An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1868
Committee Amendment CA_A_H928 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §3371, 5 MRSA §13105, 5 MRSA §15321, 22 MRSA §679-A, 38 MRSA §435, 38 MRSA §1451, 7 MRSA §1017, 11 MRSA §3, 18 MRSA §1655, 20-A MRSA §1465, 22 MRSA §2, 32 MRSA §6210, 32 MRSA §810, 20-A MRSA §7209

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1383, L.D. 1868, Bill, "An Act To 
Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine" 
Amend the bill in Part A by striking out all of sections 7, 24, 34 and 44 to 55. 
Amend the bill in Part B by striking out all of sections 20 to 22. 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 30 in subsection 2 in paragraph B in the 3rd line 
(page 41, line 26 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "considered" and inserting the 
following: 'determined' 
Amend the bill by inserting after Part B the following: 
'PARTe 
Sec. C-l. 5 MRSA §3371, sub-§2, ~J, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. 
AAAA, § 1 and amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. 00, §2 and affected by §4, is further 
amended to read: 
J. The administrator of the Maine Fire Tralaiag aad Bdlieatioa Program Service 
Institute within the Maine Community College System, or the administrator's 
designee; and 
Sec. C-2. 5 MRSA §13105, sub-§2, ~C, as amended by PL 2005, c. 19, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
C. 
The development of new commercial products and the fabrication of such 
products in the State through the Maine Technology Institute under section 15302 
and the technology centers under section ~ 
15322; and 
Sec. C-3. 5 MRSA §15321, as amended by PL 2009, c. 90, §2 and repealed by c. 
369, Pt. A, §19, is repealed. 
Sec. C-4. 5 MRSA c. 407, sub-c. 3 is enacted to read: 
SUBCHAPTER 3 
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TECHNOLOGY CENTERS 
§15322. Technology centers 
1. Establishment; purpose. The technology centers, referred to in this section as 
"the centers," are established. 
The purpose of the centers is to support early-stage 
development of technology-based businesses. 
The self-managed, state-coordinated 
centers, strategically placed throughout the State, are an integral component of the State's 
efforts to foster new technology-based businesses. The goals of the centers include the 
following: 
A. The retention of successful start-up businesses in the State; 
B. 
The improvement of opportunities for workers through the creation of 
technologically advanced jobs: and 
C. The encouragement of private-sector initiatives. 
2. 
Administration. The following provisions govern the administration of the 
centers. 
A. Each technology center is governed by its own board of directors. Each board of 
directors shall determine services to be provided pursuant to subsection 3, paragraph 
C. 
B. 
The Department of Economic and Community Development shall determine 
assistance criteria and desired program outcomes and establish an application process 
so that technology centers possessing personnel with applicable skills can be chosen 
to best deliver services to technology-based entrepreneurs within a respective area. 
3. Technology centers. The following provisions govern technology centers. 
A. A technology center may be incorporated as a nonprofit organization, be part of a 
nonprofit organization, be incorporated as a for-profit organization or be part of a for-
profit organization. The following provisions govern a for-profit technology center. 
(1) Services made available to a technology center by the center director must be 
made available to all clients of a for-profit center. 
(2) A for-profit center in a targeted technology may apply for available funding. 
A for-profit center selected for funding shall accept the funding as a loan that 
may be paid back in the form of cash, equity or royalties as agreed upon by the 
for-profit center and the Department of Economic and Community Development. 
B. The records and proceedings of the technology centers are public for the purposes 
of Title 1, chapter 13 except that the following records are designated as confidential 
for the purposes of Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph A: 
(1) A record obtained or developed by a technology center prior to receipt of a 
written application or proposal in a form acceptable to the technology center for 
assistance from the technology center. After receipt by the technology center of 
the application or proposal, a record pertaining to the application or proposal may 
not be considered confidential unless it is confidential under another provision of 
this paragraph; 
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(2) A peer review or analysis or other document related to the evaluation of a 
grant application or proposal; 
(3) A record that the person, including the technology center, to whom the record 
belongs or pertains has requested be designated confidential and that the 
technology center has determined contains proprietary information, trade secrets 
or commercial or financial information, the release of which could be 
competitively harmful to the submitter of the information, could impair the 
technology center's ability in the future to obtain similar necessary information 
solely through the voluntary provision of such information and could affect other 
technology center interests, such as program effectiveness and compliance. For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the following terms have the following meanings. 
(a) "Commercial or financial information" means information related to 
businesses, commerce, trade, employment. profits or finances, including 
personal finances. 
(b) "Trade secret" means a secret, commercially valuable plan, formula, 
process or device that is used for the making, preparing, compounding or 
processing of trade commodities and that can be said to be the end product of 
either innovation or substantial effort. There must be a direct relationship 
between the trade secret and the productive process; 
(4) A financial statement, credit report or tax return of an individual or other 
record obtained or developed by the technology center, the disclosure of which 
would constitute an invasion of personal privacy as determined by the technology 
center; 
(5) A record, including a financial statement or tax return obtained or developed 
by the technology center in connection with a monitoring or servicing activity of 
the technology center, pertaining to financial assistance provided or to be 
provided by or with the assistance of the technology center; 
(6) A record obtained or developed by the technology center that contains an 
assessment by a person who is not employed by the technology center of the 
creditworthiness or financial condition of a person or project; 
(7) A fmancial statement or business and marketing plan in connection with a 
project receiving or to receive financial or other assistance from the technology 
center, if the person to whom the statement or plan belongs or pertains has 
requested that the record be designated confidential; and 
(8) Those employee personnel records made confidential pursuant to section 957, 
subsection 5 and section 17057. 
C. The technology centers shall provide support for early-stage technology-based 
businesses in the State through at least one of the following mechanisms: 
(1) One-on-one sessions; 
(2) Peer networks; 
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(3) Classroom training on subjects unique to technology commercialization and 
the management of high-growth enterprises; 
(4) Mentor programs that link senior technology executives with entrepreneurs; 
and 
(5) Networking opportunities. 
4. Funding. The following provisions govern funding for technology centers. 
A. Funding for the technology centers must be commensurate with the level of 
assistance provided. 
B. All funding must be provided on a competitive basis. 
5. Relationship with academic institution. A technology center shall establish a 
relationship with at least one academic institution in this State. The Department of 
Economic and Community Development shall establish guidelines for such a relationship 
and determine whether a technology center has met the requirements of this subsection. 
6. 
Rule-making authority. 
The Department of Economic and Community 
Development may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this section. Rules adopted 
pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in chapter 375. 
subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. C-5. 22 MRSA §679-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 664, §1O, is 
amended to read: 
2. Duties of the department. The department shall: 
A. 
Develop rules to fulfill the State's responsibilities and requirements for the 
compact pursuant to the contract requirements set forth in Article N, Section 4.05, 
subsections (1) to (4), (6) and (8) ofthe compact",; and 
B. Provide for the disbursement of funds from the Radioactive Waste Fund to fulfill 
the requirements of Article N, Section 4.05, subsection (6) of the compact, and to 
compensate the state commission member afia te maa the aetivities ef the Aa'/isery 
Cemmissiea ea RaaieaetiYe Waste as aeseribea ia Title 38, seetiea 1453 A; afia.:. 
C. 
ReJ3ert afialially te the Advisery Cemmissiea ea Raaieaetive Waste ea its 
aetivities pertaiaiag te this seeties. 
Sec. C-6. 38 MRSA §435, 3rd ~, as amended by PL 1989, c. 403, §3, is further 
amended to read: 
Zoning ordinances adopted pursuant to this article need not depend upon the 
existence of a zoning ordinance for all of the land and water areas within a municipality, 
notwithstanding Title 30-A, section 4SW 4352, as it is the intention of the Legislature to 
recognize that it is reasonable for municipalities to treat shoreland areas specially and 
immediately to zone around water bodies rather than to wait until such time as zoning 
ordinances may be enacted for all of the land within municipal boundaries. 
Sec. C-7. 38 MRSA §1451, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 664, §13, is 
repealed. 
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Sec. D-l. 2 MRSA c. 5, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. D-2. 7 MRSA §1017, sub-§4, 'irA, as amended by PL 2007, c. 499, §I, is 
further amended to read: 
A. 
The Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources or the 
commissioner's agent, upon notification by producers of insufficient or no payment, 
shall immediately investigate the complaint and shall, in a manner consistent with the 
provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as to adjudicatory 
proceedings, hold a hearing, unless such hearing is waived by the processor, dealer, 
broker, agent or retailer against whom the charge has been made. The processor, 
dealer, broker, agent or retailer accused of nonpayment shall provide the 
commissioner with a copy of the contract, if any, and all other materials and 
information to enable the commissioner to carry out the provisions of this section. 
Upon finding after investigation that the processor, dealer, broker, agent or retailer 
has violated the contract, express or implied, the commissioner may recover the 
proceeds of the bond required by section 1015 and apply those proceeds against the 
amounts owed producers. In the event the bond proceeds are inadequate to cover the 
debts owed producers, the commissioner shall require the processor, dealer, broker, 
agent or retailer to post an additional bond sufficient to cover the remaining debt 
owed to the producer or producers. 
(1) 
The commissioner, after determination upon a hearing of insufficient 
payment or nonpayment of debts owed to a producer, may require the licensee to 
formulate a schedule of payments to the producer that is satisfactory to the 
commissioner. The schedule of payments may not exceed a 30-day period. 
(2) The licensee, who after a hearing is determined to be in default of payment to 
a producer, shall submit a payment schedule to the commissioner within one 
week from the commissioner's request for a payment schedule. In the event that 
the schedule of payment is not satisfactory to the commissioner, the 
commissioner shall establish the schedule of payment not to exceed a 30-day 
period. 
(3) The commissioner shall file a complaint with the District Court seeking to 
suspend the license of any licensee who fails to conform to the payment schedule 
established in this section until the producer is paid the total claim to which the 
producer is entitled. 
(4) Upon the filing of a complaint by the commissioner in the District Court, the 
licensee shall post a bond sufficient to cover the total claim owed the producer on 
the date on which the complaint is filed. The bond required for an appeal 
procedure may be waived by the District Court in the event that the bond required 
iB flaragraflH A by the commissioner under section 1015 or this paragraph is valid 
and sufficient to cover the total claim owed the producer. 
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(5) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a producer from seeking 
redress for insufficient payment or nonpayment from licensees in any court or in 
accordance with any federal procedure established to obtain redress. 
Sec. D-3. 11 MRSA §3-1301, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 293, Pt. A, §2, IS 
amended to read: 
§3-1301. Person entitled to enforce instrument 
"Person entitled to enforce" an instrument means: 
(1). The holder of the instrument; 
(2). A nonholder in possession of the instrument who has the rights of a holder; or 
(3). A person not in possession of the instrument who is entitled to enforce the 
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instrument pursuant to section 3-1309 or 3-1418, subsection (4). A perssa may ae a 
perssa eatitled ts earorce the iastrumem even thsugh the perssn is Ret the S"tVRef sf the 
iastrumeat sr is ia VKsagful psssessisn sf the iastrumeat. 
A person may be a person entitled to enforce the instrument even though the person is 
not the owner of the instrument or is in wrongful possession of the instrument. 
Sec. D-4. 18 MRSA §1655, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. T, § 11, is repealed. 
Sec. D-5. 20-A MRSA §1465, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. 
XXXX, § 13, is amended to read: 
3. Referendum for a school administrative unit to join an existing regional 
school unit. The municipal officers of each municipality in a prspssed resrganizr:ed that 
is a member of a school administrative unit that is proposing to join a regional school unit 
shall place a warrant article substantially as follows on the ballot of a municipal 
referendum in accordance with the referendum procedures applicable to the school 
administrative unit of which the municipality is a member. 
"Article: Do you favor approving the school reorganization plan prepared by the 
(insert name) Reorganization Planning Committee for school administrative unit 
(insert name of affected school administrative unit) to join the regional school unit 
(name of regional school unit), with an effective date of (insert date)? 
Yes No" 
The following statement must accompany the article: 
"Explanation: 
A "YES" vote means that you approve of the (municipality or school 
administrative unit) joining the proposed regional school unit. The financial 
penalties under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15696 to the 
existing school administrative unit will no longer apply to the proposed regional 
school unit." 
Sec. D-6. 20-A MRSA §1465, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2011, c. 251, §5 and 
affected by § 12, is further amended to read: 
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3. Referendum for a school administrative unit to join an existing regional 
school unit. The municipal officers of each municipality in a prepesed reerganiZ3ea that 
is a member of a school administrative unit that is proposing to join a regional school unit 
shall place a warrant article substantially as follows on the ballot of a municipal 
referendum in accordance with the referendum procedures applicable to the school 
administrative unit of which the municipality is a member. 
"Article: Do you favor approving the school reorganization plan prepared by the 
(insert name) Reorganization Planning Committee for school administrative unit 
(insert name of affected school administrative unit) to join the regional school unit 
(name of regional school unit), with an effective date of (insert date)? 
Yes No" 
Sec. D-7. 20-A MRSA §1465, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. 
XXXX, § 13, is amended to read: 
4. Referendum on the admission of an additional school administrative unit to 
an existing regional school unit. If the vote to join a regional school unit under 
subsection 3 was in the affirmative, the existing regional school unit shall eall conduct a 
regional school unit referendum to vote on the following article. 
"Article: Do you favor approving the school reorganization plan prepared by the 
(insert name) Reorganization Planning Committee for school administrative unit 
(insert name of affected school administrative unit) to join the regional school unit 
(name of regional school unit), with an effective date of (insert date)? 
Yes No" 
The following statement must accompany the article: 
"Explanation: 
A "YES" vote means that you approve of the (municipality or school 
administrative unit) joining the proposed regional school unit. The financial 
penalties under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15696 to the 
existing school administrative unit will no longer apply to the proposed regional 
school unit." 
Sec. D-8. 20-A MRSA §1465, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2011, c. 251, §6 and 
affected by § 12, is further amended to read: 
4. Referendum on the admission of an additional school administrative unit to 
an existing regional school unit. If the vote to join a regional school unit under 
subsection 3 was in the affirmative, the existing regional school unit shall eall conduct a 
regional school unit referendum to vote on the following article. 
"Article: Do you favor approving the school reorganization plan prepared by the 
(insert name) Reorganization Planning Committee for school administrative unit 
(insert name of affected school administrative unit) to join the regional school unit 
(name of regional school unit), with an effective date of (insert date)? 
Yes No" 
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Sec. D-9. 22 MRSA §2S00-A, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 395, §7 and 
affected by §8, is amended to read: 
1. Caloric information. A chain restaurant shall state on a food display tag, menu 
or menu board the total amount of calories per serving of each food and beverage item 
listed for sale on the food display tag, menu or menu board. 
The statement of calories 
required in this subsection must be: 
A. Clear and conspicuous; 
B. Adjacent to or in close proximity and clearly associated with the item to which the 
statement refers; and 
C. Printed in a font and format at least as prominent in size and appearance as the 
name or the price of the item to which the statement referst-aJKi~ 
D. 
As it pertaiRs to beer, wiRe aRe spirits fflUst also meet the reEf\iiremeRts of 
sHbseetioR €i. 
As the statement of calories pertains to beer, wine and spirits, the statement must also 
meet the requirements of subsection 6. 
Sec. D-I0. 32 MRSA §6210, as amended by PL 2009, c. 112, Pt. A, §12, is 
further amended to read: 
§6210. Meetings; chair; quorum 
The board shall meet at least once a year to conduct its business and to elect a chair. 
Additional meetings must be held as necessary to conduct the business of the board and 
may be convened at the call of the chair or a majority of the board members. ffle 
members A majority of the board eORstirute constitutes a quorum. 
Sec. D-ll. 32 MRSA §810S, sub-§7-A, ~, as amended by PL 2011, c. 366, 
§32, is further amended to read: 
B. Has been employed for a minimum of 3 years as a member of an investigative 
service of the United States er as a sworn member of a branch of the United States 
Armed Forces or a federal investigative agency. For purposes of this paragraph, "a 
member of an investigative service of the United States" means a full-time federal 
investigator or detective of the United States Armed Forces; 
Sec. D-12. Resolve 2007, c. 91, §9 is amended to read: 
Sec. 9. 
Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not 
directed, to convey certain land in Jay, Franklin County. Resolved: That the 
Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation may 
by quitclaim deed without covenant and on such terms and conditions as the director may 
direct convey to Taylor Made Homes, Inc., and its successors or assigns, an easement to 
cross a state-owned recreational trail for the purposes of providing motor vehicle access 
and aboveground or below ground utilities to benefit the properties described in a survey 
labeled Plan of Look Brook Estates, made for Polar Enterprises, compiled by M.S.B. 
Associates, Inc., and recorded in the Franklin County Registry of Deeds on March 15, 
1984 in Plan Book Page P-436. The trail crossing easement authorized under this section 
is approximately 50 feet wide and located approximately 360 feet west of the trail 
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crossing described in section 8. 
The easement must approximate the location and 
dimensions of the western trail crossing depicted in the recorded plan for Look Brook 
Estates and with a length of 173.97 128.3 7 feet on the east side and ~ 
173.97 feet on 
the west side. The parties to the conveyance authorized in this section may by mutual 
agreement alter the exact location and alignment of the easement within the plan area 
based on engineering and safety considerations; and be it further 
PARTE 
Sec. E-l. 20-A MRSA §7209, sub-§l, ~-l is enacted to read: 
B-1. The department, in a manner consistent with the authority of the board of 
directors of an intermediate educational unit, shall approve the annual entitlement 
plan and the budget for an intermediate educational unit pursuant to subsection 6 only 
in accordance with the following. 
(1) The department shall approve the entitlement plan and the budget if the 
provisions of the entitlement plan and the budget are in compliance with the 
statewide standards established by the state intermediate educational unit 
pursuant to subsection 3 for the purpose of ensuring coordinated service delivery 
in each region of the State. 
(2) In the event that the department determines that the provisions of the annual 
entitlement plan and the budget presented by a board of directors of an 
intermediate educational unit are not in compliance with the statewide standards 
established pursuant to subsection 3, the department shall require the board of 
directors of the intermediate educational unit to revise and resubmit the annual 
entitlement plan and the budget in a reasonable amount of time as determined by 
the commissioner. 
(3) In the event the provisions of the resubmitted annual entitlement plan and the 
budget are not in compliance with the statewide standards established pursuant to 
subsection 3, the department is authorized to determine and approve an 
appropriate, final annual entitlement plan and a budget for the intermediate 
educational unit that is in compliance with the statewide standards established 
pursuant to subsection 3. 
Sec. E-2. 20-A MRSA §7209, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. 
State-level advisory committee. 
The state-level advisory committee is 
established to advise on the provisions of this section. Members of the state-level 
advisory committee are appointed by the commissioner and must include representatives 
from each board of directors of a regional site described in subsection 5, the eariy 
childhood education consultant and the director of early childhood special education 
within the department. 
Sec. E-3. 20-A MRSA §7209, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2007, c. 307, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
6. 
Regional site board of directors; annual entitlement plan; site budget 
approval. A board of directors of a regional site is entitled to receive annual grant award 
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allocations that are approved by the departmept in accordance with the approval 
provisions for the annual entitlement plan and the budget for a regional site pursuant to 
subsection 1, paragraph B B-1. 
Sec. E-4. Retroactivity. Those sections of this Part that enact the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A, section 7209, subsection 1, paragraph B-1 and Title 20-A, section 
7209, subsection 2-A and amend Title 20-A, section 7209, subsection 6 apply 
retroactively to June 30, 2008.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment deletes sections in the bill addressing provisions of law that have 
been addressed in other legislation. Part A, section 7 is deleted to allow the appropriate 
department and committee of jurisdiction to propose corrective legislation. 
Part B, 
sections 21 and 22 are deleted because they apply to school construction prior to the 
reorganization and renaming of the Bureau of Public Improvements. Part B, section 30 is 
amended by replacing the term "deemed" with "determined." 
This amendment adds Part C to make technical changes. 
Section 1 replaces "Maine Fire Training and Education Program" with "Maine Fire 
Service Institute" in the listing of the membership of the Maine Fire Protection Services 
Commission. 
Section 2 corrects a cross-reference related to the corrections in sections 3 and 4 
concerning technology centers. 
Sections 3 and 4 correct a conflict created when Public Law 2009, chapter 90 
amended the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 15321 and Public Law 2009, 
chapter 369 repealed Title 5, chapter 407, subchapter 2, which contained Title 5, section 
15321, by repealing Title 5, section 15321 and enacting a new Title 5, chapter 407, 
subchapter 3 that contains, as section 15322, the version of section 15321 as it was 
amended by Public Law 2009, chapter 90. 
Section 5 removes references to the previously dissolved Advisory Commission on 
Radioactive Waste and makes technical corrections. 
Section 6 corrects a cross-reference. 
Section 7 removes a defined term that refers to the previously dissolved Advisory 
Commission on Radioactive Waste. 
This amendment adds Part D to make changes that are or may be considered 
substantive. 
Section 1 repeals the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 2, chapter 5. Public Law 2011, 
chapter90 repealed Title 2, sections 10 1, 103 and 104 and Public Law 2011, chapter 213 
repealed Title 2, section 102, all of which are in Title 2, chapter 5. The only section left 
in chapter 5 is section 105, which gives the Governor the authority to adopt rules to 
implement the chapter. 
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Section 2 corrects an internal reference. 
Section 3 corrects a formatting error in Title 11, section 3-1301. 
Section 4 repeals a duplicate section of law. 
Sections 5 and 6 correct the error of requiring a municipality proposing to join an 
existing regional school unit to vote and not the municipal members of that existing 
regional school unit. 
Sections 7 and 8 clarify that a regional school unit must conduct, not call, a 
referendum vote on an article to allow a new municipality to join an existing regional 
school unit after the vote has been conducted by the joining municipality and the results 
are in the affirmative. This allows the referendum election to be called but not conducted 
before the results from the municipality proposing to join the regional school unit are 
known. 
Section 9 corrects an error in the structure of a subsection. 
Section 10 amends the statute governing the State Board of Alcohol and Drug 
Counselors within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, which now 
has 5 members, to provide that a majority of members constitutes a quorum. 
Section 11 corrects a clerical error. 
Section 12 corrects the description of an easement to cross a state-owned recreational 
trail in Franklin County. 
This amendment adds Part E to restore provisions that were repealed by their own 
terms. The restored provisions provide for the Department of Education to approve the 
annual entitlement plan and budget of intermediate education units and establish a state-
level advisory committee, composed in part of members of each board of directors of a 
regional site, to provide advice to the Department of Education on implementing the 
general administration and supervision provisions. These changes are substantive. 
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