Resolve, To Reestablish the Commission To Study the Needs and Opportunities Associated with the Production of Sa1monid Sport Fish in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1358
House Amendment HA_A_H97 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT "/t,, to S.P. 446, L.D. 1358, "Resolve, To 
Reestablish the Commission To Study the Needs and Opportunities 
Associated with the Production of Sa1monid Sport Fish in Maine" 
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble by striking out 
all of the 3rd and 4th paragraphs and inserting in their place 
the following: 
'Whereas, 
Private 
and 
Special 
Law 
2001, 
chapter 
authorized a general fund bond in the amount of $7,000,000 to 
raise funds to construct and upgrade water pollution control 
facilities, 
to 
remove discharges and to make renovations and 
enhance 
wastewater 
treatment 
at 
the 
Department 
of 
Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife's fish-rearing facilities; and 
Whereas, authorization of this 
period 
is 
essential 
to 
allow 
legislative policy guidance on the 
and' 
commission for an additional 
the 
commission 
to 
provide 
expendi tures of those funds; 
Further amend the resolve by striking out all of section 2 
and inserting in its place the following: 
, Sec. 
2. 
Commission 
membership. 
Resolved: 
commission consists of the following 15 members: 
That 
the 
1. 
The President of the Senate shall appoint 2 members of 
the 
Senate 
to 
the 
commission. 
The first Senator 
appointed 
pursuant 
to 
this 
subsection 
is 
the 
Senate 
chair 
of 
the 
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commission. 
When making these appointments, the President of the 
Senate shall give preference to a Senate member of the Joint 
Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and a Senate 
member of the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources; 
2. 
The Speaker of the House shall appoint 2 members of the 
House 
to the commission. 
The first Representative appointed 
pursuant to this subsection is the House chair. 
When making 
these 
appointments, 
the 
Speaker 
of 
the 
House 
shall 
give 
preference to House members of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; 
3. 
The Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife or the 
commissioner's designee; 
4. 
The Superintendent of Fish Culture, Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife; 
5. 
One member of Trout Unlimited nominated by the president 
of that organization and appointed by the Governor; 
6. 
Two 
members 
of 
the 
Inland 
Fisheries 
and 
Wildlife 
Advisory Council appointed by the Governor; 
7. 
Three individuals representing owners or operators of a 
private fish hatchery in the State appointed by the Governor; 
8. 
whom is 
president 
Two members of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine, one of 
a 
former chair of the commission, 
nominated by the 
of that organization and appointed by the Governor; and 
9. 
One 
individual 
who 
owns 
or 
operates 
a 
private 
aquaculture facility in the State appointed by the Governor; and 
be it further' 
Further amend the resolve by striking out all of section 4 
and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 4. Duties. Resolved: 
That the commission shall assist in 
the expenditure of the funds authorized under Private and Special 
Law 2001, 
chapter 71 to implement the recommendations of the 
final 
report 
of 
the 
Commission 
to 
Study 
the 
Needs 
and 
Opportuni ties Associated with the Production of Salmonid Sport 
Fish in Maine as reported to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Inland Fisheries 
and Wildlife pursuant 
to 
Public 
Law 
2001, 
chapter 462; and be it further' 
Further amend the resolve by striking out all of sections 7 
and 8. 
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Further amend the resolve in section 9 
(page 3, line 47 in L.D.) by striking out the 
and inserting in its place the following: 
further' 
in the last line 
following: "funds." 
'funds; and be it 
Further amend the resolve by inserting after section 9 the 
following: 
'Sec. 10. 
Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: 
following appropriations and allocations are made. 
LEGISLATURE 
Commission to Study the Reeds and Opportunities 
Associated with the Production of Sa1monid Sport 
Fish in Maine 
That the 
Initiative: 
Allocates 
the 
unexpended balance 
available 
from 
funds already received from the fish hatchery maintenance fund in 
the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to support the 
cost of 2 meetings of the commission. 
other Special Revenue Funds 
Personal Services 
All Other 
Other Special Revenue Funds Total 
2003-04 
$440 
1,310 
$1,750 
2004-05 
$0 
o 
$0' 
Further amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
number 
to 
read 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment alters the 
membership 
of 
the 
commission 
reestablished in the resolve and limits the commission's duties 
to 
providing 
assistance 
in 
the 
expenditure 
of 
the 
funds 
authorized under Private and Special Law 2001, chapter 71 for the 
renovations 
and 
enhancement 
of 
wastewater 
treatment 
at 
the 
Department 
of 
Inland 
Fisheries 
and 
Wildlife's 
fish-rearing 
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facilities. 
This amendment also removes the requirement that the 
commission 
report 
back 
to 
the 
Legislature 
and 
adds 
an 
appropriation and allocation section. 
SPONSORED BY: 
(Representati 
TOWN: 
Old Town 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
\ppropriations/ Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Legislative Study 
Approved: 04/02/03 ;t;?ae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1358 
Resolve, To Reestablish the Commission To Study the Needs and 
Opportunities Associated with the Production of Salmonid Sport Fish in 
Maine 
LR 1826(03) 
Fiscal Note for House Amendmellt " " to Original Bill 
Sponsor: Rep. Dunlap 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current costs - Legislative Study 
2003-04 
$1,750 
2004-05 
$0 
Projections 
2005-06 
$0 
Projections 
2006-07 
$0 
This bill allocates the unexpended balance available from Legislative funds already received from the 
fish hatchery maintenance fund in the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to support the cost 
of two additional meetings of the commission. The projected costs for the general operating 
expenses of the commission for the two meetings are $1,750 in fiscal year 2003-04. 
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