Resolve, Establishing the Blue Ribbon Commission To Study Landlord and Tenant Issues
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1080
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S319 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 747, 
L.D. 1080, "Resolve, Establishing the Blue Ribbon Commission To Study Landlord and 
Tenant Issues" 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Working group established. Resolved: 
That the Director of the 
Maine State Housing Authority or the director's designee shall convene a working group 
to study issues related to landlords and tenants. The Director of the Maine State Housing 
Authority or the director's designee shall convene the first meeting of the working group 
no later than August 1, 2009, and the working group shall elect a chair from among its 
members; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Working group members. Resolved: That the working group under 
section I consists of the following 9 members: 
I. The Director of the Maine State Housing Authority or the director's designee; 
2. Four members representing the following organizations: 
A. The State's designated protection and advocacy agency pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 19502; 
B. A statewide nonprofit legal services organization that provides free legal services 
to the elderly; 
C. A statewide nonprofit legal services organization that provides free legal services 
to low-income persons; and 
D. 
A 
statewide nonprofit legal services organization that provides free legal 
services, including administrative and legislative advocacy, to low-income persons; 
and 
3. Four members representing organizations of landlords and housing managers in 
the State. 
The chair of the working group shall invite the participation of one member 
representing the District Court selected by the Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme 
Judicial Court; and be it further' 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 747, L.D. 1080 
Amend the amendment in section 3 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 11 in amendment) by 
striking out the following: "Attorney General or the Attorney General's" and inserting the 
following: 'Director of the Maine State Housing Authority or the director's' 
Amend the amendment in section 5 in the first line (page 2, line 27 in amendment) by 
striking out the following: "Attorney General" and inserting the following: 'chair of the 
working group' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 6 (page 2, lines 31 to 36 in 
amendment) 
Amend the amendment in section 7 in the last 2 lines (page 3, lines 1 and 2 in 
amendment) by striking out the following: "report; and be it further" and inserting the 
following: 'report.' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 8 (page 3, lines 3 to 12 in 
amendment) 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
Like House Amendment "B" to Committee Amendment "A" (H-546), this 
amendment removes the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee from the 
working group to study issues related to landlords and tenants. This amendment also 
strikes the provision of staffing a~nce being provided by the Legislative Council. 
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(Senator BART 
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