An Act To Add a Member from Castine to the Board of Trustees of the Maine Maritime Academy
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1141
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: SCHATZ

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. 124thMAINE LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 1141 
H.P.785 
House of Representatives, Mrn;ch 23,2009 
An Act To Add a Member from Castine to the Board of Trustees of 
the Maine Maritime Academy 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
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Presented by Representative SCHATZ of Blue Hill. 
Cosponsored· by Senator ROSEN of Hancock. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1941, c. 37, §1, 2nd ~, as. amended by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. XXX, 
§ 1, is further amended to read: 
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The affairs of the school are controlled by a board of Mll trustees, as appointed, a,t 
least ++ 11 of whom are residents of the State, who, together with their successors, are 
appointed by the Governor, subject to review by the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over education' matters and to confirmation by the 
Legislature. One of the 17 trustees must be from a list of candidates selected by the 
Town of Castine Board of Selectmen. 
The board of selectmen shall recommend 3 
candidates to the Governor. 
All trustees serve for terms of 5 years and until their 
successors are duly appointed and qualified. A vacancy on the board must be filled by 
appointment by the Governor subject to review by the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters and to confirmation by the 
Legislature for the remainder of the unexpired term, but the majority of the board shall 
carry on business during the existence of a vacancy on the board. A student trustee, who 
must be a member of the student body at the time of appointment and a permanent 
resident of the State, must be appointed. To be eligible for appointment as a student 
member, a student must be enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester. The· 
student member is a full voting member of the board of trustees and serves for a one-year 
term until a successor is qualified. By January 1 st of every year, the president of the. 
academy shall solicit a list of 3 eligible students from the student government of the 
academy. The Governor shall nominate a student trustee 'from the list of students within 
days of receiving the list. The nomination is subject to review by the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having· jurisdiction over. education matters and to 
confirmation by the Legislature. 
SUMMARY'· 
. This bill increases the number of trustees on the Board of Trustees of the Maine 
Maritime Academy from 16 to 17 and the number of trustees who must be Maine 
residents from 11. to ,12. It also requires that the Governor choose one trustee of the 17 
from a list of 3 candidates recommended by the Town of Castine. Board of Selectmen. 
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