Resolve, Extending the Reporting Deadline for the Commission To Study Public Health
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1823
Committee: Health and Human Services

Legislative Document 
No. 1823 
H.P.1346 
House of Representatives, January 7,2004 
Resolve, Extending the Reporting Deadline for the Commission To 
Study Public Health 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reported by Representative CRA VEN of Lewiston for the Commission to Study Public 
Health pursuant to Resolve 2003, chapter 95. 
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under Joint Rule 218. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Emergency preamble. 
Whereas, Acts 
and 
Legislature 
do 
not 
become 
effective 
until 
adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
resolves 
of 
the 
days 
after 
Whereas, the Commission to Study Public Health has 
been 
charged with a number of duties in furtherance of examining the 
causes of obesity as well as methods to decrease the cost of 
health care and increase public health, an examination of great 
importance to the people of this State and worthy of a full year 
of study and deliberation; 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 
Sec. 1. Resolve 2003, c. 95, §7, amended. Resolved: 
That Resolve 
2003, c. 95, §7 is amended to read: 
Sec. 7. Report. Resolved: 
That the commission shall submit 
its report, 
including 
recommendations 
for legislative action, 
~ 
with any 
accompanying legislation to 
the 
Seeea9 First 
Regular Session of the 161st l22nd Legislature by 
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6QQ~ November 3, 2004. 
The commission is authorized to introduce 
a bill related to its report and recommendations to the oeeea9 
First Regular 
Session 
of 
the 
161st 
l22nd 
Legislature. 
The 
report, 
recommendations 
and 
legislation 
must 
have 
as 
goals 
improving 
public 
health, 
including 
cardiovascular 
health, 
decreasing rates of obesity, decreasing the cost of health care, 
increasing 
the 
physical 
activity 
of 
youth 
and 
increasing 
awareness of healthy eating choices; and be it further 
; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Resolve 2003, c. 95, §9, amended. Resolved: 
That Resolve 
2003, c. 95, §9 is amended to read: 
Sec. 9. Funding. Resolved: 
That the commission shall seek 
outside funds to fully fund all costs of the commission. 
If 
sufficient outside funding has not been received by August 15, 
2003 to fully fund all costs of the commission, no meetings are 
authorized and 
no 
expenses 
of 
any 
kind 
may 
be 
incurred or 
reimbursed. 
Contributions to support the work of the commission 
may not be accepted from any party having a pecuniary or other 
vested interest in the outcome of the matters being studied. 
Any 
person, other than a state agency, desiring to make a financial 
or in-kind contribution must certify to the Legislative Council 
that it has no pecuniary or other vested interest in the outcome 
of the study. 
Such certification must be made in the manner 
Page l-LR2677 (1) 
prescribed by the Legislative Council. 
All contributions are 
subject to 
approval 
by 
the 
Legislative Council. 
All 
funds 
accepted must be forwarded to the Executive Director of the 
Legislative Council along with an accounting record that includes 
the amount of funds, the date the funds were received, from whom 
the funds were received and the purpose of and any limitation on 
the 
use 
of 
those 
funds. 
The 
Executive 
Director 
of 
the 
Legislative 
Council 
administers 
any 
funds 
received 
by 
the 
commission. 
The executive director shall notify the chairs of 
the commission when sufficient funding has been received. 
Any 
funds appropriated for fiscal year 2003-04 left unexpended at the 
end of fiscal year 2003-04 do not lapse and are available for the 
purposes of the commission in fiscal year 2004-05; and be it 
further 
and be it further 
Sec. 3. Retroactivity. Resolved: 
resolve that amends Resolve 2003, 
retroactively to December 3, 2003. 
That that 
chapter 95, 
section of this 
section 7 applies 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited 
~n the 
preamble, this resolve takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
This 
resolve 
extends 
the 
reporting 
deadline 
for 
the 
Commission to Study Public Health until November 
3, 
2004 
and 
directs that the 
commission 
submit its report to 
the First 
Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature. 
The resolve applies 
this extension retroactively from the original reporting deadline 
of December 3, 
2003 and clarifies that the commission's report 
will include recommendations for legislative action. 
The resolve 
also allows unexpended funds appropriated for use in fiscal year 
2003-04 to be used in fiscal year 2004-05.