An Act To Provide for the Efficient Administration of Family Development Accounts
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0024
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: BOWEN, HOBBINS, BRYANT, CLOUGH, DUPLESSIE, KAELIN, NASS, BROMLEY
Amends: 10 MRSA §1079

Legislative Document 
No. 24 
H.P.27 
House of Representatives, January 6,2005 
An Act To Provide for the Efficient Administration of Family 
Development Accounts 
Submitted by the Finance Authority of Maine pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development suggested 
and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative BOWEN of Rockport. 
Cosponsored by Senator HOBBINS of York and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BRYANT of Windham, CLOUGH of Scarborough, DUPLESSIE of 
Westbrook, KAELIN of Winterport, NASS of Acton, Senators: BROMLEY of Cumberland, 
NASS of York. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 10 MRSA §1079, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2001, c. 417, 
§17 and PL 2003, c. 689, Pt',B, §6, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Committee 
membership. 
members as follows: 
The 
committee 
consists 
of 
A. 
Four members appointed by the 
representative of the Maine State 
representative 
of 
the 
Department 
Services 
and 
representatives of 
participating in the program; 
Governor, including one 
Housing Authority, 
one 
of 
Health 
and 
Human 
financial institutions 
B. 
Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, 
including one 
person who 
is an account 
holder 
or 
is 
eligible 
to 
be 
an 
account 
holder, 
representatives of contributors of matching funds to the 
program and one representative of a community development 
organization; and 
C. Four 
members appointed by the President of the Senate, 
including one representative of a contributor of matching 
funds to the program, 
one representative of 
a 
statewide 
community 
development 
foundation, 
one 
person 
who 
is 
an 
account holder or is eligible to be an account holder and 
one representative of a community development organization. 
Members from state departments serve at the pleasure of their 
appointing authorities. 
All other members serve 3-year terms and 
may continue to serve beyond their terms until their successors 
are appointed BQ~-ffiaY-~-~-a~~eiR£eQ-~~~~-eeBSeeQ~iye 
~e~ms. 
If a 
vacancy occurs before 
a 
term has expired, 
the 
vacancy must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by 
the authority who made the original appointment. 
If a member is 
absent for 2 consecutive meetings and has not been excused by the 
chair from either meeting, the committee may remove the member by 
majority vote. 
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1079. sub-§6. as enacted by PL 1997, c. 518, 
§2, is amended to read: 
6. 
Voluntary service. 
members representing account 
or reimbursement for expenses. 
Members 
holders, 
of the committee, 
except 
serve without compensation 
Page l-LR0531(1) 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows members of the Advisory Committee on Family 
Development Accounts to serve for consecutive terms. 
It also 
allows expenses to be paid for members of the advisory committee 
representing account holders as was enacted by Public Law 2003, 
chapter 673, Part QQ, section 1.