Resolve, To Review and Recodify Laws Pertaininq to Violence in Our Schools Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. Review and recodification. Resolved: That the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis shall review the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A and identify provisions pertaining to safety in schools and provisions that establish policies, procedures and penalties to address violence in schools. The Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes shall jointly prepare a bill for submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs during the Second Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature that recodifies selected sections of Title 20-A, in accordance with the following. 1. Scope of recodification. In preparing the bill, the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes shall reorganize the laws contained in Title 20-A to consolidate or accurately cross-reference sections pertaining to Page I-LRI026(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1024
Committee Amendment CA_A_H393 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "~,, to H.P. 709, L.D. 1024, Bill, "An 
Act To Make Safer Schools" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, To Review and Recodify Laws Pertaininq to Violence in 
Our Schools' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Review and recodification. Resolved: 
That the Office of 
Policy 
and 
Legal 
Analysis 
shall 
review 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A and identify provisions pertaining to safety 
in schools and provisions that establish policies, procedures and 
penalties to address violence in schools. 
The Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of 
the 
Revisor 
of 
Statutes 
shall 
jointly prepare 
a 
bill 
for 
submission to the Joint Standing Committee 
on Education and 
Cultural Affairs during the Second Regular Session of the 122nd 
Legislature that recodifies selected sections of Title 20-A, in 
accordance with the following. 
1. 
Scope of recodification. 
In preparing the bill, the 
Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor 
of Statutes shall reorganize the laws contained in Title 20-A to 
consolidate or accurately cross-reference sections pertaining to 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to H.P. 709, L.D. 1024 
violence and threatening behavior in schools. In preparing the 
bill, the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of 
the Revisor of Statutes shall eliminate confusing language and 
make technical changes necessary to improve the accessibility of 
all provisions pertaining to violence and threatening behavior in 
schools. 
The 
recodification 
is 
not 
intended 
to 
contain 
substantive changes to Title 20-A. 
2. 
Participation of deparbDent. 
The Office of Policy and 
Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes shall 
invite 
the participation of 
the 
Department of Education in 
preparing the proposed recodification. 
3. 
Report. 
The Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the 
Office of the Revisor of Statutes shall submit the proposed bill 
to the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs 
no later than January 2, 2006.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that directs 
the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the 
Revisor of Statutes to identify provisions in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A that pertain to violent and threatening 
behavior in schools and prepare a bill to make technical changes 
and reorganize these 
prov~s~ons for submission to the Second 
Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
,. 
Approved: 05/06/05 ~ac 
LD 1024 
LR 1026(02) 
An Act To Make Safer Schools 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
The additional costs associated with the proposed recodification and report requirement can be absorbed by the Office 
of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
Additional costs to the Department of Education to participate in the proposed recodification can be absorbed within 
existing budgeted resources. 
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