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None of the legislative proposals introduced this year to improve the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services made it into a supplemental budget passed by the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee last week.

The proposed law would authorize the California governor to enter into agreements with other states authorizing marijuana activity between entities licensed under the laws of the other states and entities operating with a California state license.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is back in the news again, and, as usual, it is not because the agency did something noteworthy. The TSA was established by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (S.1447) that was passed by the 107th Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 19, 2001.| USSA News

The proposed law would allow licensed marijuana retailers to deliver cannabis products to residential buildings with some restrictions. The law would allow delivery "regardless of whether the municipality has approved the operation of marijuana stores." This would expand access to marijuana throughout the entire state. The proposed law would also allow cannabis retailers to offer curbside pickup.

Efforts to bolster Maine's public defender and indignt legal defense system

The legislation would safeguard banks and insurers working with medical marijuana businesses in the state from penalties imposed by state regulators. Under the proposed law, a “financial institution authorized to engage in business in this Commonwealth may provide financial services to or for the benefit of a legitimate cannabis-related business and the business associates of a legitimate cannabis-related business." The bill would provide the same protections for insurance companies.

The law prohibits any official, officer, employee, or agent of the state or a political subdivision of the state from enforcing or administering any executive order issued by the president that “limits or restricts the ownership, use, or possession of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories by law-abiding residents of the state.” The bill also bans the expenditure of state or local funds for the enforcement of the same.

The proposed law would prohibit any official, officer, employee, or agent of the state or a political subdivision of the state from enforcing or administering any executive order issued by the president that "limits or restricts the ownership, use, or possession of firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories by law-abiding residents of the state." The bill also bans the expenditure of state or local funds for the enforcement of the same.

Under the proposed amendment, adults over 21 would be able to purchase, possess, and cultivate marijuana. It would make it illegal for state funds to go toward the policing of federal marijuana prohibition, and do away with civil asset forfeiture against citizens engaged in legalized marijuana activities. A process would also be created for the potential expungement of previous non-criminal offenses. Tax revenue would go toward veteran services, infrastructure campaigns, and treatment programs.

The legislation would repeal the entire state civil asset forfeiture process. If passed into law, state and local police could no longer engage in civil asset forfeiture under state law.