An Act To Create the Maine National Guard Education Assistance Program LR 1890(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1533
Committee Amendment CA_A_H455 (House)

COMMI TTEE AMENDMENT "/I,, to H. P • 1126 , 
To 
Create the Maine National 
Guard 
L.D. 1533, Bill, "An 
Education Assistance 
Program" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the 
enacting clause the following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the 
National 
Guard 
Education 
Assistance 
Pilot 
Program has been extremely successful in attracting recruits to 
the Maine National 
Guard, 
and 
those recruits are using the 
existing funding at a rate higher than anticipated rate; and 
Whereas, the 
National 
Guard 
Education 
Assistance 
Pilot 
Program has inadequate funds remaining in the accounts to pay 
tuition benefits for the upcoming summer sessions that begin in 
May 2003; and 
Whereas, the Maine National Guard Education Assistance Pilot 
Program provides funding flexibility to the Adjutant General that 
allows the Adjutant General to utilize existing funds to meet the 
tuition needs for the upcoming summer session; and 
Whereas, the 
Maine 
National 
Guard 
education assistance program to maintain 
force within the State; and 
must 
have 
a 
viable 
an adequate military 
Whereas, once these soldiers and airmen earn their college 
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degrees they will further enhance the competitive labor force 
within the State of Maine; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency wi thin the meaning of the Constitution of 
Maine 
and 
require 
the 
following 
legislation 
as 
immediately 
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety; now, therefore,' 
Further amend the bill in section 4 in that part designated 
"§353." in the first paragraph in the 11th line (page 3, line 7 
in L.D.) by inserting after the following: 
"general funds" the 
following: 
'.l.' 
Further amend the bill in section 4 in that part designated 
"§353." in the first paragraph in the 13th line (page 3, line 9 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"L" 
Further amend the bill in section 4 in that part designated 
"§353." in the first paragraph in the last line (page 3, line 11 
in 
L.D.) 
by 
inserting after 
the 
following: 
"tuition" 
the 
following: 
'benefits' 
Further amend the bill in section 4 in that part designated 
".§.3.5L." by striking out all of the first paragraph (page 3, line 
in L.D.) and inserting in its place the following: 
'To qualify for the tuition benefit. the member must:' 
Further amend the bill in section 4 in that part designated 
"§358." in the first paragraph in the last line (page 5, line 2 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"August 15, 2003" and 
inserting in its place the following: 
'May I. 2003' 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the 
following: 
'Sec. 5. Retroactivity. 
This Act applies retroactively to May 
1, 2003. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
adds 
an emergency preamble 
and emergency 
clause and specifies that the bill applies retroactively to May 
1, 
2003 and covers school terms beginning on or after May 1, 
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2003. 
The amendment also makes 2 technical corrections to the 
language regarding tuition benefits. 
FISCAL :\OTE REQl ... 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 05/13/03 ~aC'!. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1533 
An Act To Create the Maine National Guard Education Assistance 
Program 
LR 1890(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Undetermined current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Undetermined current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Undetermined current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditure Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Authorizing through "notwithstanding" language, the use of any General Fund monies, several Other Special Reven 
Funds accounts, as well as certain federal funds, to pay tuition costs incurred by the Maine National Guard Education 
Assistance Program will have an undetermined effect on these various funding sources. The amounts that may be 
used to cover the costs of the program will depend on competing priorities for the various funding sources and can not 
be determined at this time. No General Fund appropriations have been included as part of this bill. When this 
program was established on a pilot basis (Resolves 1999, c. 121), a one-time General Fund appropriation of $300,000 
was made in fiscal year 2000-01. 
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