Resolve, To Establish the Task Force on Kinship Families
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1115
Senate Amendment SA_A_S320 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 770, L.D. 1115, "Resolve, To Establish the 
Task Force on Kinship Families" 
Amend the resolve in section 7 in the last line (page 2, line 15 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "report." and inserting the following: 'report; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve by inserting after section 7 the following: 
'Sec. 8. Funding. Resolved: That the operations of the task force are contingent 
upon receipt of outside funding to fund all costs of the task force. Private financial or in-
kind contributions to support the work of the task force may not be accepted from any 
party having a pecuniary or other vested interest in the outcome of the study. 
Any 
person, other than a state agency, authorized and desiring to make a financial or in-kind 
contribution must certify to the Legislative Council that it has no pecuniary or other 
vested interest in the outcome of the study. All such contributions are subject to the 
approval of the Legislative Council. All accepted contributions must be forwarded to the 
Executive Director of the Legislative Council along with an accounting record that 
includes the amount of contributions, the date the contributions were received, from 
whom the contributions were received and the purpose of and any limitation on the use of 
those contributions. The Executive Director of the Legislative Council shall administer 
the contributions and shall notify the chairs of the task force when those contributions 
have been received. If funding has not been received within 30 days after the effective 
date of this resolve, then no meetings of the task force are authorized and no study-related 
expenses of any kind may be incurred or reimbursed; and be it further 
Sec. 9. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
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LEGISLA TURE 
Study Commissions - Funding 0444 
Initiative: Allocates funds for the costs to the Legislature of the Task Force on Kinship 
Families in the event that outside funding is received. 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" 4" to H.P. 770, L.D. 1115 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2009-10 
$1,540 
$2,950 
$4,490 
2010-11 
$0 
$0 , 
$0 
This amendment requires the task force to obtain outside funding to fund all costs 
associated with the task force. Outside funding must be approved by the Legislative 
Council and is to be administered by the Executive Director of the Legislative Council. 
This amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
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Resolve, To Establish the Task Force on Kinship Families 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "A, 
Sponsor: Sen. Bartlett II of Cumberland 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Legislative Cost/Study - Contingent on outside funding 
2009-10 
2010-11 
Projections 
2011-12 
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Other Special Revenue Funds 
$4,490 
$0 
$0 
Legislative Cost/Study 
Projections 
2012-13 
$0 
This amendment makes the task force contingent on the receipt of outside funding for all costs of the task force. Those 
cost,s are projected to be $4,490 in fiscal year 2009-10. An allocation is provided to authorize the expenditures in the 
event that outside funding is received and the task force is implemented. 
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