Resolve, Regarding the Town of Cooper Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting in its place 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. Sec. 1. Department of Transportation, Town of Cooper and surrounding communities to develop plan for road maintenance. Resolved: That the Department of Transportation, the Town of Cooper and the surrounding communities are directed to develop a plan for winter maintenance for Route 191, including the section of Route 191 that is currently the responsibility of the Town of Cooper. The plan must include fiscal and planning support; and be it further Page 1-LR2295(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1626
Committee Amendment CA_A_S196 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,~, to S.P. 603, L.D. 1626, Bill, 
Act To Authorize the Deorganization of the Town of Cooper" 
"An 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, Regarding the Town of Cooper' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
title and before the summary and inserting in its place 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. 
Sec. 1. 
Department of Transportation, Town of Cooper and 
surrounding communities to develop plan for road 
maintenance. 
Resolved: 
That the Department of Transportation, the Town of 
Cooper and the surrounding communities are directed to develop a 
plan for winter maintenance for Route 191, including the section 
of Route 191 that is currently the responsibility of the Town of 
Cooper. 
The plan must include fiscal and planning support; and 
be it further 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,~, to S.P. 603, L.D. 1626 
Sec. 2. State Planning Office and Town of Cooper to develop plan for 
Municipal Officer position vacancies. Resolved: 
That the Executive 
Department, State Planning Office and the Town of Cooper are 
directed to initiate cooperative efforts with adjacent towns to 
share town services to address the vacancy issues in municipal 
officer positions that are being experienced by the Town of 
Cooper; and be it further 
Sec. 3. 
Report and recommendations. 
Resolved: 
That 
the 
Department of Transportation, 
the Executive Department, 
State 
Planning Office and the Town of Cooper shall report their plans 
and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on State and 
Local Government no later than January 15, 2006; and be it further 
Sec. 4. Administrative support. Resolved: 
That the Department 
of Transportation and the Executive Department, State Planning 
Office shall provide administrative support for the development 
of plans, 
and any costs associated with this study must be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources; and be it further 
Sec. 5. Authority to report out legislation. Resolved: 
That the 
Joint 
Standing 
Committee 
on 
State 
and 
Local 
Government 
is 
authorized to report out legislation that addresses the plans and 
recommendations in section 3 to the Second Regular Session of the 
122nd Legislature, 
including allowing the Town 
of Cooper to 
continue its deorganization process.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
replaces 
the bill with 
a 
resolve. 
The 
resolve directs the Department of Transportation, the Town of 
Cooper and surrounding communi ties to develop a plan for the 
winter maintenance of Route 1.91., including the section of Route 
that the Town of Cooper is currently responsible for. 
The 
plan must include fiscal and planning support. 
The resolve also 
directs the Executive Department, State Planning Office and the 
Town of Cooper to develop cooperative efforts with adjacent towns 
to share town services to address municipal officer position 
vacancy 
issues. 
The 
resolve 
requires 
the 
Department 
of 
Transportation, the State Planning Office and the Town of Cooper 
to report their recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee 
on State and Local Government by January 15, 2006. 
The Joint 
Standing Committee on State and Local Government is authorized to 
report 
out 
legislation 
implementing 
these 
recommendations, 
including 
allowing 
the 
Town 
of 
Cooper 
to 
continue 
its 
deorganization 
process. 
The 
amendment 
includes 
a 
mandate 
preamble. 
FISCAL :'\OTE RE(H ilU:'!) 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
I • 
State Mandate 
Approved: 05/16/05 ,;tv'ae 
LD 1626 
LR2295(02) 
An Act To Authorize the Deorganization of the Town of Cooper 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment AI 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Exempted State Mandate 
New or Expanded Activity 
Unit Affected 
Costs 
Requiring the town of Cooper to develop a plan for road 
Municipality 
Insignificant 
maintenance and develop a plan for vacancies in municipal officers 
is a state mandate pursuant to the Maine constitution. 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 local costs 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The additional costs to the Department of Transportation and the State Planning Office to develop plans and report to 
the State and Local Government Committee can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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