An Act To Make Clam Flat Status Notification More Efficient, Cost-effective and Economically Beneficial to the Shellfish Industry
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2129
Committee Amendment CA_A_H727 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §6194, 12 MRSA §6191

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1508, LD. 2129, Bill, "An Act To 
Make Clam Flat Status Notification More Efficient, Cost-effective and Economically 
Beneficial to the Shellfish Industry" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6194 is enacted to read: 
§6194. Shellfish area closure status notification 
Notwithstanding Title 5, section 8053, the notification of rulemaking relating to the 
status of a shellfish area is not required to be published in a newspaper. The department 
shall place any information concerning the opening or closing of a shellfish area on the 
department's shellfish sanitation hotline and on the department's publicly accessible 
website. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6191, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2003, c. 248, §4, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Procedures. In adopting or amending any rule, except as provided in section 
6194, the commissioner shall use the procedures required for rulemaking under the Maine 
Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, and the additional requirements of 
this subchapter. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Resource Management 0027 
Initiative: Recognition of cost savings due to the department's no longer having to publish 
the status of shellfish areas in a newspaper. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ~ .. to H.P. 1508, L.D. 2129 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
($20,000) 
($20,000) 
This amendment is the majority report and replaces the bill. 
It removes the 
requirement that notification of rulemaking relating to the status of a shellfish area 
adopted by the Department of Marine Resources be published in a newspaper. Instead, 
the amendment requires the Department of Marine Resources to place any information 
concerning the opening or closing of a shellfish area on the department's shellfish 
sanitation hotline and on the department's publicly accessible website. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/07/08 ;:b?ac.. 
LD 2129 
LR 3045(02) 
An Act To Make Clam Flat Status Notification More Efficient, Cost-effective and Economically 
Beneficial to the Shellfish Industry 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A " 
Committee: Marine Resources 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
($20,000) 
($20,000) 
Projections 
2009-10 
($20,000) 
($20,000) 
Projections 
2010-11 
($20,000) 
($20,000) 
The cost related to publishing notifications of the status of shellfish areas varies each year depending on how many 
shellfish areas are closed. Based upon historical data, it is estimated that the annual savings is approximately $20,000 
per year. 
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