An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To Study Maine's Homeland Security Needs
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0676
Committee Amendment CA_A_S106 (Senate)

Majority 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 213, L.D. 676, Bill, "An Act To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To Study Maine's Homeland 
Security Needs" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1. 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §451 in subsection 2 in the 3rd line (page 1, line 31 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "January" and inserting the following: 'June' 
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Amend the bill in section 2 in §45I in subsection 2 in the 5th line (page I, line 33 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "2008" and inserting the following: '2009' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §45I in subsection 2 in the 6th line (page I, line 34 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "2008" and inserting the following: '2009' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 3 and 4. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 9, lO, II and 12. 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 12 the following: 
'Sec. 13. PL 2005, c. 634, §21 is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
Sec. 21. Identification of use of school as a community shelter. A school 
must indicate whether the school will be used as a community shelter as provided in this 
section. 
1. Funding provided through the School Revolving Renovation Fund. The 
Department of Education shall require projects applying for funding from the School 
Revolving Renovation Fund, as established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, 
section 6006-F, to provide a written answer to the question: "Do you plan to use this 
school as a public community shelter?" 
2. Major capital construction projects. Before granting concept approval to a 
major capital construction project, the State Board of Education shall require a written 
answer to the question: "Do you plan to use this school as a public community shelter?'" 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/1 " to S.P. 213, L.D. 676 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 13 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 13. Interim progress report on local health officers. The Director of 
the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention within the Department of Health 
and Human Services, in conjunction with the Public Health Work Group and other 
stakeholders and interested parties, shall further study local health officer qualifications 
and adopt rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 451, including 
redefining the role of the local health officer and updating related statutes to clarify that 
role. The director shall make an interim progress report to the Joint Standing Committee 
on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by January 1, 2008. The director shall report final 
recommendations, including any necessary legislation, to the Homeland Security 
Advisory Council created in Title 37-B, section 708 and the Joint Standing Committee on 
Health and Human Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and 
Public Safety by January 1,2008. The joint standing committees are authorized to submit 
legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
Rules adopted pursuant to this section are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.' 
Amend the bill in section 14 in the 2nd line (page 5, line 15 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "July" and inserting the following: 'September' 
Amend the bill in section 15 in the 5th and 6th lines (page 6, lines 8 and 9 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "in order to meet the requirement of Title 37-B, section 783 
that at least one such shelter be established in each county no later than January 1,2008" 
Amend the bill in section 15 in the 3rd line from the end (page 6, line 11. in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "September 1,2007" and inserting the following: 'January 1, 
2008' 
Amend the bill in section 16 in the 5th line (page 6, line 18 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "required under Title 37 -B, section 783" 
Amend the bill in section 16 in the 3rd line from the end (page 6, line 23 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "September 1, 2007" and inserting the following: 'January 1, 
2008' 
Amend the bill in section 17 in the 6th line (page 6, line 31 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "required under Title 37-B, section 783" 
Amend the bill in section 17 in the 3rd line from the end (page 6, line 34 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "September 1,2007" and inserting the following: 'January 1, 
2008' 
Amend the bill in section 18 in the 6th line (page 6, line 42 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "code" and inserting the following: 'means of 
Amend the bill in section 18 in the 2nd and 3rd lines from the end (page 7, lines 1 
and 2 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "July 1,2007" and inserting the following: 
'January 1,2008' 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ''A " to S.P. 213, L.D. 676 
Amend the bill in section 19 in the 2nd and 3 rd lines from the end (page 7, lines 13 
and 14 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "September 1, 2007" and inserting the 
following: 'January 1,2008' 
Amend the bill in section 20 in the 3rd line from the end (page 7, line 24 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "September 1, 2007" and inserting the following: 'January 1, 
2008' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 21 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 21. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT 
OF 
Stream Gaging Cooperative Program 0858 
Initiative: Provides funds for 6 stream gauges to be installed on rivers in York and 
Cumberland counties. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$64,100 
$64,100 
2007-08 
$27,500 
$27,500 
2008-09 
$36,600 
$36,600 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal 
Justice and Public Safety and does the following. 
1. It strikes section 1 of the bill regarding comprehensive emergency management 
plans, as the issue is being addressed in L.D. 222, "An Act To Ensure the Integrity of 
School Crisis Response Plans. " 
2. It specifies that local health officers must be qualified by education, training or 
experience in the field of public health or a combination as determined by standards set 
through the adoption of major substantive rules by the Department of Health and Human 
Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention by June 1, 2008. A person 
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employed as a local health officer before June 1,2008 who is not qualified by education, 
training or experience must meet qualification standards no later than June 1,2009. 
3. Instead of creating statutory mandates for the adoption of policies in each of these 
areas, it directs the Maine Emergency Management Agency to continue to work with 
communities to develop plans for ensuring sheltering of pets, to ensure continuous 
medical care of persons transferred in emergencies and to ensure identification of persons 
who need transportation in an emergency and to report to the Joint Standing Committee 
on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by January 1, 2008 with recommendations 
including legislative changes, if necessary. 
4. 
It strikes provisions specifying that persons who have been certified by the 
Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Division of Deafness as being 
deaf or hard-of-hearing and have an income of less than 135% of the federal poverty level 
must receive a wireless communications device or 2-way pager and the monthly service 
for that device or pager without charge. This issue is referred for review to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy. 
5. It strikes provisions creating an annual fee structure for payment by municipal and 
private dam owners to support dam inspection, maintenance and repair. 
6. It amends provisions dealing with rulemaking and establishing standards for local 
health officers by allowing the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention more time to establish and adopt major substantive rules. 
7. It changes the time by which the Director of the Maine Emergency Management 
Agency, in cooperation with the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council and the 
Public Utilities Commission, must develop and implement a plan, including funding, to 
provide a statewide disability indicator system to allow individuals with disabilities and 
special health needs to provide a means for identifying special assistance needed in an 
emergency. The director shall report regarding the implementation of the plan and shall 
identify any necessary implementing legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Criminal Justice and Public Safety by January 1,2008. 
8. It changes the time by which the Director of the Maine Emergency Management 
Agency, in cooperation with the Chief Information Officer and the Statewide Radio 
Network Board, must seek and coordinate information from fire chiefs across the State 
identifying those facilities in each chief's community that pose radio communications 
challenges and, after a standardized risk assessment, are identified as having high 
potential for high vulnerability in an emergency event. The director shall report findings 
and recommendations, including any necessary legislation, to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by January 1,2008. 
9. It changes the time by which the Director of the Maine Emergency Management 
Agency, in cooperation with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation 
and the Department of Environmental Protection, must research the public safety factors 
involved in determining whether fuel tanks should be attached to buildings in order to 
withstand high winds and flooding and whether all fuel tanks should have emergency 
shut-off valves. The director shall report findings and recommendations, including any 
necessary legislation, to the Homeland Security Advisory Council by January 1,2008. 
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10. It includes an appropriations and allocations section to implement an initiative to 
provide funding for 6 stream gauges to be installed on rivers in York and Cumberland 
counties and strikes appropriations and allocations that established 2 positions to support 
the Dam Safety Program and 2 positions to support Maine's Fusion Center, some of 
which are in L.D. 499, "An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations for the 
Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds, and Changing Certain 
Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the 
Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009." 
11. It amends Public Law 2005, chapter 634, section 21 by specifying that the 
Department of Education shall ask a school district whether it plans to use its school as a 
public community shelter after site approval and before concept approval. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/09107 
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LD676 
LR534(02) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To Study Maine's Homeland Security 
Needs 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '';4 " 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$64,100 
$64,100 
$27,500 
2008-09 
$36,600 
$36,600 
$0 
Projections 
2009-10 
$36,600 
$36,600 
$0 
Projections 
2010-11 
$36,600 
$36,600 
$0 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations of $64,100 and $36,600 in fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09, 
respectively, and a one-time Federal Expenditures Fund allocation 0[$27,500 in fiscal year 2007-08 to the Department 
of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management for the costs of installing 6 stream gauges on rivers in York and 
Cumberland counties. 
Any additional costs to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the Department of Health and Human 
Services in implementing this bill can be absorbed by the Center utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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