An Act To Enable the Town of Livennore Falls To Withdraw from Androscoggin County and Join Franklin County
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1316
Committee Amendment CA_A_H201 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 914, L.D. 1316, Bill, "An 
Act To 
Enable the Town of Livermore Falls To 
Withdraw from 
Androscoggin County and Join Franklin County" 
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, 
of all of the members elected to each House have determined 
it necessary to enact this measure.' 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of section 6 and 
inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 6. 
Referendum. This Act takes effect only for the 
purpose of submitting this Act to the legal voters of the Town of 
Livermore Falls at the statewide election held in November 2005. 
The town clerk of the town shall prepare the required ballots, on 
which the clerk shall reduce the subject matter of this Act to 
the following question: 
"Do you favor the removal of the Town of Livermore Falls 
from Androscoggin County 
and its annexation to Franklin 
County?" 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 914, L.D. 1316 
The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed 
against the word "Yes" or "No" their opinion of the same. 
If the question is accepted by a majority of the legal 
voters voting at the election, the Act must be submitted to the 
legal voters of Franklin County at the general election in 
November 2006 in Franklin County. 
The 
Franklin 
County 
Clerk 
shall 
prepare 
the 
required 
ballots, on which the clerk shall reduce the subject matter of 
this Act to the following question: 
"Do you favor the annexation of the Town of Livermore Falls 
by Franklin County?" 
The voters shall indicate by a cross or check mark placed 
against the word "Yes" or "No" their opinion of the same. 
This Act takes effect if it is accepted by a majority of the 
legal voters voting at the election in Franklin County. 
The result of the vote in Franklin County must be declared 
by the Franklin County Commissioners and due certificate must be 
filed by the county clerk with the Secretary of State. 
If the Town of Livermore Falls and Franklin County approve 
this Act, the Act takes effect December 1, 2006.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
is 
the 
minority 
report. 
The 
amendment 
requires that the election by Livermore Falls voters to secede 
from Androscoggin County be held at the November 2005 election 
and that the election by Franklin County voters 
to 
accept 
Livermore Falls into Franklin County be held at the November 2006 
election. 
If the voters of Livermore Falls and Franklin County 
approve the bill as amended, it would take effect on December 1, 
2006. 
The amendment also adds a mandate preamble. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 04/15/05 ~ac 
LD 1316 
LR 1929(02) 
An Act To Enable the Town of Livennore Falls To Withdraw from Androscoggin County and Join 
Franklin County 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ;;+ 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Exempted State Mandate 
State Mandate 
New or Expanded Activity 
Requiring a referendum vote by the town of Livermore Falls and subsequently, if 
that is approved, a referendum vote by Franklin County, are activities that are state 
mandates pursuant to the Maine constitution. The additional local costs include 
voting materials, advertising and notices, staff time and incidentals related to 
conducting the voting. Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all 
the members elected to each House exempts the State from the constitutional 
requirement to fund 90% of the additional local costs. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Unit Mfected 
Municipality 
County 
Costs 
Insignificant 
Although still a mandate, the committee amendment has changed the voting at both the municipal and county levels to 
be conducted at the general elections in November of 2005 and 2006, respectively, eliminating the special elctions that 
would have been more costly. The remaining costs to the local units are not expected to be significant. 
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