Resolve, Directinq the Department of Conservation To Implement a Pilot Project To Evaluate Outdoor Playqround Surface Materials Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. Use of alternative outdoor playground surface. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands wi thin the Department of Conservation work with representatives of the Department of Education, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Executive Department, State Planning Office to develop a pilot project to evaluate the use of waste tire material as a playground surfacing material. The playground chosen for the pilot project must be within a state park or recreation area managed by the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands. The material used must conform to guidelines for outdoor playground surfaces developed by the Department of Education in accordance with Resolve 2003, chapter 10. The waste tire material may be restricted to certain areas within the playground. Implementation of the pilot project is contingent on the director's securing necessary funding from private and public sources. Page l-LR0086(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1253
Committee Amendment CA_A_H693 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,./j" to 
Act to Ensure Playground Safety" 
H.P. 927, L.D. 1253, Bill, "An 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, Directinq the Department of Conservation To Implement a 
Pilot Project To Evaluate Outdoor Playqround Surface Materials' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Use of alternative outdoor playground surface. Resolved: 
That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands wi thin the 
Department 
of 
Conservation work 
with 
representatives 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
Education, 
the 
Department 
of 
Environmental 
Protection and the Executive Department, State Planning Office to 
develop 
a 
pilot project to evaluate 
the use 
of waste tire 
material 
as 
a 
playground surfacing material. 
The 
playground 
chosen for the pilot project must be within a state park or 
recreation area managed by the Department of Conservation, Bureau 
of Parks and Lands. 
The material used must conform to guidelines 
for outdoor playground surfaces developed by the Department of 
Education in accordance with Resolve 2003, chapter 10. 
The waste 
tire material may 
be restricted to certain areas within the 
playground. 
Implementation of the pilot project is contingent on 
the director's securing necessary funding from private and public 
sources. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,N" to H. P. 927, L.D. 1253 
The Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands shall report 
to 
the 
joint 
standing 
committee 
of 
the 
Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction over agriculture, conservation and forestry matters 
by January 15, 2005 on the pilot project, including a description 
of the project location and areas surfaced, the type, source and 
cost of waste tire material used and the plan for evaluating the 
material. I 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the bill to a resolve. It directs the 
Director 
of 
the 
Bureau 
of 
Parks 
with 
the 
Department 
of 
Conservation and Lands to develop and implement a pilot project 
for evaluating the use of waste tire material as a playground 
surfacing material. 
FISCAL :\OTE REQGIRED 
,<~ee~ttached) 
. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 02/05/04 :t;?ae. 
l2lst Maine Legislature 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1253 
An Act to Ensure Playground Safety 
LR0086(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
The requirement that the Department of Conservation must, contingent upon the availability of funding from private 
and public sources, develop and implement a pilot playground project will increase the department's Other Special 
Revenue Funds expenditures and revenue collections. The amounts will depend on the final scope of the pilot project 
and can not be determined at this time. 
The Department of Education, the Department of Environmental Protection and the State Planning Office will incur 
additional minor costs in working with the Department of Conservation on the design and implementation of this pilot 
project.