Resolve, To Require the Department of Marine Resources and the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability To Conduct an Independent Review and Audit of the Public Health Division
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1318
Committee Amendment CA_A_H326 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 926, L.D. I318, "Resolve, To Require 
the Department of Marine Resources and the Office of Program Evaluation and 
Government Accountability To Conduct an Independent Review and Audit of the Public 
Health Division" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Conduct an Independent Review of the Department of Marine 
Resources, Public Health Division' 
Amend the resolve in the emergency preamble by striking out all of the 2nd indented 
paragraph (page 1, lines 3 and 4 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'Whereas, it is essential to conduct an independent review of the programs and 
procedures in the public health division within the Department of Marine Resources; and' 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Review of public health division within the Department of 
Marine Resources. Resolved: That Maine Sea Grant shall work with the Interstate 
Shellfish Sanitation Conference to develop and issue a request for proposals to conduct a 
review of program procedures in the public health division within the Department of 
Marine Resources. 
Maine Sea Grant in conjunction with the Interstate Shellfish 
Sanitation Conference shall develop the scope of work in consultation with interested 
parties; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Scoring committee. Resolved: That a 3-member scoring committee is 
established to review the responses to the request for proposals issued by Maine Sea 
Grant under section I and to select a vendor to conduct the review of the public health 
division within the Department of Marine Resources as provided for in the scope of work 
under section I. The scoring committee must consist of a member from Maine Sea 
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Grant, a member from the Department of Marine Resources and a member from the 
shellfish harvesting industry; and be it further 
Sec. 3. 
Special Fund for Peer Review of the Departmer,t of Marine 
Resources, Public Health Division. Resolved: That there is established the Special 
Fund for Peer Review of the Department of Marine Resources, Public Health Division, 
referred to in this section as "the fund." The Department of Marine Resources is 
authorized to accept all public and private funds for deposit into the fund. All interest 
from investment of the fund is to be credited to the fund. Expenditures from the fund by 
the department are limited to grants distributed to Maine Sea Grant to conduct a review of 
program procedures of the public health division within the Department of Marine 
Resources. The fund is nonlapsing, and any money remaining in the fund after January 1, 
2008 must remain in the fund subject to future allocation by the Legislature. The State 
Controller, on a one-time basis, may transfer funds from the Maine Coastal Program 
account in the Executive Department, State Planning Office in the amount of $5,000 into 
the fund. The department shall notify the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over marine resources matters by January 15, 2009 on the balance of 
the fund; and be it further 
Sec. 4. Review report. Resolved: That Maine Sea Grant, in conjunction with 
the vendor selected under section 2to do the review and after review and comment by the 
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, shall provide a report on the review conducted 
under section 1, including but not limited to findings, recommendations and any 
legislation needed to implement recommendations in the report, to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Marine Resources by January 15,2008. The Joint Standing Committee on 
Marine Resources may submit a bill during the Second Regular Session of the 123rd 
Legislature relating to the report; and be it further 
Sec. 5. Shellfish advisory council. Resolved: That the Department of Marine 
Resources shall work with the other members of the scoring committee under section 2 
and solicit input from members of the shellfish harvesting industry to determine the need 
and feasibility of a shellfish advisory council to improve communication between the 
department and the shellfish harvesting industry and to provide advice to the department 
and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over matters 
related to the management of the shellfish resource; and be it further 
Sec. 6. Shellfish advisory council development report. Resolved: That the 
Department of Marine Resources shall report its findings and recommendations regarding 
the development of a shellfish advisory council as provided under section 5 with any 
legislation necessary to implement the recommendations of the report to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Marine Resources no later than January 15, 2008. The Joint 
Standing Committee on Marine Resources may submit legislation during the Second 
Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature related to the report; and be it further 
Sec. 7. Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Planning Office 0082 
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to H.P. 926, L.D. 1318 
Initiative: Provides funds on a one-time basis from the Maine Coastal Program account to 
be used as a grant to an independent vendor to conduct a peer review of the public health 
division within the Department of Marine Resources. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Division of Administrative Services 0258 
2007-08 
$5,000 
$5,000 
2007-08 
$5,000 
$5,000 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides funds from the Special Fund for Peer Review of the Department of 
Marine Resources, Public Health Division on a one-time basis to be used as a grant to an 
independent vendor to conduct a peer review of the department's public health division. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
2007-08 
$5,000 
$5,000 
2007-08 
$5,000 
$5,000 
2007-08 
$5,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$0 
'f-.. .,. 
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
$5,000 
$0 
$10,000 ( 
$0 
This amendment replaces the section of the resolve that directs the Department of 
Marine Resources and the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability 
to conduct a review and audit of the public health division within the Department of 
Marine Resources and: 
1. 
Directs Maine Sea Grant to work with the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation 
Conference to develop a scope of work and issue a request for proposals to conduct a 
review of the program procedures in the public health division within the Department of 
Marine Resources; 
2. Establishes a 3-member scoring committee to select a vendor from applications 
received in response to the request for proposals by Maine Sea Grant; 
3. Establishes a special fund within the Department of Marine Resources to be used 
only for the purpose of conducting' a review of program procedures and authorizes the 
department to accept outside funding for this special fund; 
4. Directs Maine Sea Grant, in conjunction with the vendor selected to conduct the 
review alld after review and comment by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, 
to provide a report on the review of the public health division within the Department of 
Marine Resources to the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources by January 15, 
2008; 
5. 
Directs the Department of Marine Resources to work with members of the 
shellfish harvesting industry to determine the need and feasibility of a shellfish advisory 
council and to report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee 
on Marine Resources by January 15,2008; and 
6. Adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 05/22/07 .wac:.. 
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LD 1318 
LR 1868(02) 
Resolve, To Require the Department of Marine Resources and the Office of Program Evaluation and 
Government Accountability To Conduct an Independent Review and Audit ofthe Public Health 
Division 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "/T" 
Committee: Marine Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
2008-09 
Projections 
2009-10 
Projections 
2010-11 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$5,000 
$5,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $5,000 for the Department of Marine 
Resources in fiscal year 2007-08 to be paid as a grant for an independent peer review of the department's Public 
Health Division. The bill also includes a one-time Federal Expenditures Fund allocation of $5,000 for the State 
Planning Office in fiscal year 2007-08 for the same purpose. 
LR1868(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1 
$0 
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