An Act To Repeal Certain Boards and Commissions
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1950
Amends: 5 MRSA §12004-G, 5 MRSA §12004-I, 5 MRSA §12004-K, 5 MRSA §12004-L, 5 MRSA §12006

Legislative Document 
No. 1950 
H.P.1450 
House of Representatives, March 31, 2004 
An Act To Repeal Certain Boards and Commissions 
Reported by Representative McLAUGHLIN of Cape Elizabeth for the Joint Standing 
Committee on State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Order 2003, H.P. 1400. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 5 MRSA c.17, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §12004-G. sub-§9-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 
430, §1, is repealed. 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§6-B, as corrected by RR 1993, c. 
1, §12, is repealed. 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §12004-K, sub-§9. as enacted by PL 1987, c. 
786, §5, is repealed. 
Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §12004-L, sub-§ll. as enacted by PL 1999, c. 
428, §2, is repealed. 
Sec. 6. 5 MRSA §12006, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 
3. 
Repeal requirement. 
The Secretary of State may not 
include in the legislation required under subsection 2 and may 
not require an annual report as required under section 12005-A 
from any of the following boards and commissions that has been 
inactive during the preceding 24 months: 
A. 
Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund Board of Trustees, 
as 
established in section l2004-G, subsection 33-B; 
B. 
Facility 
Siting 
Board, 
as 
established 
in 
section 
12004-D, subsection 4; 
C. 
State Poet Laureate Advisory Selection Committee, 
as 
established in section 12004-1, subsection 5-A; and 
D. 
Board of Emergency Municipal Finance, as established in 
Title 30-A, section 6101. 
Sec. 7. 20-A MRSA c. 329, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. 8. 36 MRS A §7104, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 411, §2, 
1S 
amended to read: 
§7l04. 
Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee 
The Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee is established 
and 
referred 
to 
in 
this 
chapter 
as 
the 
"committee." 
The 
commi ttee is composed of the State Tax Assessor, 
an alternate 
designated by the assessor, the Attorney General or the Attorney 
General's designee, 
members of the Senate appointed by the 
President 
of 
the 
Senate 
and 
members 
of 
the 
House 
of 
Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the 
House. 
The 
assessor serves as the chair. 
The committee shall meet at the 
call of the chair or at the request of a majority of the members 
aBE1-.ffiU&t.--meet;--a-t:--least;--3--t;imes --€-aC-h--yeal'. 
The committee may 
consider matters relating to recommendations of the commission 
and the activities of the members in representing the State. 
SUMMARY 
This bill repeals boards and commissions that failed to file 
an annual report of activities with the Secretary of State for 
2002 
and 
2003. 
Additionally, 
this bill 
repeals 
boards 
and 
commissions that filed annual reports with the Secretary of State 
indicating inactivity in the preceding 24 months. 
The boards and 
commissions designated to be repealed include the following: 
1. 
Maine Governmental Information Network Board; 
2. 
Maine Committee for Global and Geographic Education; 
3. 
Commission on Investment Capital; 
4. 
Certificate of Need Advisory Committee; and 
5. 
New England Interstate Planning Commission. 
It also designates that certain boards and commissions are 
not 
required 
to 
file 
an 
annual 
report 
if 
those 
boards 
or 
commissions are inactive, and directs the Secretary of State to 
exempt them from inclusion in the legislation repealing boards 
and commissions. 
FISCAL NOTE REQIDRED 
(See attached) 
Approved: 03125/04 hae. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD xxxx - New Draft 
An Act to Repeal Certain Boards and Commissions 
LR 2817(01) 
Fiscal Note for New Draft 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor savings - General Fund 
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