An Act Regarding the Budget Process for the Legislative Youth Advisory Council
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1511
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs
Sponsors: TRAHAN, WESTON, PARADIS, TARDY, DA VIS
Amends: 3 MRSA §168-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1511 
H.P.1056 
House of Representatives, March 30, 2005 
An Act Regarding the Budget Process for the Legislative Youth 
Advisory Council 
Reference to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative TRAHAN of Waldoboro. 
Cosponsored by Senator WESTON of Waldo and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: PARADIS of Frenchville, TARDY of Newport, Senator: DA VIS of 
Piscataquis. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §168-A, sub-§10, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, 
Pt. F, §3, is further amended to read: 
10. 
Staff. 
The 
iQffi~Re-~-~~-SeR99~-~-~~~-SeFYiee 
Legislative Council shall provide ~~ReiB~-aRe staff assistance to 
the council from within its existing budgeted resources or from 
.any grants received by the 
seRee~ Legislative Council for that 
purpose. 
The Q~'~ee-e~-~~~~-~~~-ARa*ysis staff assigned 
by the Legislat~ye Council shall draft all legislation submitted 
to the Legislature by the council. 
Legislative Council staffing 
may 
be 
Guspended during periodG 
when the Legislature is in 
regular or Gpecial GeGsion. 
Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §168-A, sub-§11 is enacted to read: 
11. 
Funding. 
The 
Legislative Council 
may 
seek outside 
funds to fund costs of the council. 
Contributions to support the 
work of the youth council may not be accepted from any party 
having a pecuniary or other vested interest in the outcome of the 
matters being studied or who would in any way compromise the work 
of the council. 
Any person. other than a state agency, desiring 
to make a financial or in-kind contribution must certify to the 
Legislative Councilor its designee in the manner prescribed by 
the Legislative Council 
that the person has 
no pecuniary or 
other vested intereGt in the outcome of the work of the council. 
All contributiQnG are subject to approval by the LegiGlative 
Councilor 
its 
designee. 
The 
Executiye 
Director 
of 
the 
Legislative Council administers any funds received by the youth 
council. 
The executive director shall notify the chairs of the 
youth council of the status of the funding on or before December 
1st annually 
what 
funding is available 
for 
the 
immediately 
following calendar year. 
Sec. 3. Budget. 
The 
Legislative Youth 
Advisory 
Council, 
established in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 3, 
section 
168-A, shall work with the Executive Director of the Legislative 
Council to develop a budget for the youth council. 
The budget 
must be submitted to the Executive Director of the Legislative 
Council 
within 60 days of the effective date of this Act. 
The 
Legislative Council shall pay reasonable expenses of members who 
are 
Legislators 
to 
attend authorized meetings 
of 
the 
youth 
council. 
All other expenses must be paid for from the youth 
council's budget. 
The youth counci 1 may not incur any expense 
that would 
cause 
the 
youth 
council 
to 
exceed its budgeted 
resources. 
Sec. 
4. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
Page l-LR0777 (1) 
The 
following 
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM 
Legislative Youth Advisory Council 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funds 
to 
pay 
for 
staffing 
and 
other 
expenses incurred through involvement with the Legislative Youth 
Advisory Council. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2005-06 
$12,000 
$12,000 
2006-01 
$12,000 
$12,000 
This bill authorizes the Legislative Council to seek outside 
sources of funding for the Legislative Youth Advisory Council and 
eliminates the requirement on the part of the Edmund S. Muskie 
School 
of 
Public 
Service 
to 
provide 
funding 
for 
the 
youth 
council. 
The bill also directs the youth council to prepare a 
budget with the help of the Executive Director of the Legislative 
Council, to be submitted to the Legislative Council.