An Act To Prohibit the Sale of Russian Olive and Other Invasive Terrestrial Plants
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0182
Committee Amendment CA_A_H259 (House)
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 159, L.D. 182, Bill, "An Act To 
Prohibit the Sale of Russian Olive and Other Invasive Terrestrial Plants" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
.'Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources To 
Develop Criteria for Identifying Invasive Terrestrial Plants' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Identification of invasive terrestrial plants. Resolved: That, no later 
than February 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, 
referred to in this resolve as "the commissioner," shall adopt rules under the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 2217 establishing criteria by which to evaluate 
nonnative plant species for inclusion on a list of invasive terrestrial plants. The 
commissioner may use criteria developed in response to Resolve 2007, chapter 21 and 
included in a repoli to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry on February 1,2008 as the basis for the rules. The rules may include a provision 
allowing the commissioner to evaluate a cultivar of a species listed or proposed for listing 
as an invasive terrestrial plant. The commissioner may exclude a cultivar from the list 
when an evaluation demonstrates that the cultivar does not meet the criteria for inclusion 
as an invasive terrestrial plant. Rules adopted under this resolve are routine technical 
rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
For the purposes of this resolve, "invasive terrestrial plant" means any nonnative 
plant species that has spread or has the potential to spread into native or minimally 
managed plant habitats in the State and has caused or has the potential to cause economic 
or environmental harm by developing self-sustaining populations that disrupt or threaten 
native plant populations in the State; and be it further 
Sec. 2. List of invasive terrestrial plants. Resolved: That the commissioner 
shall propose a prioritized list of nonnative plant species to be evaluated using the criteria 
developed under section 1; and be it further 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Sec. 3. Report to Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation 
and Forestry. Resolved: That, no later than February 15, 2012, the commissioner 
shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
on the evaluation criteria established in rule and a list of plants being considered for 
evaluation using the criteria adopted under section 1.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve directing the Commissioner of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to establish criteria through rulemaking for 
identifying invasive terrestrial plants no later than February 1, 2012. The commissioner 
is directed to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry on the evaluation criteria adopted and a list of plants being considered for 
evaluation. 
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FISCAL .\OTE REQURED 
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LD 182 
LR 708(02) 
An Act To Prohibit the Sale of Russian Olive and Other Invasive Terrestrial Plants 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'ff" 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources associated with rulemaking and 
establishing a prioritized list of nonnative plant species to be evaluated can be absorbed with existing staff and within 
existing budgeted resources. 
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