An Act To Authorize the STARBASE Program LR 2523(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1690
Committee Amendment CA_A_S423 (Senate)
Amends: 37-B MRSA §3

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A· to s. P. 622, L.D. 1690, Bill, "An 
Act To Authorize the STARBASE Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
· Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §3, sub-§I, 1JD, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
404, §2, is further amended by adding a new subparagraph (16) to 
read: 
(16) 
The Adjutant General may establish a 
science, 
mathematics 
and 
technology 
education 
improvement 
program 
for 
schoolchildren 
known 
as 
the 
STARBASE 
Program. 
The Adjutant General 
may accept financial 
assistance and in-kind assistance, 
advances, 
grants, 
gifts, 
contributions 
and 
other 
forms 
of 
financial 
assistance from the Federal Goyernment or other public 
body or 
from other sources, 
public or private, 
to 
implement the STARBASE Program. 
The Adjutant General 
may employ a director and other employees, permanent or 
temporary, to operate the STARBASE Program. 
Sec. 
2. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
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The 
following 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~, to S.P. 622, L.D. 1690 
Military Training & Operations 
0108 
Initiative: 
Allocates funds to establish one Clerk III position, 
Teacher positions, one Teacher/Principal position and necessary 
operational costs to reflect the establishment of the STARBASE 
program. 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
Federal Expenditures Fund Total 
SUMMARY 
2003-04 
(0.000) 
$0 
o 
$0 
2004-05 
(4.000) 
$238,046 
71,954 
$310,000' 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
The amendment retains the 
provision of the bill that establishes the STARBASE Program. 
The 
amendment removes the provision of the bill that authorizes the 
Adjutant General to contract with public and private entities to 
operate the program. 
The amendment retains and clarifies the 
provision of the bill that authorizes the Adjutant General to 
hire a director and other employees to operate the program. 
The 
amendment removes the retroactivity clause from the bill. 
This 
amendment 
also 
replaces 
the 
appropriations 
and 
allocations 
section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Appropriations! Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Revenue 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03/03/04 frae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1690 
An Act To Authorize the STARBASE Program 
LR 2523(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment~' 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
r-'1 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2004-05 
$310,000 
$310,000 
Projections 
2005-06 
$325,500 
$325,500 
Projections 
2006-07 
$341,775 
$341,775 
The Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management will require an additional Federal Expenditures 
Fund allocation of $310,000 in fiscal year 2004-05 to reflect the establishment of the ST ARBASE program. 
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