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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 1, § 404 (2026)

Recorded or live broadcasts authorized

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In order to facilitate the public policy so declared by the Legislature of opening the public's business to public scrutiny, all persons shall be entitled to attend public proceedings and to make written, taped or filmed records of the proceedings, or to live broadcast the same, provided the writing, taping, filming or broadcasting does not interfere with the orderly conduct of proceedings. The body or agency holding the public proceedings may make reasonable rules and regulations governing these activities, so long as these rules or regulations do not defeat the purpose of this subchapter.   [PL 1975, c. 758 (RPR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 422, §2 (RPR). PL 1975, c. 483, §4 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 758 (RPR).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1977–1998 · leading case: Fletcher v. Feeney, 400 A.2d 1084 (Me. 1979).
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Fletcher v. Feeney, 400 A.2d 1084 (Me. 1979). “§§ 5951-5963; 1 M.R.S.A. § 404—A(2) provides in certain circumstances for statement of reasons and findings of fact by an agency following action on a permit application; as to Ordinance Part IV, Section (6)(B), see infra, n.”
Ethyl Corp. v. Adams, 375 A.2d 1065 (Me. 1977). “The impact of 1 M.R.S.A. § 404 — A, if complied with, will often be to substitute inadequate findings and reasons for none at all.”
Martin v. Unemployment Ins. Comm'n, 723 A.2d 412 (Me. 1998). “1 M.R.S.A. § 404 (1989). [¶ 12] The Commission responds that its hearings fall within a statutory exception to the provision that all proceedings are “open to the public.”
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