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An Act To Improve Tribal-State Relations
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2202, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 696, §§14 and 15, is further amended to read:
 
1. Public agency. "Public agency" means:
 
A.  Any political subdivision of the State, as defined in section 2252, or any adjoining state; or
 
C.  Any agency of State Government or the Federal Government.; or
 
D.  Any of the federally recognized Indian tribes in this paragraph or political subdivisions thereof:
 
(1) The Passamaquoddy Tribe;
 
(2) The Penobscot Nation;
 
(3) The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; or
 
(4) The Aroostook Band of Micmacs.
 
SUMMARY
This bill expressly provides that the law authorizing public agencies to enter interlocal agreements includes the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs or any of their political subdivisions.