An Act To Establish the Androscoggin County Budget Advisory Committee Further amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the fOllowing: Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the members elected to each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure. Further amend the bill by inserting before section 1 the following: . Sec. 1. 30-A MRS A §61-B is enacted to read: §61-B. Androscoggin County Notwithstanding section 61, there is a Board of Commissioners for Androscoggin County consisting of a chair and 4 Page 1-LR1624(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1003
Committee Amendment CA_A_S295 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "Ar. to S.P. 343, L.D. 1003, Bill, "An 
Act 
To 
Establish 
the 
Androscoggin 
County 
Budget 
Advisory 
Committee and the Somerset County Budget Advisory Committee" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Establish the Androscoggin County Budget Advisory 
Committee' 
Further amend the bill by inserting after the title and 
before the enacting clause the fOllowing: 
'Mandate preamble. 
This measure requires one or more local 
units of government to expand or modify activities so as to 
necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues but does 
not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. 
Pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 
2/3 of all of the members elected to each House have determined 
it necessary to enact this measure.' 
Further amend the bill by inserting before section 1 the 
following: 
. Sec. 1. 30-A MRS A §61-B is enacted to read: 
§61-B. 
Androscoggin County 
Notwithstanding 
section 
61, 
there 
is 
a 
Board 
of 
Commissioners for Androscoggin County consisting of a chair and 4 
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other citizens. 
All other provisions of section 61 apply to 
Androscoggin County.' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"§728-B." in subsection 1 in the first line (page 1, line 31 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "11" and inserting in its 
place the following: '17' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"§728-B." in subsection 1 in paragraph A in the first line (page 
1, line 
in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: 
".1" 
and 
inserting in its place the following: 
'~' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"§728-B." in subsection 1 in paragraph A in the 3rd line (page 1, 
line 36 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "1" and inserting 
in its place the following: 
'~' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"§728-B." in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the first line (page 
2, line 28 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"February 
.lID" and inserting in its place the following: 'September 15th' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"§728-C." in the 3rd line (page 3, line 17 in L.D.) by striking 
out the following: "October 1st" and inserting in its place the 
following: 'October 15th' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"§728-D." in the 2nd line (page 3, line 24 in L.D.) by striking 
out the following: "April 1st" and inserting in its place the 
following: 'Noyember 1st' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"§728-D." in the 5th line (page 3, line 27 in L.D.) by striking 
out the following: 
"May 15th" and inserting in its place the 
following: 'December 15th' 
Further amend the bill in section 2 in that part designated 
"§728-D." in the last line (page 3, line 29 in L.D.) by striking 
out the following: 
"June 15th" and inserting in its place the 
following: 'December 31st' 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of sections 3 to 
5. 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 5 
the 
following: 
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'Sec. 6. 
Apportionment commission. 
Notwithstanding 
Title 
30-A, section 61, the apportionment commission that conducted the 
apportionment in 2003 shall reconvene to reapportion the county 
commissioner districts in Androscoggin County from 3 districts to 
districts. 
The commission shall apportion Androscoggin County 
into 
commissioner 
districts 
and 
shall 
include 
in 
its 
apportionment 
plan 
the 
initial 
terms 
of 
office 
for 
each 
commissioner 
district. 
The 
commission 
shall 
conduct 
the 
reapportionment according to the process in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 30-A, section 65, subsection 1, paragraphs A and 
B. 
The apportionment commission shall designate 2 commissioner 
districts that have 2-year terms and 3 commissioner districts 
that have 4-year terms. 
All subsequent terms are for 4 years. 
The commission shall submit its plan to the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives no later than January 15, 2006 for enactment in 
the Second Regular Session of the l22nd Legislature. 
Sec. 
7. 
Election 
of county 
commissioners. 
Election 
of 
Androscoggin County commissioners in the reapportioned district 
must take place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in 
November 2006. 
Sec. 8. Effective date. 
This Act takes effect September 15, 
2007. ' 
Further amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
number 
to 
read 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the dates to reflect the fiscal year 
beginning 
on 
January 
1st. 
It 
reconvenes 
the 
apportionment 
commission 
that 
conducted 
the 
apportionment 
in 
2003 
to 
reapportion Androscoggin County Commissioner Districts from 
districts to 5 districts. 
The first election held in the new 
districts must be the statewide election in November 2006. 
The 
current 
Androscoggin 
County 
budget 
committee 
is 
repealed 
September 15, 
2007 and the Androscoggin County Budget Advisory 
Committee takes effect on the 
same 
day. 
The 
amendment also 
removes Somerset County from the bill so that the bill only 
affects Androscoggin County. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 05119/05 ,;t;p'ac::.. 
LD 1003 
LR 1624(02) 
An Act To Establish the Androscoggin County Budget Advisory Committee and the Somerset County 
Budget Advisory Committee 
State Mandate 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A" 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Exempted State Mandate 
New or Expanded Activity 
Unit Affected 
Costs 
The administrative costs associated with reapportioning districts and administering a 
County 
Insignificant 
larger board creates a state mandate pursuant to the Maine constitution. The 
additional costs are not expected to be significant. Pursuant to the Mandate 
Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the 
State from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs. 
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