An Act To Extend the Summer Tourism Seasol'!nd Thereby Increase Sales Tax Revenues by Requiring that the School Year in Maine Begin After Labor Day
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1068
Committee Amendment CA_A_H220 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ()" to H.P. 735, L.D. 1068, Bill, "An Act To 
Extend the Summer Tourism Seasol'!nd Thereby Increase Sales Tax Revenues by 
Requiring that the School Year in Maine Begin After Labor Day" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §4771 by striking out all of the last sentence (page 1, 
lines 8 and 9 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 'Except for the Maine Maritime 
Academy, an eligible institution may not begin the fall semester before the official Labor 
Day holiday of each year.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 1 by striking out all of the 2nd sentence 
(page 1, lines 13 and 14 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 'Except as provided in 
paragraph F, instructional days for students may not begin before the official Labor Day 
holiday of each year.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 1 by inserting after paragraph E the 
following: 
'F. The commissioner may approve a request by a school administrative unit to begin 
instructional days prior to the Labor Day holiday if the calendar proposed by the 
school administrative unit includes a fall recess to allow students to participate in the 
harvest of an agricultural crop.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMUNJ[TY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the administrative and printing costs associated 
with requiring classes within the Maine Community College System not commence until 
after Labor Day. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"~ "to H.P. 735, L.D. 1068 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
S~y 
2009-10 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2010-11 
$0 
$0 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs. It allows the Maine Maritime Academy to begin the fall semester 
before Labor Day. It also authorizes the Commissioner of Education to allow a school 
administrative unit to begin school before Labor Day if a harvest recess is proposed in 
that school administrative unit's school calendar. The amendment adds an appropriations 
and allocations section to the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 04/27/09 frac::.. 
LD 1068 
LR 1042(02) 
An Act To Extend the Summer Tourism Season and Thereby Increase Sales Tax Revenues by 
Requiring that the School Year in Maine Begin Mter Labor Day 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,~" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Mfairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2009-10 
2010-11 
Projections 
2011-12 
Projections 
2012-13 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$150,000 
$150,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of$150,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 to the Maine Community 
College System for the costs associated with the requirement that classes not commence until after Labor Day. This 
estimate includes such costs to the System as re-printing of catalogues, brochures and fliers and staff time to amend 
schedules, reschedule faculty and class space and other administrative expenses. 
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