An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Working Group
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1419
Committee Amendment CA_A_S60 (Senate)
Amends: 12 MRSA §1874

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 497, L.D. 1419, Bill, "An Act To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Working Group" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec.2. 12 MRSA §1874, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13, is amended to read: 
§1874. Administration 
The bureau shall administer the waterway under this subchapter, with the exception 
of powers to control activities previously delegated by law to the department's Bureau of 
Forestry, the 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Board of 
Environmental Protection. The director shall create technical committees as needed to 
advance the waterway's purposes.' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in § 1891-A in the first paragraph in the 5th line (page 2, 
line 24 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "Fund" the following: " except that a 
gift may not be accepted with any encumbrances or stipulations as to the use of the gift' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in § 1891-B in the first paragraph in the first line (page 2, 
line 31 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"annually report" and inserting the 
following: 'report on or before March 1 st of each year' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in §1891-B in the first paragraph in the 5th line (page 2, 
line 35 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and natural" and inserting the following: 
'and any natural' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 7 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Parks - General Operations 0221 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 497, L.D. 1419 
Initiative: 
Allocates funds for the per diem of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway 
Advisory Council. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHERSPEC~LREVENUEFUNDSTOTAL 
2007-08 
$1,925 
$1,925 
2008-09 
$1,925 
$1,925 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment does the following. 
1. It adds language to require the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within 
the Department of Conservation to create technical committees as needed to advance the 
Allagash Wilderness Waterway's purposes. 
2. It specifies March 1 st as the date by which the annual report on the Allagash 
Wilderness Waterway must be submitted to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over conservation matters. 
3. It adds language to the provisions for a permanent endowment fund to specify that 
funds may not be accepted with any encumbrances or stipUlations by the donor on how 
those funds may be used. 
FISCAL .\OTE REQLlRED 
(See attaChed) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/20107 ;!lVae. 
LD 1419 
LR2537(02) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Working Group 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '/1 " 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Projections 
2007-08 
2008-09 
2009-10 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$1,925 
$1,925 
$1,925 
fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
2010-11 
$1,925 
The bill includes an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $1,925 in each of fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09 to 
the Department of Conservation for the per diem of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Advisory Council. The bill 
also establishes the Allagash Wilderness Waterway Permanent Endowment Fund as a dedicated nonlapsing account 
within the Parks - General Operations program in the department. 
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