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LD 2059 Title Page An Act Regarding Site Selection Criteria for Parking for State Facilities LD 2059 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4349-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 90, §2
and c. 406, §13, is further amended to read:

 
2. State facilities. The Department of Administrative and
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services shall develop site
selection criteria for state office buildings, state courts and
other state civic buildings that serve public clients and
customers, whether owned or leased by the State, that give
preference to the priority locations identified in this
subsection while ensuring safe, healthy, appropriate work space
for employees and clients and accounting for agency requirements.
On-site parking may only be required if it is necessary to meet
critical program needs and to ensure reasonable access for agency
clients and persons with disabilities.__Employee parking that is
within reasonable walking distance may be located off site.
Preference must be given to priority locations in the following
order: service center downtowns, service center growth areas and
downtowns and growth areas in other than service center
communities. If no suitable priority location exists or if the
priority location would impose an undue financial hardship on the
occupant or is not within a reasonable distance of the clients
and customers served, the facility must be located in accordance
with subsection 1. The following state facilities are exempt
from this subsection: a state liquor store; a lease of less than
500 square feet; and a lease with a tenure of less than one year,
including renewals.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill is the recommendation of the Joint Study Committee
to Study Growth Management. It clarifies that site selection
criteria for state facilities may require on-site parking only if
it is necessary to meet critical program needs and to ensure
reasonable access for agency clients and persons with
disabilities. It also clarifies that employee parking that is
within reasonable walking distance may be located off site.


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