An Act To Reauthorize the Petroleum Market Share Act
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0585
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: BROMLEY
Amends: 10 MRSA §1673, 10 MRSA §1678, 10 MRSA §1681

Legislative Document 
No. 585 
S.P. 194 
In Senate, February 3, 2005 
An Act To Reauthorize the Petroleum Market Share Act 
(EMERGENCY) 
Submitted by the Department of the Attorney General pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development suggested 
and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator BROMLEY of Cumberland. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the 
expiration of the 90-day period in order to prevent the repeal of 
certain portions of the Petroleum Market Share Act; 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 enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 3 MRS A §959, sub-§l, ~C, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
600, §1, is further amended to read: 
C. 
The joint standing committee 
jurisdiction 
over 
business, 
development matters 
shall 
use 
guideline for scheduling reviews: 
of the Legislature having 
research 
and 
economic 
the 
following list as 
a 
(1) 
Maine Development Foundation in 2005; 
(5) 
Department 
of 
Professional 
and 
Financial 
Regulation, 
in conjunction with 
the 
joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
banking and insurance matters, in 2007; 
(19) 
Department of Economic and Community Development 
in 2005; 
(23) 
Maine State Housing Authority in 2007; 
(32) 
Finance Authority of Maine in 2009; 
(36 ) 
Board of Dental Examiners in 2011; 
(37) 
Board of Osteopathic Licensure in 2011; 
( 38) 
Board of Licensure in Medicine in 2011; 
(41) 
State Board of Nursing in 2011; 
(42) 
State Board of Optometry in 2011; 
(45) 
State 
Board 
of Registration 
for 
Professional 
Engineers in 2011; and 
(50) 
Maine Science and Technology Foundation in 2007. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRS A §12004-I, sub-§2-D, as renumbered by RR 1991, 
c. 2, §ll, is repealed. 
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §1673, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 151, 
§1, is repealed. 
Sec. 4. 10 MRSA §1678, as amended by PL 2001, c. 352, §6, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 5. 10 MRSA §1681, as amended by PL 1999, c. 151, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
§1681. Fees 
Annually by September 1st, a person who operates or causes 
to be operated an oil terminal facility within the State, as 
defined in Title 38, section 542, subsection 7, and a person who 
1S required to register with the Commissioner of Environmental 
Protection pursuant to Title 38, section 545-B, shall pay to the 
Attorney General a fee for each 10,000 gallons of home heating 
oil and motor fuel oil transported into the State during the 
previous 12-month period ending June 1st. 
Home heating oil or 
motor fuel oil that is subsequently exported from the State is 
excluded from computation, except that home heating oil sold to a 
retailer or retail outlet located outside the State that sells 
home heating oil at retail within the State is not excluded. 
The 
fee 
that 
must 
be 
paid 
by 
September 
1, 
1996 
and 
for 
each 
subsequent 
year 
is 
40¢ 
for 
each 
10,000 gallons 
or 
portion 
thereof. 
The fees must be deposited in a dedicated, nonlapsing 
account, 
known as the Petroleum Marketing Fund. 
The Attorney 
General shall administer the fund. 
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Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
This bill removes provisions of the Petroleum Market Share 
Act that otherwise would repeal certain portions of that Act. 
It 
also 
repeals 
laws 
that 
establish 
and 
govern 
the 
Petroleum 
Advisory Committee.