Maine Revised Statutes > Title 5 > Part 18-A – Economic and Community Development
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- Abatement: includes , but is not limited to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291Aboveground heating oil supply tank: means an aboveground oil storage tank that is connected directly to an oil-burning heating appliance and is used solely to store heating oil. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Aboveground oil storage facility: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 1?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Aboveground oil storage tank: has the meaning set out in section 562?A, subsection 1?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1392 Abutting land: means real estate that shares a common boundary, or portion of a boundary, with land that is held in common ownership with land registered or being considered for registration under this chapter when the abutting real estate is within 50 feet of the land registered or being considered for registration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 52 Account: means a contract of deposit between a depositor and a financial institution and includes a checking account, savings account, certificate of deposit and share account. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-201 Account-based bulk processing program: means a beverage container recycling program implemented by a redemption center or pick-up agent that meets the requirements of rules adopted by the department, is approved by the department, consolidates beverage containers subject to the requirements of this chapter through bulk sorting, collects data regarding each container sorted, provides electronic data reports specifying the number of containers sorted by universal product code along with information regarding the container brand, redemption location and container material type to support an accounting of deposits, fees and material weight and prepares the sorted containers for sale to recyclers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3102 Accredited training program: means a training program that has been accredited by the State pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1291 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 Acquisition: means fee ownership, easement, lease, right-of-way and other less-than-fee interests in land. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10301 acting through: includes the assignment or transfer of an interest in real property acquired in satisfaction of a debt. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1362 Activity and use limitations: means restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 Actuarial equivalent: means an amount of equal value when computed at the discount rate contained in actuarial assumptions adopted by the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Actuary: means the individual or the organization designated by the board to be the technical advisor to the board under section 17107. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Administration: means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, or any federal agency succeeding the Federal Aviation Administration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Administrative adjustment request: means an administrative adjustment request filed by a partnership pursuant to the Code, Section 6227. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 5195 Administrative unit: means the organization certified by the federal Small Business Administration to administer the Small Business Development Center Program in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13031 Administrator: means the Administrator of the Office of Geographic Information Systems. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1991 Adult: means an individual who has attained 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-602 Adult: means an individual at least 18 years of age or an emancipated individual under 18 years of age. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Adult subject to conservatorship: means an adult for whom a conservator has been appointed under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Adult subject to guardianship: means an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed under this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-102 Advance health care directive: means an individual instruction from, or a power of attorney for health care by, an individual with capacity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote. Aeronautics: means the act, practice of, or instruction in the art and science of transportation by aircraft, and operation, construction, repair or maintenance of aircraft, airports and air navigation facilities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 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. Affiliated business: means 2 businesses exhibiting either of the following relationships:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13080-PAffiliated group: means a qualified business and its corresponding affiliated businesses. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 13080-P Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court. Agency: means the department or any legal successor or any other state or federal agency that determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which the environmental covenant is created. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 3002 Agency enforcement action: means an enforcement action initiated by an agency against a small business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 90-O Agency of jurisdiction: means the state agency which has use of and jurisdiction over the facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1782 Agent: means a person or that person's representative who has been licensed under this chapter to sell lottery tickets on behalf of the State from the physical premises of the licensee's retail business establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 371 Agent: means an individual appointed to serve in the capacity of a superintendent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Agent: means an individual with capacity designated in a power of attorney for health care to make a health care decision for the individual granting the power. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-802 Agent: includes an original agent, coagent, successor agent and a person to whom an agent's authority is delegated. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 5-902 Agent: means a person authorized to make account transactions for a party. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-201 Agent: means any person who sells or distributes potatoes or rotation crops in commerce for or on behalf of producers or others and whose operations may include the planting, cultivating, harvesting, grading, packing and furnishing containers, supplies or other services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012 Aggrieved person: means any person who bids on a contract or grant and who is adversely affected, financially, professionally or personally, by that contract or grant award decision. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 1825-A Agreement: means any writing which is substantially prepared in advance of a consumer loan or consumer lease and which a supervised lender or lessor furnishes to a consumer for the consumer to sign in connection with that loan or lease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1122 Agricultural chemicals: means fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, and other pesticides. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 52 Agricultural society: means a nonprofit organization or association incorporated in the State to promote education and encourage improvement in agriculture. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81 Agriculture: means the production, keeping or maintenance for sale or lease of plants or animals, including, but not limited to, forages and sod crops, grains and seed crops, dairy animals and dairy products, poultry and poultry products, livestock, fruits and vegetables and ornamental and greenhouse products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 436-A Air carrier: means a person who undertakes, whether directly or indirectly or by lease or other arrangement, to engage in air commerce and is certificated under Federal Air Regulations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Air commerce: means the carriage by aircraft of persons or property for compensation or hire, when that carriage is a major enterprise for profit and not merely incidental to a person's other business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Air navigation facility: means any facility used in, available for use in, or designed for use in, aid of air navigation, including airports, lights, any apparatus or equipment for disseminating weather information, for signaling, for radio-directional finding, or for radio or other electrical communication, and any other structure or mechanism having a similar purpose for guiding or controlling flight in the air or the landing and takeoff of aircraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Air taxi: means a person who undertakes, whether directly or indirectly or by lease or other arrangement, to engage in air commerce and who possesses an Air Taxi Commercial Operators Certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 135. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Air transportation: means the transportation of persons, property or mail by aircraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Aircraft: means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for such navigation but used primarily as safety equipment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Aircraft: means a machine or device designed for flight. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Aircraft dealer: means any person engaged in the sale or purchase or manufacture of new or used aircraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Aircrew member: means any individual who engages, as the person in command or as pilot, mechanic or member of the flight crew, in the navigation of aircraft while under way and any individual who is directly in charge of the inspection, maintenance, overhauling or repair of aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers or appliances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Airport: means any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings or other airport facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings and facilities located thereon. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Airport hazard: means any structure, or vegetation, including trees, which obstructs the aerial approaches of a public airport. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Allegation: something that someone says happened. Alternative: means a substitute process, product, material, chemical, strategy or combination of these that serves a functionally equivalent purpose to a chemical in a children's product. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1691 Alternative: means a substitute process, product, material, chemical, strategy or a combination of these that serves a purpose functionally equivalent to that of a priority toxic chemical used by a commercial and industrial facility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 2322 Alternative education program: means a program in which the primary purpose is to provide at-risk students with curricula and assessment in a setting designed to effectively meet the student's academic, social and relational needs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Alternative learning: means an educational option that a public school or publicly supported program offers at-risk students by offering some combination of the following: alternative education programs; small class size; flexible scheduling; relevant alternative curricula and assessment; mentoring adults; skilled teachers; a focus on social, emotional and relationship skills; collaboration among home, school and social service agencies; and any other measures designed to accommodate the needs of at-risk students. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A Sec. 1 Ambulance services: means those emergency services primarily designed to transport ill or injured persons to available medical facilities and to administer first aid and emergency life-support systems in the interim period. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 451 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. Amount financed: means "amount financed" as defined by Title 9?A, section 1?301, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1122 Amusement owner: means a person, the State or a political subdivision of the State that owns an amusement ride or, if the amusement ride is leased, the lessee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 802 Amusement ride: means a device or combination of devices or elements that carry, convey or direct a person over or through a fixed or restricted course or within a defined area for the primary purpose of amusement or entertainment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 471 Amusement ride: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 802Amusement ride inspector: means an amusement ride inspector employed by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 471 Amusement show: includes but is not limited to a carnival, thrill show, ice show and rodeo. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 8 Sec. 471 Animal: means an animal entered in an event. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81 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. Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense. Antique aircraft: means an aircraft in excess of 30 years of age which is flown only for purposes of demonstration and show. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 6 Sec. 3 Antlerless moose: means a moose without antlers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 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. Appeals board: means the State Civil Service Appeals Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 7032 Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal. Applicant: means an individual who has applied for a homestead property tax exemption pursuant to this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 681 Applicant: means any person applying for a license under this Article. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012 Application: means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 3311 Application for credit: means any communication, oral or written, by a person to a creditor requesting an extension of credit to that person or to any other person, and includes any procedure involving the renewal or alteration of credit privileges or the changing of the name of the person to whom credit is extended;
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