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Bangor workshop reviews state bills: LD347 cannabis revenue, LD349 same‑day registration and passenger rail funding
Summary
City staff briefed councilors on this week’s legislative hearings and recommended considering support for LD347 to return a portion of adult use cannabis taxes to municipalities; Lisa Goodwin, the city clerk, said she would draft testimony opposing LD349, which would repeal same‑day voter registration.
City staff at a Bangor City Council workshop summarized scheduled legislative hearings and recommended the council consider supporting a bill, LD 347, that would return a portion of state adult‑use cannabis sales and excise tax revenue to the municipalities where sales occur.
Staff said the city and its municipal partners — including the mayor’s coalition and municipal associations — are seeking a share of revenues that currently are retained at the state level. "When adult use cannabis tax came into play, that was a new revenue source that was wholly absorbed at the state level. None of that…
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