An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1791
Committee Amendment CA_A_S244 (Senate)
Amends: 32 MRSA §2401-B

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 635, L.D. 1791, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Oil and Solid Fuel Board and Propane and Natural Gas Board Licensing 
Laws" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §2401-B, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. Limited energy auditor technician. The board may issue a limited energy 
auditor technician license to a person who presents to the board, at a minimum, 
satisfactory evidence of relevant training and written and field certification that conform 
to standards established by a nationally recognized building performance industry 
certification and quality assurance program, the equivalent Maine residential energy 
auditor certification program or an equivalent training and education program as 
determined by the board. 
Privileges of practice are restricted to the performance of 
combustion safety and efficiency testing on oil-fired space heating or water heating 
equipment to ensure health and safety standards and do not include any adjustment of oil-
fired space heating or water heating equipment. 
Sec. 2. 32 MRS A §14807, sub-§6-A is enacted to read: 
6-A. Limited energy auditor technician. The board may issue a limited energy 
auditor technician license to a person who presents to the board, at a minimum, 
satisfactory evidence of training and written and field certification that conform to the 
standards established by a nationally recognized building performance industry 
certification and quality assurance program, the equivalent Maine residential energy 
auditor certification program or an equivalent training and education program as 
determined by the board. 
Privileges of practice are restricted to the performance of 
combustion safety and efficiency testing on natural gas-fired or propane gas-fired space 
heating or water heating equipment to ensure health and safety standards and do not 
include any adjustment of natural or propane gas-fired space heating or water heating 
equipment. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ",A " to S.P. 635, L.D. 1791 
Sec. 3. Rules. The Oil and Solid Fuel Board, as established in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 32, chapter 33, subchapter 2, shall adopt emergency rules to implement the 
provisions of Title 32, section 2401-B, subsection 2-A. The Propane and Natural Gas 
Board, as established in Title 32, chapter 130, shall adopt emergency rules to implement 
the provisions of Title 32, section 14807, subsection 6-A. These boards must each adopt 
those rules within 90 days after the effective date of this Act. Rules adopted under this 
section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment retains the bill as an emergency, but replaces the content of the bill. 
The amendment authorizes the Oil and Solid Fuel Board and the Propane and Natural Gas 
Board to issue limited energy auditor technician licenses to qualified persons for the 
purposes of conducting combustion safety and efficiency testing of oil-fired or gas-fired 
space heating equipment or water heating equipment. These limited licenses do not 
authorize the license holder to make adjustments to oil-fired or gas-fired space heating 
equipment or water heating equipment. The amendment also directs those boards to adopt 
emergency routine technical rules to implement these new licensing provisions within 90 
days after the effective date of this Act. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/01/07 frac:.. 
LD 1791 
LR 2285(02) 
An Act To Amend the Oil and Solid Fuel Board and Propane and Natural Gas Board Licensing Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A " 
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Undetermined current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Oil and Solid Fuel Board and the Propane and Natural Gas Board within the Department of 
Professional and Financial Regulation associated with emergency rulemaking can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
Additional revenue to the Oil and Solid Fuel Board and the Propane and Natural Gas Board from licensing and other 
fees for the limited licenses for energy auditor technicians can not be determined at this time. 
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