An Act To Add the Combat Infantryman Badge to the Special Commemorative Decals for Veterans License Plates
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0495
Committee Amendment CA_A_H107 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to H.P. 379, L.D. 495, Bill, "An Act To Add 
the Combat Infantryman Badge to the Special Commemorative Decals for Veterans 
License Plates" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Develop an Appropriate Commemorative License Plate Decal 
for Combat Service' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Development of decal. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of 
Veterans' Services within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall convene a working group 
composed of combat veterans to develop an appropriate manner of commemorating 
combat service in the form of one or more commemorative license plate decals. The 
working group shall examine the appropriateness of developing a single decal versus the 
use of decals representing the following combat badges: Army Combat Infantry Badge, 
Army Combat Medic Badge, Army Combat Action Badge, Combat Action Ribbon and 
Combat Action Medal. If the working group determines that a single decal is appropriate, 
it shall design the decal in consultation with the Secretary of State. The director and the 
Secretary of State shall report the findings and recommendations of the working group to 
the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation no later than November 30, 2007. The 
Secretary of State shall include with the report draft legislation to make appropriate 
changes to law to implement the recommendations of the working group; and be it further 
Sec. 2. 
Authorization to submit legislation. 
Resolved: That the Joint 
Standing Committee on Transportation may submit a bill related to the subject matter of 
the working group's report under section 1 to the Second Regular Session of the I23rd 
Legislature.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to H.P. 379, L.D. 495 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that directs the Director of the 
Bureau of Veterans' Services within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to convene a working group 
composed of combat veterans to develop an appropriate manner of commemorating 
combat service in the form of one or more commemorative license plate decals. The 
working group is directed to examine the appropriateness of developing a single decal 
versus the use of decals representing the following combat badges: Army Combat 
Infantry Badge, Army Combat Medic Badge, Army Combat Action Badge, Combat 
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Action Ribbon and Combat Action Medal. If the working group determines that a single 
decal is appropriate, it must design the decal in consultation with the Secretary of State. 
The director and the Secretary of State are directed to report the findings and 
recommendations of the working group to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation no later than November 30, 2007. The Secretary of State must include 
with the report draft legislation to make appropriate changes to law to implement the 
recommendations of the working group. 
The Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation may submit a bill related to the subject matter of the working group's 
report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attacbed) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/12/07 :;'Jdac 
LD495 
LR 2185(02) 
An Act To Add the Combat Infantryman Badge to the Special Commemorative Decals for Veterans 
License Plates 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A " 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
LR2185(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1