An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs Regarding Review of the Maine State Museum Commission under the Government Evaluation Act and To Revise the Review Schedule
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2268
Amends: 3 MRSA §959, 27 MRSA §83

Legislative Document 
No. 2268 
H.P.1631 
House of Representatives, March 20, 2008 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Joint Standing 
Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs Regarding Review of 
the Maine State Museum Commission under the Government 
Evaluation Act and To Revise the Review Schedule 
Reported by Representative NORTON of Bangor for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 955, 
subsection 4. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §959, sub-§l, ~, as amended by PL 2005, c. 605, § I, is further 
amended to read: 
E. 
The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
education and cultural affairs shall use the following list as a guideline for scheduling 
revIews: 
(2) Department of Education in 2005; 
(2-A) State Board of Education in 2005; 
(3) Maine Arts Commission in ~ 
2015; 
(5) Maine Historic Preservation Commission in ~ 
2015; 
(5-A) Notwithstanding section 952, Maine Historical Society in ~ 
2015; 
(6) Maine Library Commission in ~ 
2015; 
(6-A) Maine State Cultural Affairs Council in ~ 
2015; 
(6-B) Maine State Library in ~ 
2015; 
(6-C) Maine State Museum in ~ 
2015; 
(7) Maine State Museum Commission in ~ 
2015; 
(8) Office of State Historian in ~ 
2015; 
(9) Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy in 2009; 
(10) Board of Trustees ofthe University of Maine System in 2009; 
(12) Maine Community College System in 2009; 
(13) Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority in 2011; and 
(14) Maine Educational Loan Authority in 2011. 
Sec. 2. 27 MRSA §83, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1991, c. 622, Pt. V, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
4. 
Recommendations. To make recommendations to the Maine State Cultural 
Affairs Council for such legislation as may be necessary to improve the functioning of the 
Maine State Museum; ami 
Sec. 3. 27 MRSA §83, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. P, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
5. Establish fees. To establish fees for admission to the Maine State Museum and 
miscellaneous services. 
All revenues derived from these fees must be credited as 
undedicated revenue to the General Fund~; and 
Sec. 4. 27 MRSA §83, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 
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6. 
Designate a private support organization. 
To designate a nonprofit 
organization as the private support organization for the Maine State Museum. 
The 
designated organization must be incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of 
the State, and its sole purpose, as reflected in its bylaws, must be to organize and foster 
support for the Maine State Museum and the museum's programs. 
The commission shall delegate authority to the Museum Director to permit, without 
charge and within the museum's financial means, the appropriate use of fixed property, 
equipment and facilities of the museum by the private support organization. Such use 
must be directly in keeping with the approved purposes of the private support 
organization and must comply with all appropriate state policies and procedures. 
II 
The commission's chair, or the chair's designee, and the Museum Director, or the 
director's designee, must be made nonvoting ex officio members of the private support 
organization's board of directors. Other members of the commission may serve in a 
nonvoting capacity on the board of the private support organization if such service is 
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agreed to by the commission and private support organization's board of directors. 
Subject to the approval of the commission, the Museum Director shall negotiate an 
annual memorandum of understanding between the museum and the private support 
organization that outlines a plan of work identifying priority projects of mutual benefit 
and cooperation. 
SUMMARY 
This bill is the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural 
Affairs. It establishes the next date for reports of the cultural affairs agencies under the 
Government Evaluation Act. 
It adds a provision to the duties of the Maine State 
Museum Commission specifically authorizing the commission to designate a private 
nonprofit support organization to organize and foster support for the museum and its 
programs. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
Approved: 03117/08 
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LR 3583(01) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and 
Cultural Affairs Regarding Review of the Maine State Museum Commission under the Government 
Evaluation Act 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Original Bill 
Committee: Education and Cultural Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional costs to the Maine State Museum associated with serving on the board of the private support 
organization and negotiating an annual memorandum of understanding between the museum and the private support 
organization can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LR3583(O I) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I