Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1339
Committee Amendment CA_A_S296 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A" to S.P. 466, L.D. 1339, Bill, "An 
Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Powers and Duties of the 
Washington County Development Authority" 
Amend 
the bill 
in 
section 
by 
subsection 2 (page 2, lines 13 to 39 in 
its place the following: 
striking out 
all 
of 
L.D.) and inserting in 
'2. 
Membership; appointment. 
The authority is governed by 
a board of trustees composed of 9 13 voting members appointed or 
designated by the Governor. 
A. 
The Governor shall make g 12 appointments to the board 
of trustees, &--e-f--wh-ich--fA.1:i-s-t;.-:ge 9 of whom must be selected 
from 
a--pGQ-1--e~ candidates who are residents of Washington 
County and are nominated by 
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private, 
nonprofit, 
countywide, 
federally 
recognized 
Washington County-based economic developmgnt organizations 
other than the authority. 
Primary impact communities also 
may make nominations. 
The Governor shall appoint members 
who reflect the diversity of interests represented by these 
communities. 
The Governor shall ensure that all regions of 
the 
county, 
as 
defined 
by 
the 
county 
commissioner 
districts, 
are 
egually 
represented 
on 
the 
board 
of 
trustees. 
A municipality may not have more than 2 trustees 
sitting on the board of trustees. 
B. 
The 
Governor 
shall 
designate 
a 
commissioner 
of 
a 
department of State Government to be a voting, ex officio 
member of the board of trustees. 
The ex Qtficio member 
designated pursU1ant to thi§ paragraph mgy name a gg§ignee. 
The 
8--awe-i-a.t;.ee members 
subject 
to 
review 
by 
appointed pursuant to paragraph A 
the 
joint standing 
committee 
of 
are 
the 
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Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction 
over 
business 
and 
economic 
development matters and to confirmation by the Senate.' 
Further amend the bill in section 5 by striking out all of 
subsection 3 (page 2, lines 44 to 50 and page 3, lines 1 to 3 in 
L.D.) and inserting in its place the following: 
'3. 
Terms. 
Trustees are appointed for 4-year termsT-eHeep~ 
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te~ms--~--~--t~~stees--~~- 4 year--te~ms. 
The 
commissioner 
designated 
pursuant 
to 
subsection 
2, 
paragraph 
B t 
or 
that 
commissioner's designee. serves at the pleasure of the Governor. 
Trustees may be removed by the Governor. 
The board of trustees 
by majority vote 
may 
recommend trustee 
removal 
due 
to 
poor 
attendance at board meetings. 
A trustee continues to hold office 
until a successor is appointed and qualified, but the term of the 
successor is not altered from the original expiration date of 
that term. 
A person may not serve more than 2 consecutive 4-year 
terms as a trustee.' 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 6 the 
following: 
'Sec. 7. Staggered terms. 
Notwithstanding the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 5, section 13083-C, subsection 3, of the 4 new 
members 
of 
the board 
of trustees 
of 
the 
Washington 
County 
Development Authority appointed pursuant to this Act, one trustee 
is appointed to a one-year term, one trustee is appointed to a 
2-year term, one trustee is appointed to a 3-year term and one 
trustee is appointed to a 4-year term.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
changes 
the composition of the board of 
trustees 
of 
the 
Washington 
County 
Development 
Authority 
to 
include 12 appointments. 
Nine of the members must be selected 
from candidates who are residents of Washington County and are 
nominated by private, nonprofit, countywide, federally recognized 
Washington County-based economic development organizations other 
than the authority. 
It provides that primary impact communities 
also may make nominations. It requires that the Governor ensure 
that all regions of the county, 
as defined by the 3 county 
commissioner districts, are equally represented on the board of 
trustees. 
A municipality may not have more than 
trustees 
sitting on the board of trustees. 
It provides for staggered 
terms for the newly appointed members of the board of trustees 
and describes the manner in which trustees may be removed from 
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the board. 
It also provides that trustees may not serve more 
than 2 consecutive 4-year terms on the board. 
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