An Act To Clarify the Operation of the Maine Commission for Community Service
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0681
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: MOULTON
Amends: 5 MRSA §7502, 5 MRSA §7504, 5 MRSA §7505

Legislative Document 
No. 681 
H.P. 508 
House of Representatives, February 18, 2011 
An Act To Clarify the Operation of the Maine Commission for 
Community Service 
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 17, 2011.  Referred to the Committee on 
State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 401. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative MOULTON of York. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §7502, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4.   Meetings.  The commission may hold up to 4 meetings a year. 
Sec. 2.  5 MRSA §7504, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 54, §1, is amended to read: 
§7504.  Staff and administrative services 
The State Planning Office office of the Secretary of State shall provide staff and 
administrative services as follows. 
1.  Executive director.  The Director of the State Planning Office Secretary of State 
with the advice and consent of the commission shall hire an executive director as a 
member of the State Planning Office Secretary of State's staff.  The executive director 
oversees day-to-day operations of the commission, hires staff members with the approval 
of the commission and the Director of the State Planning Office, Secretary of State and 
carries out other responsibilities as directed by the commission. 
2.  Administrative services.  The State Planning Office office of the Secretary of 
State shall provide the executive director and the commission with continuing 
administrative support as appropriate.  The State Planning Office Secretary of State may 
establish a dedicated account on behalf of the commission to receive funds contributed by 
private and public agencies for use solely for commission purposes; additional General 
Fund money may not be appropriated for the administrative purposes of the commission. 
Sec. 3.  5 MRSA §7505 is enacted to read: 
§7505.  Participating individuals 
A community service program receiving grants from or facilitated by the commission 
may not charge any fees to individuals participating or volunteering in that program. 
Sec. 4.  Review formula.  The Joint Standing Committee on State and Local 
Government shall review the local funding requirements for national service programs 
preselected by the Maine Commission for Community Service pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 7503, subsection 4 to determine whether participation in 
these programs creates a fiscal burden for municipalities by December 1, 2011.  The 
committee may submit a bill related to the funding requirements to the Second Regular 
Session of the 125th Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This bill makes changes to the Maine Commission for Community Service.  It allows 
the commission to hold no more than 4 meetings a year.  It moves the administrative 
support for the commission from the Executive Department, State Planning Office to the 
office of the Secretary of State and prohibits the use of General Fund money for the 
administrative operations of the commission.  It prohibits community service programs 
receiving grants from the commission from charging fees to participating individuals.  It 
requires the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government to review the local 
funding requirements for national service programs to determine whether participation in 
these programs creates a fiscal burden for municipalities by December 1, 2011.  The 
committee may submit a bill related to the funding requirements in the Second Regular 
Session of the 125th Legislature.