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An Act To Authorize the Department of Environmental Protection To Exclude Repeat Violators of Environmental Laws from Receiving Contracts with the Department
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  38 MRSA §349-B  is enacted to read:
§ 349-B. Debarment from department contracts
1.  Definitions.   As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
A.  "Repeat violation" means a violation of any legal requirement under this Title, or rules adopted under this Title, or of the terms or conditions of a license, permit or order issued by the board or the commissioner when a previous violation of any legal requirement under this Title, or rules adopted under this Title, or of the terms or conditions of a license, permit or order issued by the board or the commissioner was found.
2.  Debarment.   The commissioner may, after hearing, debar from participation in contracts with the department for 2 years any person found to have committed a repeat violation when either the time for filing an appeal of the determination of that violation has expired or the appeals process has been exhausted.
Effective September 20, 2007