An Act To Require Use of United States Citizens for Work with the Bureau of Parks and Lands LR 0662(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0284
Committee Amendment CA_A_H402 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
.. A 
.. to B.P. 227. L.D. 284. Bill, "An 
Act To Require Use of United States Citizens for Work with the 
Bureau of Parks and Lands" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 2 by striking out 
all of the last underlined sentence (page 1, lines 11 to 16 in 
L.D.) and inserting in its place the following: 
'The bureau may 
not grant 
a 
permit to. 
or enter into 
a 
contract with. 
an 
individual who is not a United States citizen for the cutting. 
skidding or hauling of timber on or from nonreseryed lands. 
If 
the bureau grants a permit or enters into a contract with a 
corporation or other legal entity to cut timber on nonreserved 
land. 
that 
permit 
or 
contract 
must 
include 
a 
prov~s~on 
prohibi ting any person who is not a United States citizen from 
cutting. skidding or hauling timber on or from nonreserved public 
lands. ' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 2 by 
striking out all of the last underlined sentence (page 1, lines 
to 30 in L.D.) and inserting in its place the following: 
'The 
bureau may not grant a permit to. or enter into a contract with. 
an individual who is not a United States citizen for the cutting. 
skidding or hauling of timber on or from reserved lands. 
If the 
bureau 
grants 
a 
permit 
or 
enters 
into 
a 
contract with 
a 
corporation or other legal entity to cut timber on reserved land. 
that permit or contract must include a provision prohibiting any 
person who is not a United States citizen from cutting. skidding 
or hauling timber on or from public reserved lands.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
clarifies the 
application of 
the United 
States citizenship requirement and adds hauling to the list of 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. 11 .. to H.P. 227, L.D. 284 
activities that may be performed only by United State citizens. 
It clarifies that the citizenship requirement does not apply to 
corporations and other legal entities, but it does prohibit those 
entities 
from 
employing 
persons 
who 
are 
not 
United 
States 
citizens to cut, skid or haul timber on or from public reserved 
lands or nonreserved public lands under any contract or permit to 
cut timber on those lands. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
1?iscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 05109/03 ;J!ivaC!. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD284 
An Act To Require Use of United States Citizens for Work with the 
Bureau of Parks and Lands 
LR 0662(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Labor 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
($168,750) 
2004-05 
($225,000) 
Projections 
2005-06 
($225,000) 
Projections 
2006-07 
($225,000) 
Not allowing the Department of Conservation to contract with certain workers for timber harvesting will result in the 
estimated loss of Other Special Revenue funds in the amounts of at least $168,750 and $225,000 in fiscal years 2003-
and 2004-05, respectfully. If the department is not sucessful in hiring additional timber cutting crews that are 
composed ofD.S. citizens, then the revenue loss could be significantly more; the amounts can not be determined at 
this time. 
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