An Act To Establish Harbor Master Standards and Course Requirements LR2279(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1680
Committee Amendment CA_A_S483 (Senate)
Amends: 38 MRSA §1-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A, to S.P. 612, L.D. 1680, Bill, "An 
Act To Establish Harbor Master Standards and Course Requirements" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1-A is enacted to read: 
§1-A. 
Harbor master training 
A person may not serve as a harbor master unless that person 
meets the requirements of this section. 
1. 
Definition. 
For 
purposes 
of 
this 
section. 
"harbor 
master" means a person appointed by a municipality pursuant tQ 
section 1 or Title 12. section 13072. 
2. Training courses. 
The Department of Marine Resources in 
consultation 
with 
the 
Deeartment 
of 
Inland 
Fisheries 
and 
Wildlife. 
the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and a 
statewide 
harbor masters' association shall develop a basic harbor master 
training course and a recertification training course no later 
than January I. 2005. 
3. Certification requirements. 
A person may not serve as a 
harbor master unless that person is certified by the 
Maine 
Criminal Justice Academy as having successfully completed a basic 
harbor master training course developed under this section within 
one year of January 1. 2005 or wi thin one year of that person's 
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appointment as a harbor master. A certified harbor master must 
successfully complete a recertification course every 3 years from 
the date of that person's original certification. 
4. Other training reqyirements. 
This section may not be 
construed to limit or replace any other provision of law. 
5. Rules. 
The Department of Marine Resources may adopt 
rules necessary for the administration of this section. 
Rules 
adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules 
as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
6. Municipal authority. 
A municipality may establish harbor 
master training requirements in addition to those required in 
this section unless the municipality's requirements conflict with 
the purposes of this section. 
7. Training fees and associated costs. 
A municipality at 
its sole discretion may reimburse a person seeking certification 
or recertification under this section for training fees or other 
costs associated with certification or recertification. 
Nothing 
in this section may be construed to impose the costs associated 
with certification or recertification of a harbor master on a 
municipality. 
Sec. 
2. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
The 
following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Marine Patrol 
0029 
Initiative: 
Appropriates funds for overtime costs that will be 
incurred to develop a harbor masters training course. 
General Fund 
Personal Services 
General Fund Total 
SUMMARY 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2004-05 
$5,000 
$5,000 ' 
This 
amendment is the minority report and replaces the 
bill. 
Tne amendment prohibits a person from serving as a harbor 
master 
unless that person has 
been certified by 
the 
Maine 
Criminal Justice Academy 
as having completed 
a 
basic harbor 
master training course within one year of January 1, 2005 or one 
year after that person has been appointed a harbor master. The 
amendment also requires 
a certified harbor master to become 
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S.P. 612, L.D. 1680 
recertified every 3 years. 
The amendment directs the Department 
of Marine Resources in consultation with the Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife and the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and 
a statewide harbor masters' association to develop the basic and 
recertification harbor master training courses by January 1, 2005. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/29/04 ;k?ae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1680 
An Act To Establish Harbor Master Standards and Course 
Requirements 
LR2279(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "Ii 
Committee: Transportation 
n 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Current Cost - State Mandate 
Projections 
Projections 
2003-04 
2004-05 
2005-06 
2006-07 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
$0 
$5,000 
$0 
$0 
Appropriations! Allocations 
General Fund 
$0 
$5,000 
$0 
$0 
State Mandate 
New or Expanded Activity 
Unit Mfected 
Costs 
The requirement that a municipality can not employ a harbor master who has not 
Municipality 
Insignificant 
been certified may necessitate municipal expenditures other than training costs. 
These may include going through the hiring process to hire someone who is certified 
or finding a way to accomodate the harbor master functions while a harbor master is 
being trained. Although the costs are not expected to be significant, this represents a 
state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The Department of Marine Resources will incur additional expenses to develop a basic harbor master training course 
and will require a one-time General Fund appropriation of$5,000 in fiscal year 2004-05. 
The Maine Criminal Justice Academy within the Department of Public Safety can absorb the costs of offering a harbor 
master training course within existing budgeted resources. 
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