An Act To Raise the Per Diem Rate for Members of the Board of Environmental Protection and the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1969
Committee Amendment CA_A_S488 (Senate)
Amends: 5 MRSA §12004-D, 12 MRSA §683, 38 MRSA §341-A

Majority 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 763, L.D. 1969, Bill, "An Act To Raise 
the Per Diem Rate for Members of the Board of Environmental Protection and the Maine 
Land Use Regulation Commission" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-D, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 786, §5, IS 
amended to read: 
1. 
Maine Land Use Regulation 
Commission 
Legislative Per Diem 
$100 per day plus 
expenses. 
Notwithstanding any 
limitation on noonday 
meal expenses in 
section 12002, 
subsection 2, for each 
day in attendance at a 
commission meeting 
or hearing, each 
member is entitled to 
a meal allowance not 
to exceed the 
legislative meal 
allowance for each 
session day as 
provided for in Title 
3, section 2. 
MRSA §683 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A " 
to S.P. 763, L.D. 1969 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §12004-D, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 503, Pt. A, §8 
and c. 890, Pt. A, §§3 and 40, is further amended to read: 
2. 
Board of Environmental 
Protection 
Legislative Per Diem 
$100 per day plus 
expenses. 
Notwithstanding any 
limitation on noonday 
meal expenses in 
section 12002, 
subsection 2, for each 
day in attendance at a 
board meeting or 
hearing, each 
MRSA §341-A 
member is entitled to 
a meal allowance not 
to exceed the 
legislative meal 
allowance for each 
session day as 
provided for in Title 
3, section 2. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Land Use Regulation Commission 0236 
Initiative: Provides funds for additional per diem and meal allowance expenses. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
$27,860 
$27,860 
2008-09 
$27,860 
$27,860 
, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A 
"to S.P. 763, L.D. 1969 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Board of Environmental Protection Fund 0025 
Initiative: Provides funds for additional per diem and meal allowance expenses. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$19,800 
$19,800 
2008-09 
$19,800 
$19,800 
2008-09 
$47,660 
$47,660 
This amendment is the majority report. The amendment retains from the bill the 
increase in per diem fees for members of the Board of Environmental Protection and the 
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission. It also specifies that members are entitled to 
expenses and it authorizes a meal allowance not to exceed the legislative meal allowance. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/21108 frac:.. 
LD 1969 
LR 3362(02) 
An Act To Raise the Per Diem Rate for Members of the Board of Environmental Protection and the 
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendmenf "A " 
Committee: Natural Resources 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$0 
2008-09 
$47,660 
Projections 
2009-10 
$47,660 
Projections 
2010-11 
$47,660 
This legislation includes an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Board of Environmental Protection of 
$19,800 annually beginning in fiscal year 2008-09 to provide funds for increased per diem and meal allowance 
expenses. It also includes an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission 
of $27,860 annually beginning in fiscal year 2008-09 to provide funds for increased per diem expenses. There are 
currently funds available within these accounts to cover the proposed increase in the per diem rate. 
LR3362(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I