Resolve, To Prepare Maine's Students for Active Citizenship Amend the amendment by inserting after the title the following: Amend the resolve by striking out all of the emergency preamble. Further amend the amendment in the first indented paragraph in the first line (page 1, line 22 in amendment) by striking out the following: "Amend" and inserting in its place the following: Further amend Further amend the amendment by striking out all of section and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 11. Funding. Resolved: That the commission shall seek outside sources of funding 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 Page l-LR123l(6) SENATE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0425
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S287 (Senate)

SENATE 
AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H. P. , 
333, L.D. 425, "Resolve, To Prepare Maine's Students for Active 
Citizenship" 
Amend 
the 
amendment 
by 
inserting after 
the title 
the 
following: 
'Amend the resolve by striking out all of the emergency 
preamble. ' 
Further amend the amendment in the first indented paragraph 
in the first line (page 1, line 22 in amendment) by striking out 
the following: "Amend" and inserting in its place the following: 
'Further amend' 
Further amend the amendment by striking out all of section 
and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 11. Funding. Resolved: 
That the commission shall seek 
outside 
sources of 
funding 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 
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SENATE 
AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H.P. 
L.D. 425 
333, 
made in the manner 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, date the funds were 
received, from whom the funds were received and the purpose and 
any limitation on the use of those funds. 
The Executive Director 
of the Legislative Council administers any funds received by the 
commission; and be it further' 
Further amend the amendment by inserting after section 12 
the following: 
'Further 
amend 
the 
resolve by striking out all of the 
emergency clause.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes the emergency preamble and clause and 
clarifies that all costs of the study must be fully funded by a 
source outside of the legislative budget. 
SPONSORED BY, ~ 
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(Senator GAGNON) 
COUNTY: 
Kennebec 
SENATE AMENDMENT