An Act Access to the
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0084
Committee Amendment CA_A_H392 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. It to H.P. 93. L.D. 84. 
To Reimburse the State Poet Laureate and To Provide 
State Poet Laureate's Services" 
Bill, "An Act 
Access to the 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 27 MRS A §424 is enacted to read: 
§424. 
State Poet Laureate Reimbursement Fund 
1. 
Fund established. 
The State Poet Laureate Reimbursement 
Fund. referred to in this section as "the fund." is established 
as a nonlapsing Other Special Revenue Funds account administered 
by the Maine Arts Commission. 
The fund consists of gifts. grants 
or other sources of revenues deposited for the purposes described 
in subsection 2. 
The fund must be held separate from all other 
money. funds and accounts. 
2. 
Fund purpose. 
The purpose of the fund is to provide 
funds to nonprofit public agencies and schools in the State to 
reimburse the State Poet Laureate for the cost of travel and 
related expenses associated with bringing the services of the 
State Poet Laureate to the community. 
The Maine Arts Commission 
shall administer the fund and develop guidelines and procedures 
to make the services of the State Poet Laureate available to any 
nonprofit public agency and school in the State. 
3. 
Application process. 
The Maine Arts Commission shall 
establish 
an 
application process 
for 
fund 
requests 
for 
the 
purposes set forth in this section. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. If:. to H.P. 93. L.D. 84 
4. 
Promotion. 
The Maine Arts Commission shall promote the 
availability 
of 
the 
fund 
through 
its 
various 
avenues 
of 
communication, 
including its publicly accessible site on the 
Internet. 
Sec. 2. Review. 
The Maine Arts Commission shall conduct a 
review of the process associated with a school's or a nonprofit 
public agency's applying for and obtaining funds from the State 
Poet 
Laureate 
Reimbursement 
Fund, 
established 
in 
the 
Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 27, section 424, after the process has 
been in place for 3 years and make any necessary adjustments by 
September 30, 2006. 
The commission may submit to the Legislature 
any legislation necessary to implement recommendations resulting 
from the review.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill to provide an 
alternative approach to achieving the intent of the bill, which 
establishes the State Poet Laureate Reimbursement Fund within the 
Maine Arts Commission. 
The amendment replaces the General Fund 
account proposed in the bill with an Other Special Revenue Funds 
account 
and 
clarifies 
that 
the 
fund 
administered 
by 
the 
commission may provide funds to nonprofit public agencies and to 
schools in Maine to reimburse the State Poet Laureate for the 
cost of travel and related expenses associated with bringing the 
services of the State Poet Laureate to the community. 
This 
amendment also requires the commission to conduct a review of the 
process of applying for and obtaining funds once the process has 
been in place 
for 
years 
and 
to 
implement 
any 
necessary 
adjustments 
by 
September 
30, 
2006. 
The 
amendment 
further 
requires the Maine Arts Commission to promote the State Poet 
Laureate 
Reimbursement 
Fund 
through its various 
avenues 
of 
communication, 
including its publicly accessible site on the 
Internet. 
FISCAL :\OTl:. j{HJl : ,\1 ,) 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 05/13/03 frae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD84 
An Act to Reimburse the State Poet Laureate and to Provide Access to 
the State Poet Laureate's Services 
LR 1048(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
$500 
2004-05 
$500 
Projections 
2005-06 
$500 
Projections 
2006-07 
$500 
This bill establishes the State Poet Laureate Reimbursement Fund as a dedicated fund to be administered by the Maine 
Arts Commission and includes base allocations of $500 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $500 in fiscal year 2004-05. 
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