An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2007
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0468
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_O_S41 (Senate)

SENATE 
AMENDMENT "D" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT 
"A" to H.P. 
343, L.D. 468, Bill, "An Act Making Unified Appropriations and 
Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, 
General 
Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law 
Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the 
Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2007" 
Amend the amendment in Part 000 by striking out all of 
section 1. 
Further amend the amendment in Part 000 in section 2 in the 
4th line (page 367, line 4 in amendment) by striking out the 
following: "shall" and inserting in its place the following: 'may' 
Further amend the amendment in Part 000 in section 2 in 
subsection 1 in the first line (page 367, line 8 in amendment) by 
striking out the following: "shall evaluate" and inserting in its 
place the following: 'may evaluate anyone or more of' 
Further amend the amendment in Part 000 in section 2 in 
subsection 1 by adding at the end a new blocked paragraph to read: 
'By 
October 
1, 
2005, 
the 
Joint 
Standing 
Committee 
on 
Appropriations and Financial Affairs shall present to the office 
the committee's recommendations on prioritizing the evaluations 
of the programs listed in paragraphs A to N.' 
Further amend the amendment in Part 000 in section 2 in 
subsection 2 by striking out all of paragraphs D to F (page 368, 
lines 22 to 33 in amendment) and inserting in their place the 
following: 
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AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 
343, 
L.D. 468 
'D. 
What additional data should be collected regarding the 
various programs and to whom the data should be reported; and 
E. 
Whether additional methods of accountability are needed 
in the program.' 
Further amend the amendment in Part 000 in section 2 in 
subsection 3 in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 368, lines 40 and 41 
in amendment) by striking out the following: "January 15, 2006" 
and inserting in its place the following: 'March 1, 2006' 
Further amend 
any 
nonconsecutive 
consecutively. 
the amendment by 
Part 
letter 
or 
SUMMARY 
relettering or renumbering 
section 
number 
to 
read 
This 
amendment 
strikes 
that 
section 
of 
Part 
that 
authorizes 
the 
Office 
of 
Program 
Evaluation 
and 
Government 
Accountability 
to 
examine 
certain 
personnel 
issues. 
This 
amendment also authorizes, rather than requires, the Office of 
Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to review the 
programs 
specified 
in 
Part 
000, 
section 
2, 
strikes 
the 
requirement that the committee review whether the public benefit 
of the program justifies the public expense and changes the 
reporting date from January 15, 
2006 to March 1, 2006. 
This 
amendment 
also 
directs 
the 
Joint 
Standing 
Committee 
on 
Appropriations and Financial Affairs to present to the Office of 
Program Evaluation and Government Accountability the committee's 
recommendations on prioritizing the review of specified programs. 
SPONSORED BY, ~ 
t. -/I. ~ · .• -
(Senator RAYE) 
~ 
COUNTY: 
Washington 
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