An Act Reqardinq the Maine Military Authority and the Sale of the Fort Fairfield Armory Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, the Maine Military Authority is encountering substantial difficulties in executing its cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Defense, National Guard Bureau because it is not absolutely clear that the Maine Military Authority, while not part of the State's combat forces that may be activated by the Governor, is part of the Maine National Guard wi thin the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Military Bureau; and Whereas, the Military Bureau, Maine National Guard employs close to 200 employees at the former Loring Air Force Base and the Maine Military Authority is funded solely by federal funds; and Page 1-LR1891(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1537
Committee Amendment CA_A_S181 (Senate)
Amends: 37-B MRSA §101, 37-B MRSA §102, 37-B MRSA §264, 37-B MRSA §391

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 516, L.D. 1537, Bill, "An 
Act To Clarify that the Maine Military Authority Is Part of the 
Military Bureau" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act Reqardinq the Maine Military Authority and the Sale of 
the Fort Fairfield Armory' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
title and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, 
the 
Maine 
Military 
Authority 
is 
encountering 
substantial difficulties in executing its cooperative agreements 
with the United States Department of Defense, 
National Guard 
Bureau because it is not absolutely clear that the Maine Military 
Authority, while not part of the State's combat forces that may 
be activated by the Governor, is part of the Maine National Guard 
wi thin 
the 
Department 
of 
Defense, 
Veterans 
and 
Emergency 
Management, Military Bureau; and 
Whereas, the Military Bureau, Maine National Guard employs 
close to 200 employees at the former Loring Air Force Base and 
the Maine Military Authority is funded solely by federal funds; 
and 
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Whereas, the Military Bureau, Maine National Guard plaris to 
bid on a large federal contract within the next few months before 
nonemergency legislation would take effect and clarification in 
this Act will facilitate the continued operation and expansion of 
the Maine Military Authority; and 
Whereas, 
the 
Adjutant 
General 
needs 
confirmation that transferring the Fort Fairfield 
Town of Fort Fairfield for the negotiated price 
parameters set forth by the Legislature; and 
legislative 
Armory to the 
is within the 
Whereas, 
the 
Town 
of Fort Fairfield has 
secured grant 
funding to rehabilitate the armory and must take ownership of the 
armory as soon as possible or risk losing the grant money; 
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 enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §101, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 460, §3, is 
amended to read: 
§IOI. 
Purpose 
The Military Bureau shaJJ--ha ... e hM. jurisdiction 
responsibility for 
the 
administration of 
the state 
forces and the Maine Military Authority. 
over and 
military 
Sec. 2. 37-B MRSA §102, sub-§I, 1[A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 
460, §3, is amended to read: 
A. 
The Maine Army National Guard and the Maine Air National 
Guard, referred to in this Title as the "National Guard," 
when either or both are not in federal service, but not the 
Maine Military Authority; and 
Sec. 3. 37-B MRSA §264, sub-§3,"', as enacted by PL 2001, c. 
662, §29, is amended to read: 
I. 
The Fort Fairfield Armory located at 25 Columbia Street, 
Fort Fairfield by means of a guitclaim deed, subject to all 
easements of record, to the Inhabitants of the Town of Fort 
Fairfield for the sum of $1 as long as the inhabitants of 
the Town of Fort Fairfield agree to indemnify and hold 
harmless 
the 
State 
from 
all 
claims, 
including 
any 
environmental clean up costs that may arise from the land or 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A .. to S.P. 516, L.D. 1537 
buildings constituting the Fort Fairfield Armory and this 
transfer is determined to be a transfer for not less than 
appraised value as specified in subsection 1 in view of the 
economic 
conditions 
of 
northern 
Aroostook 
County, 
the 
financial contributions made by the Town of Fort Fairfield 
to the armory and the environmental conditions existing at 
the site. 
Sec. 4. 37-B MRSA §391, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 374, §8, is 
amended to read: 
§39l. 
Maine Military Authority established 
The 
Maine 
Military Authority is established as 
a 
body 
corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of the St:at:e 
Military Bureau, Maine National Guard, and the exercise of the 
powers conferred by this chapter is deemed and held to be the 
performance of essential governmental functions. 
The authority 
consists of the Maine Readiness Sustainment Maintenance Center 
and shall report to the Adjutant General. 
The authority exists 
for the purpose of, but is not limited to, operating the existing 
Maine Readiness Sustainment Maintenance Center, which maintains, 
rebuilds, 
repairs, 
stores and manufactures 
equipment for the 
Uni ted States Department of Defense, National Guard Bureau, and 
maintaining, 
rebuilding, 
repa1r1ng, 
storing 
and 
manufacturing 
equipment for the State and its political subdivisions, for the 
United States Department of the Army, 
Department of the Air 
Force, Department of the Navy and Department of the Treasury and 
for foreign governments in conjunction with the foreign military 
sales program of the United States Department of Defense. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. • 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
The amendment clarifies 
that the Maine Military Authority is a part of the Maine National 
Guard within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, Military Bureau and is under the jurisdiction of the 
Military Bureau, while it is not part of the state military 
forces. 
The amendment also specifies that the proposed sale of 
the Fort Fairfield Armory for 
$1 is for not less than the 
appraised value of that property. 
FISCAL i'liOTE REQlIl{[l) 
. 
~~ee attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/16/03 :;:'I'Hae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1537 
An Act Regarding the Maine Military Authority and the Sale of the Fort 
Fairfield Armory 
LR 1891(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '~''.S -/ <t ( 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
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