Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 689

  • 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.
  • 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.
Persons aggrieved by final actions of the commission, including without limitation any final decision of the commission with respect to any application for approval or the adoption by the commission of any district boundary or amendment thereto, may appeal therefrom in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 7. This right of appeal, with respect to any commission action to which this right may apply, is in lieu of the rights provided under Title 5, section 8058, subsection 1. [PL 2011, c. 682, §25 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1969, c. 494 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 457, §6 (RPR). PL 1973, c. 569, §16 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 770, §65 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 694, §236 (RPR). PL 1979, c. 127, §70 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 642, Pt. B, §1 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 682, §25 (AMD).