An Act To Clarify that the Maine Military Authority Is Part of the Military Bureau
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1537
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
Sponsors: KNEELAND, CLARK

Legislative Document 
No. 1537 
S.P.516 
In Senate, April 10,2003 
An Act To Clarify that the Maine Military Authority Is Part of the 
Military Bureau 
(EMERGENCY) 
Submitted by the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management pursuant 
to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator KNEELAND of Aroostook. 
Cosponsored by Representative CLARK of Millinocket. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the 
Maine 
Military 
Authority 
is 
encountering 
substantial difficulties in executing its cooperative agreements 
with the United States Department of Defense, 
National Guard 
Bureau because it is not absolutely clear that the Maine Military 
Authority is part of the Department of Defense, Veterans and 
Emergency Management, Military Bureau; and 
Whereas, the Military Bureau employs close to 200 employees 
at the 
former Loring Air Force Base 
and the Maine Military 
Authority is funded solely by federal funds; and 
WhereaS,the Military Bureau plans to bid on a large federal 
contract 
within 
the 
next 
few 
months 
before 
nonemergency 
legislation would take effect and clarification in this Act will 
facilitate the continued operation and expansion of the Maine 
Military Authority; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency within 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, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 37-B MRS A §391, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 374, §8, is 
amended to read: 
§391. 
Maine Mi1itary Authority estab1ished 
The 
Maine 
Military Authority is established as 
a 
body 
corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of the St,at,e 
Military Bureau, and the exercise of the powers conferred by this 
chapter is deemed and held to be the performance of essential 
governmental functions. 
The 
authority consists of the Maine 
Readiness Sustainment Maintenance Center and shall report to the 
Adjutant General. 
The authority exists for the purpose of, but 
is not limited to, operating the Maine Readiness Sustainment 
Maintenance Center, which maintains, rebuilds, repairs, stores 
and manufactures equipment for the United States Department of 
Defense, 
National 
Guard 
Bureau, 
and maintaining, 
rebuilding, 
repairing, storing and manufacturing equipment for the State and 
its political subdivisions, for the United States Department of 
the Army, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Navy and 
Department 
of 
the 
Treasury 
and 
for 
foreign 
governments 
in 
Page l-LR1891(1) 
,. 
conjunction with the foreign military sales program of the United 
States Department of Defense. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
This bill clarifies that the Maine Military Authority is a 
part 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
Defense, 
Veterans 
and 
Emergency 
Management, Military Bureau.