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Maine Constitution Art. IV, Pt. 3, § 9. Either House may originate bills; revenue bills

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Section 9. Bills, orders or resolutions, may originate in either House, and may be altered, amended or rejected in the other; but all bills for raising a revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose amendments as in other cases; provided, that they shall not, under color of amendment, introduce any new matter, which does not relate to raising a revenue.

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