{"data":{"id":"us-me/3-m.r.s.-232","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"3 M.R.S. §232","heading":"Powers and duties","body":"The commission has the following powers and duties:\n1.  Facilitate relations.  To recommend to the Legislature of Maine and the legislative bodies of other member jurisdictions methods of facilitating relations and strengthening regional cooperation between the member jurisdictions;\n2.  Exchanges.  To encourage economic, cultural and educational exchanges between the member jurisdictions;\n3.  Legislative conference.  To host the New England and Eastern Canada Legislative Conference and to select the site for that conference; and\n4.  Mutual interest.  To identify mutual interests shared by the member jurisdictions and to recommend methods of fostering those mutual interests.","path":["TITLE 3: LEGISLATURE","CHAPTER 10: MAINE-CANADIAN LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS","SUBCHAPTER 2: NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN CANADA LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/3/title3sec232.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:22Z","sha256":"6922aaae7d5e83c03d7808d392fb9ca7cb648b1f827862886406fe7def804400","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/3-m.r.s.-231","next":"us-me/3-m.r.s.-241"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}