4372 Highway: includes any private or public street, way or other place used for travel to or from property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1004 Highway commissioners: means an individual, board or other body having authority under law to discontinue the use of the highway which it is desired to restrict or close to public use and travel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1004 Hiring hall: means a service provided by a labor organization or an entity associated with a labor organization that places employees with an employer under a collective bargaining agreement or otherwise places employees with employers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Homeless student: means a person eligible to attend elementary or secondary school pursuant to section 5201 who:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1Host community: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Host entity: means an entity operating in this State that uses volunteer health practitioners to respond to an emergency. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Incinerator: means any device, apparatus or equipment used for destroying, reducing or salvaging by fire any material or substance, but does not include any device, apparatus or equipment used to burn material-separated, refuse-derived fuel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Inclusive bidding standards: means a set of guidelines to ensure comprehensive engagement and involvement of the construction industry, including requirements that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-AIndictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies. Infant: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Integrated manufacturing facility: means a facility that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-AInter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person. Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC Internal floating roof: means a cover or roof in a fixed-roof tank which rests upon or is floated upon the petroleum liquid being contained, and is equipped with a closure seal or seals to close the space between the roof edge and tank shell. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 International Emergency Management Assistance Compact: means the mutual assistance compact described in chapter 16-A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit. Intestate: Dying without leaving a will. jeopardy: means serious abuse or neglect, as evidenced by:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together. Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants. Jointly held property: means property held in the name of 2 or more persons under an arrangement in which all holders have concurrent interests and under which the last surviving holder is entitled to the whole of the property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit. Kilowatt: means 1,000 watts, measured in alternating current. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. License: includes authorization under the laws of this State to an individual to provide health services or veterinary services based upon a national certification issued by a public or private entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Licensed mental health professional: means a psychiatrist, licensed psychologist, licensed clinical social worker or certified social worker. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Licensee: means the holder of the operating permit from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a nuclear power plant. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt. Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Locally owned electricity generating facility: means an electricity generating facility at least 51% of which is owned by one or more qualifying local owners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Long-term electricity contract: means a contract for a period of 3 years or more with a carbon dioxide budget unit for the purchase of electricity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Lowest achievable emission rate: means the more stringent rate of emissions based on the following:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582Machinery: means equipment or machinery, exclusive of vehicles, which is used to explore, develop or mine a mineral deposit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Maine emerging industry compensation threshold: means an employment total compensation package that includes wages, health and welfare benefits, retirement benefits and any additional employer-paid benefits that have a monetary value equal to or greater than that established and in effect as a result of a mutual agreement between a labor organization whose local jurisdiction includes the county in the State where the work related to an offshore wind power project is being or is to be performed, based on data submitted by that labor organization to the Department of Labor, and the related and applicable contractors that are signatories to that mutual agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Market agreement: means an agreement with the commissioner entered into pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Market order: means an order issued by the commissioner pursuant to this subchapter, prescribing rules governing the marketing, distribution, sale or handling, in any manner of any agricultural commodity during any specified period. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Marketer: means an entity that as an intermediary purchases electricity and takes title to electricity for sale to retail consumers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Megawatt: means 1,000,000 watts, measured in alternating current. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Member: means any person included in the membership of a retirement program of the retirement system, as provided in chapter 423, subchapter 2, or chapter 425, subchapter 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Membership: means active participation in the program of a school from the date of enrollment to the time the student withdraws or is absent from the school for 10 consecutive days for reasons other than illness. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 15001 memorandum: means the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Memorandum of Understanding dated December 20, 2005 that establishes an electric power sector carbon emissions cap-and-trade program within the northeast region of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Microenterprise: means a business located in the State that produces goods or provides services and has fewer than 10 full-time equivalent employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13063-J Minerals: means all naturally occurring mineral deposits, including hydrocarbons and peat, but excluding sand, gravel and water. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Mining: means all of the extractive and beneficiative processes necessary to remove and prepare a mineral deposit for market. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Model rule: means the model rule, as amended, referenced in the memorandum of understanding. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Moratorium: means a temporary land use regulation or ordinance approved by the commission or a municipal legislative body which prevents development or subdivision by withholding authorization or approval necessary for development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan. Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money. Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money. municipal authority: means the rights, privileges, powers and immunities of a municipality that are specified in legislation specifically authorizing the exercise of those government powers and that are equivalent to the rights, privileges, powers and immunities possessed by the Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe with respect to expedited wind energy development within their respective Indian territories pursuant to Title 30, section 6206. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Municipal solid waste: means solid waste emanating from domestic and commercial sources within the State over which municipalities are authorized to exercise control. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Municipal solid waste energy recovery facility: means a small power producer that depends upon municipal solid waste for at least 50% of its energy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Municipality: includes , for purposes of enacting an air pollution control ordinance, only cities, organized towns and plantations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Municipality: means any municipal, plantation or quasi-municipal electric, or electric and utility, corporation, or municipal electric, or electric and utility, system within the State which, as of January 1, 1981, was authorized to and engaged in the manufacture, generation, transmission, distribution, purchase or sale of electricity to the general public. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4103 Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Nameplate capacity: means the maximum electrical generating output, expressed in megawatts, that a generator can sustain over a specified period of time when not restricted by seasonal or other deratings. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Nameplate capacity: means the installed or rated capacity of a power generator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Nameplate capacity: means the installed or rated capacity of a power generator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC Necessary remedial measure: means any repair or hazard-reducing measure relating to a structural component or operation of a dam needed to mitigate a specific condition at the dam that constitutes a threat to public safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Net annual greenhouse gas emissions: means gross annual greenhouse gas emissions less the total amount of greenhouse gases absorbed each year by plants and natural ecosystems, including, but not limited to, trees, crops, soil and wetlands within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 574 Net generating capacity: means the output of a generating facility delivered to the transmission and distribution utility system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Net generating capacity: means the electric output of an electricity generating facility delivered to the transmission and distribution utility system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3622 New England power pool: means the relationship or organization created by the New England power pool agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4103 New England power pool agreement: means the contractual agreement between electric utilities which is open to all electric utilities, whether private or governmental, operating in New England, which provides for cooperation and joint participation in developing and implementing a regional bulk power supply of electricity, which constitutes the central dispatching and primary pooling arrangements for electric utilities in the New England states, and which has been permitted to become effective under the Federal Power Act by the Federal Power Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4103 New microgrid: means a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources within clearly defined electrical boundaries that acts as a single controllable entity with respect to the electric grid and can connect and disconnect from the electric grid to enable the new microgrid to operate in both electric grid-connected mode and nongrid-connected mode, referred to in this chapter as "island mode" and that is constructed after October 1, 2020. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3351 Nonwires alternative: includes but is not limited to energy efficiency and conservation measures, energy storage, load management, demand response and distributed generation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131 Nonwires alternative coordinator: means the person or entity providing services under contract to the Office of the Public Advocate as described in section 1701, subsection 2?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131 Nuclear power plant: means a nuclear fission thermal power plant. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4372 Oath: A promise to tell the truth. Oath: includes an affirmation, when affirmation is allowed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period. Offer: means a proposal to install and operate a distributed generation resource of a specified capacity in exchange for a contract with a standard buyer designated pursuant to section 3483. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Office: means the Governor's Energy Office established in Title 2, section 9. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Opacity: means the degree of light obscuring capability of emissions of visible air contaminants expressed as a percentage. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Open burning: means the burning of any type of combustible material in the open ambient air without being completely enclosed and where the products of combustion are emitted directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack, chimney or duct or other device or structure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Ore: means any mineral or an aggregate of minerals which can be extracted from the earth economically. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Other independent system operator participating states: means the following states participating in the regional greenhouse gas initiative as of January 1, 2011 that are located within the New England independent system operator control area: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Outdoor wood boiler: means a fuel burning device:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582Output: means energy, capacity, renewable energy certificates and all other environmental attributes and market products that are available or may become available from a distributed generation resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Owner: means a person who owns title to land where a cave is located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 544-J Owner: means any transmission and distribution utility that owns any portion of a nuclear power plant, whether directly or through ownership of stock in a company that owns any portion of a nuclear power plant or through membership in a holding company that owns any portion of a nuclear power plant or through other means. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Parent: means a parent, guardian or legal guardian. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Parent: means a natural or adoptive parent or a parent established under Title 19?A, chapter 61, unless parental rights have been terminated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. Per stirpes: The legal means by which the children of a decedent, upon the death of an ancestor at a level above that of the decedent, receive by right of representation the share of the ancestor Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust, municipality, quasi-municipal corporation, state department, federal department or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, whether private, public or quasi-municipal, municipality, state governmental agency or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 Person: means person as defined in section 102 or any public agency, state or political subdivision or agency of the State, or any body politic. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3703 Person: means person as defined in section 102 or any public agency, state or political subdivision or agency of the State, or any body politic of any nature organized and existing under the law of any state, the United States, any Province of Canada and also includes Canada, its provinces and all political subdivisions, departments, agencies and instrumentalities of Canada. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4103 Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, legal representative or any organized group or business unit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Person: means individuals, partnerships, corporations and other entities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Person: means an individual, corporation, facility, institution or agency, public or private. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Person responsible for the child: includes the child's custodian. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Personal property: All property that is not real property. Petroleum liquids: means crude oil, condensate, and any finished or intermediate products manufactured or extracted in a petroleum refinery. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Planned subdistrict: means a delineated area for which a specific land use plan and standards have been agreed to by the owner of the land within the delineated area and approved by the commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 plant: means a nuclear fission thermal power plant situated in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer. Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC Preadoptive parent: means a person who has entered into a preadoption agreement with the department with respect to the child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial. Premature closing: means the closing of a nuclear power plant before the projected date of decommissioning, as projected in the decommissioning financing plan under section 4353. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents. Primary siting authority: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Principal: means the person who supervises the operation and management of a school and school property as determined necessary by the superintendent under policies established by the school board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law. Probate: Proving a will Process weight rate: means the average total weight of all materials, not including any gaseous or liquid fuels, solid fuels or combustion air, introduced into any manufacturing, industrial or combustion process that may result in the emission of any regulated pollutant to the ambient air, computed on an hourly basis, and shall be expressed in terms of weight per unit of time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Processor: means any person, other than a consumer, who purchases or contracts to purchase an agricultural commodity primarily for manufacture into food or other products by operations which change the physical form which that agricultural commodity possessed when produced. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Producer: means any person engaged within this State in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, for any market, any agricultural commodity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 423 Program: means the family development account program administered by the university under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10981 Program participant: means a community-based renewable energy project that is participating in the community-based renewable energy pilot program established in section 3603. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602 Program participant: means a combined heat and power project that is participating in the combined heat and power program established in section 3623. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3622 Project: includes all real and personal property, lands, improvements, driveways, roads, approaches, pedestrian access roads, parking lots, parking facilities, rights-of-way, utilities, easements and other interests in land, machinery and equipment, and all appurtenances and facilities either on, above or under the ground that are used or usable in connection with any of the structures mentioned in this subsection. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951 Project: means any plant, works, system or facilities inside or outside the State, and real and personal property of any nature or any interest in any of them, together with all parts of them and appurtenances to them, used or useful in the generation, production, transmission, distribution, purchase, sale, exchange or interchange of electricity and in the acquisition, extraction, conversion, transportation or storage or reprocessing of fuel of any kind for any purposes or an interest in, or the right to the use, services, output or capacity of a plant quota, works, system or facilities; provided that "project" does not include construction of nuclear generating facilities or the storage, reprocessing or transportation of nuclear fuel within the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4103 Project cost: means , but is not limited to, the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment, extension or disposal of a project or part of a project, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4103Project sponsor: means an entity or its successor or assignee that owns or operates:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481Prompt removal and dismantlement: means to immediately remove radioactive or radioactively contaminated material down to allowable residual levels which permit release of the property for unrestricted access. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Proprietary information: means production, commercial or financial information claimed as confidential on documents required to be submitted to participate in an auction, the disclosure of which would impair the competitive position of the account holder and would make available information that is not otherwise available. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government. Public entity: includes the State, any political subdivision of the State, a municipality and any quasi-municipal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Public school: means a school that is governed by a school board of a school administrative unit and funded primarily with public funds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Public utility: includes any pipe line, gas, electric, heat, water, oil, sewer, telephone, telegraph, radio, railway, railroad, airplane, transportation, communication or other system operated for public use regardless of ownership. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1004 Public utility: includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Qualified bid: means a bid to supply the output from a distributed generation resource that the commission determines meets the minimum qualification requirements established by rule. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Qualifying Band Trust Land: means Band Trust Land, as defined in the federal Aroostook Band of Micmacs Settlement Act, Public Law 102-171, 105 Stat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Qualifying facility: means any small power producer or cogenerator as defined in this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Qualifying local owner: means a person or entity that is:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3602Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Rate: means a price per kilowatt?hour of delivered energy as measured by a revenue grade meter, as defined by the commission by rule, at a distributed generation resource's point of connection to the electric grid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Rate design stability: means the implementation of interclass cost allocation or intraclass rate design changes to any existing customer class, of the magnitude or on such a schedule as to not be seriously adverse to the existing class of customers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Real estate: means land and structures attached to it. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business. Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC Region: means an air quality region or regions established by the board pursuant to section 583. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Regional greenhouse gas initiative: means the initiative referred to in the Memorandum of Understanding and the corresponding model rule that memorializes the ongoing cooperative effort by the State and other states to design and implement a regional carbon dioxide cap-and-trade program covering carbon dioxide emissions from electrical generating units in the signatory states. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Regional organization: means the entity that will manage the regional greenhouse gas initiative on a regional basis and with which the State contracts for related service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Regional transmission organization: means the independent systems operator that administers and oversees the wholesale electricity markets in which the State participates. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Registered apprenticeship: means an apprenticeship program registered with the Maine Apprenticeship Program in accordance with Title 26, chapter 37. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Registered apprenticeship program: means a plan approved by the Department of Labor or the United States Department of Labor containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment and training of apprentices, including, but not limited to, the requirement for an apprenticeship agreement, a schedule of work experience outlining the skills to be learned on the job, a schedule of related instruction courses necessary to supplement on-the-job learning and a schedule of progressively increasing wages to be paid to an apprentice consistent with the skill proficiencies achieved and leading toward a journeyman wage rate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A registered mail: when used in connection with any requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Relative: includes , for an Indian child as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 United States Code § 1903, Subsection 4, or by the Maine Indian Child Welfare Act, section 3943, subsection 8, an extended family member as defined by the law or custom of the Indian child's tribe or, in the absence of such law or custom, an extended family member as defined by the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 United States Code § 1903, Subsection 2 or the Maine Indian Child Welfare Act, section 3943, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant. Renewable resources: means resources that are capable of being reproduced, replenished or restored following the use of these resources and resources that are inexhaustible. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals). Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation. Research and development activities: means activities that directly or through capital investment support basic and applied scientific research and related commercial development funded by state appropriations and bond proceeds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13070-J Responsible entity: means the person undertaking to develop an offshore wind power project. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Retail access: means the right of a retail consumer of electricity to purchase generation service from a competitive electricity provider. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3201 Retirement: means termination of membership with a retirement allowance granted under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust). Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners. Ringelmann Chart: shall mean the chart published and described in the United States Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8333, on which are illustrated graduated shades of gray for use in estimating the light obscuring density or opacity of any black emissions or any other such device which may be approved by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Royalty: means the amount paid to the State for the right to remove minerals from state land, including minimum and preproduction payments. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A Scenic resource of state or national significance: means an area or place owned by the public or to which the public has a legal right of access that is:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451Scope of practice: means the extent of the authorization to provide health services or veterinary services granted to a health practitioner by a license issued to the practitioner in the state in which the principal part of the practitioner's services are rendered, including any conditions imposed by the licensing authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Secondary school: means that portion of a school that provides instruction in any combination of grades 9 through 12. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Sector: means one of the 5 sectors identified in the climate change action plan adopted by the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers in August 2001. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 574 Sequential observation: means a view of more than one group of generating facilities located within the viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance as the viewer travels along the portion of a linear route that is located within the viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations. Serious harm: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002Service: means service as an employee for which compensation was paid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Setback: means the minimum horizontal distance from a lot line, shoreline or road to the nearest part of a structure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. Shared distributed generation resource: means a distributed generation resource that is selected in a procurement under section 3486 the beneficial use of the output of which is owned by or allocated to subscribers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Shoreline: means the normal high water mark of tidal waters, a coastal or inland wetland, a standing body of water or flowing water. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Small business: means a business employing 100 or fewer employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3401-A Small power producer: means a municipality or person owning or operating a power production facility with a power production capacity that, together with any other facilities located at the same site, does not exceed 80 megawatts of electricity and that depends upon renewable resources for its primary source of energy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3303 Solid waste fuel-burning equipment: means any furnace, boiler or apparatus, and all appurtenances thereto, capable of burning solid waste fuel for the primary purpose of producing thermal energy. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Spaghetti-lot: means a parcel of land with a lot depth to shore frontage ratio greater than 5 to 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Specified place: means the entirety or a portion of a township, plantation or municipality in the unorganized and deorganized areas, or a combination thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or a Canadian province that is a party to the International Emergency Management Assistance Compact. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A State: means the State of Maine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951 State: includes an Indian tribe or band or Alaskan native village recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902 State board: means the State Board of Education. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 State dam inspector: means an inspector appointed or hired under section 1117. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 1111 State employee: means any regular classified or unclassified officer or employee in a department, any employee of the Maine Community College System except those who make the election provided under Title 20?A, section 12722, any employee of the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf except as provided in Title 20?A, section 7407, subsection 3?A, any employee of the Maine Military Authority, any employee of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, any employee of the Maine Port Authority, any employee of the Efficiency Maine Trust who on June 30, 2009 is an employee of the Public Utilities Commission energy efficiency or renewable energy programs who elects to remain a state employee, any employee of the Efficiency Maine Trust who accepts employment with the Efficiency Maine Trust prior to July 1, 2010 who was a state employee immediately prior to accepting such employment who elects to remain a state employee and any employee transferred from the Division of Higher Education Services to the Finance Authority of Maine who elects to be treated as a state employee, but does not include:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001State lands: means all lands owned or held in trust by the State or in which the State holds an interest, including inland and tidal submerged lands and waters. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 549-A State paper: means the newspaper designated by the Legislature, in which advertisements and notices are required to be published. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 State strategic economic improvement plan: means the long-term economic plan for the State's economy developed by the Maine Economic Growth Council pursuant to Title 10, section 929?A, subsection 1. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13070-J Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Structure: means anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on or in the ground, or attached to something having a fixed location on or in the ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, mobile homes, retaining walls, billboards, signs, piers and floats. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 subdivision: means a division of an existing parcel of land into 3 or more parcels or lots within any 5-year period, whether this division is accomplished by platting of the land for immediate or future sale, by sale of the land or by leasing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony. Subscriber: means a retail customer of a transmission and distribution utility that owns or has the right to a subscription and that has identified an account to which the subscription is attributed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Subscription: means a proportional interest in a shared distributed generation resource. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3481 Substandard school or institution of higher education: means an entity without accreditation that offers credentials purported to be degrees without requiring the type and level of academic work typically needed to earn a degree and that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10801Successive observation: means views from a scenic resource of state or national significance of more than one group of generating facilities located within the viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance from a single viewpoint as a result of a viewer turning the viewer's head or body. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Superintendent: means the person in a school administrative unit or school union appointed and having the authority and responsibility under this Title and other applicable statutes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Suspicious child death: means the death of a child under circumstances in which there is reasonable cause to suspect that abuse or neglect was a cause of or factor contributing to the child's death. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 4002 Tangible benefits: means environmental or economic improvements or benefits to residents of this State attributable to the construction, operation and maintenance of an expedited wind energy development, including but not limited to: property tax payments resulting from the development; other payments to a host community, including, but not limited to, payments under a community benefit agreement; construction-related employment; local purchase of materials; employment in operations and maintenance; reduced property taxes; reduced electrical rates; land or natural resource conservation; performance of construction, operations and maintenance activities by trained, qualified and licensed workers in accordance with Title 32, chapter 17 and other applicable laws; or other comparable benefits, with particular attention to assurance of such benefits to the host community or communities to the extent practicable and affected neighboring communities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Teacher: includes a person who is on a one-year leave of absence from a position as a teacher and is participating in the education of prospective teachers by teaching and supervising students enrolled in college-level teacher preparation programs in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Technology or means for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste: means a method for the permanent and terminal disposal of high-level nuclear waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4372 Testate: To die leaving a will. Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death. Testify: Answer questions in court. Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Ton: means 2,000 pounds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident. Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Toxicity score: means a score given to a hazardous air pollutant by the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition. Transfer of ownership: means a change in the legal entity that owns or operates a solar energy development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3491 Transfer of ownership: means a change in the legal entity that owns or operates a battery storage system development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3498 Transient occupancy: means occupancy that does not exceed 120 days in a calendar year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682 Transmission and distribution plant: means all real estate, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate the transmission, distribution or delivery of electricity for light, heat or power for public use and includes all conduits, ducts and other devices, materials, apparatus and property for containing, holding or carrying conductors used, or to be used, for the transmission or distribution of electricity for light, heat or power for public use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102 Transmission and distribution utility: means a transmission and distribution utility as defined in Title 35?A, section 3201, subsection 6, 12 or 16. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 580-A Transmission and distribution utility: means a person, its lessees, trustees or receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State, except where the electricity is distributed by the entity that generates the electricity through private property alone solely for the use of:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102Transmission capacity: means an entitlement to transmission services over a transmission line with a capacity greater than 100 kilovolts for periods greater than 3 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence. True vapor pressure: means the equilibrium partial pressure exerted by a petroleum liquid as determined in accordance with methods described in American Petroleum Institute Bulletin 2517, "Evaporation Loss from Floating Roof Tanks" 1962. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Trust: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 2-902Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust. Trustee: means a bank or trust company qualified to act as a fiduciary in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 4352 Trustees: means the Trustees of the University of Maine System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10901 Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC University: means the University of Maine System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10901 University: means the body politic and corporate, established by Private and Special Law 1865, chapter 532, under the name of the "Trustees of the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts" its name having been changed to the "University of Maine" by Private and Special Law 1897, chapter 551, and which is an instrumentality and agency of the State for the purpose for which it was established and for which it has been managed and maintained under Private and Special Law 1865, chapter 532, and supplementary legislation relating thereto, including section 10903; Private and Special Law 1967, chapter 229; Private and Special Law 1969, chapter 238; and Public Law 1985, chapter 779. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10951 University: means the University of Maine System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 10981 Unorganized and deorganized areas: includes :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 682Utility facility: means an item of plant used or useful in the transmission and distribution utility business, and includes, but is not limited to, such items of plant as transmission lines, office buildings and equipment and transportation equipment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3131 Value: means fair market value as of the date of the attachment or, in a proceeding under the United States Code, Title 11, the date of the filing of the petition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 4421 Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried. Veterinary services: means the provision of treatment, care, advice or guidance or other services or supplies related to the health or death of an animal or to animal populations, to the extent necessary to respond to an emergency, including:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-AVictim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime. Viewshed of a scenic resource of state or national significance: means the geographic area as viewed from a scenic resource of state or national significance that includes the proposed wind energy development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Volunteer health practitioner: means a health practitioner who provides health services or veterinary services while an emergency declaration is in effect, whether or not the practitioner receives compensation for those services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 949-A Waste: means refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash or unwanted or discarded materials of any kind and source. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 582 Wind energy development: means a development that uses a windmill or wind turbine to convert wind energy to electrical energy for sale or use by a person other than the generator. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3451 Wood fuel: means biomass derived from:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 3622Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.