The Tobacco Enforcement Program is responsible for oversight of enforcement of all tobacco related statutes in Title 22 representing the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). These include laws on retail tobacco sales, public and workplace smoking. The Program has a contract with the U. S. Food and Drug Administration to enforce provisions of the Tobacco Control Act as they apply to tobacco retailers. The Program coordinates with the Office of Substance Abuse, the Single State Agency (SSA) designated to report compliance under the Synar program to the U.S.

FAQs

1. How will Maine's abatement funds from the opioid settlements be allocated?

Settlement funds will be allocated within Maine according to the two Memoranda of Understanding ("MOUs") between the Attorney General and the counties, cities, and towns which filed opioids lawsuits. 30% of all settlement funds will be directly paid to eligible counties, cities, and towns – both litigating and non-litigating, including every county - in Maine.

Here you will find information about opioid settlement payments to Maine’s towns, cities and counties, to the Maine Recovery Council, and to the Office of the Attorney General. It also includes resources for communities and decision-makers to plan for and use these funds. For settlement agreements, monitor reports, and other related documents, please see the opioids section in our Archives.

In 2022, Maine and many other states began receiving legal settlement funds from opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies. These funds are restricted to uses which support ongoing opioid abatement work, such as funding treatment and recovery from opioid use disorder, preventing overdose deaths, and helping to prevent Mainers from using or becoming addicted to opioids. The funds are disbursed to the Maine Recovery Council, certain cities, towns and counties across Maine, and the Attorney General.

Maine antitrust law seeks to promote and protect competition for the benefit of Maine consumers and workers. The law prohibits conspiracies in restraint of trade (e.g. price fixing), monopolization offenses, and mergers that may substantially lessen competition. The Attorney General investigates potential violations and may bring actions in state and federal court to enforce the state's antitrust law.

Here you will find a list of Maine's statutes regarding Attorney General oversight of charitable organizations, charitable solicitations, nonprofit corporations, institutional funds, and charitable trusts.

Title 5, sections 194 through 194-K of the Maine Revised Statutes (provisions pertaining to Attorney General's oversight of public charities and requirements governing conversion transactions)

The following is a guide for board members of charitable corporations. This guide is also available as a Word document.

Dear Board Member:

For Charities and and Public Benefit Corporations

Maine's law on electronic data breaches requires anyone who maintains computerized personal data (like social security numbers, drivers' license numbers, credit card numbers, etc.) to conduct an investigation and meet certain notification requirements. If you are an entity who is required to report the breach to the Maine Attorney General, use our Security Breach Reporting Form. All reported data breaches from September 14, 2020 to the present can be viewed in our Data Breach Notices database.

The Maine Immigration and Nationality Law Assistance Act, Title 4, section 807-B, says that only a lawyer or an accredited representative can give legal help with your immigration paperwork. If a person is not a lawyer or an accredited representative, they are limited to giving only non-legal help. The law explains what a person who is not a lawyer or an accredited representative can and cannot do.