An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and the Government Oversight Committee Regarding Quasi-independent State Entities
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1843
Committee Amendment CA_A_H831 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" II'" to H.P. 1364, L.D. 1843, Bill, "An Act To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Office of Program Evaluation and Government 
Accountability and the Government Oversight Committee Regarding Quasi-independent 
State Entities" 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 in § 12021 in subsection 6 by striking out 
paragraphs A, C, I and Y. 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 in § 12021 in subsection 6 by relettering the 
paragraphs to read consecutively. 
Amend the bill in Part A in section I in § 12022 by striking out all of subsection 6 
(page 3, lines 39 and 40 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'6. Lobbyists. May not retain any person, other than entity staff, that is required to 
register as a lobbyist as defined in Title 3, section 312-A, subsection 10.' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 in § 12023 in subsection 2 by inserting at the end 
new blocked paragraphs to read: 
'For the purpose of this subsection, "the preceding year" means either the most recent 
January 1st to December 31st budget cycle or the most recent July 1st to June 30th budget 
cycle, depending on the fiscal year that the entity uses. 
Reports to the Legislature required by this subsection must be submitted to the Clerk of 
the House, the Secretary of the Senate and the Executive Director of the Legislative 
Council in a manner determined by the Executive Director of the Legislative Council. 
The Executive Director of the Legislative Council shall refer each report to the 
appropriate joint standing committee or committees of the Legislature.' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 1 in § 12023 by striking out all of the last indented 
paragraph (page 4, lines 22 to 24 in L.D.) 
Amend the bill in Part A by inserting after section 1 the following: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 1364, L.D. 1843 
'Sec. A-2. Application. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, 
section 12023, subsection 2, the report due pursuant to that subsection on February 1, 
2014 must cover the 6-month period from July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes the Board of Licensure in Medicine, the Combat Sports 
Authority of Maine, the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and 
the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, and the State Board of Nursing from the list of 
quasi-independent state entities required to adopt policies and procedures under the bill. 
It prohibits the quasi-independent state entities in the bill from hiring a lobbyist rather 
than prohibiting lobbying as in the bill. It clarifies that governing boards filing ongoing 
reports to the Legislature relating to procurement, contributions and changes made to 
policies for compliance are for the most recent budget cycle, either for January 1st to 
December 31st or July 1st to June 30th, depending on the cycle the entity uses. It also 
clarifies that the report due on February 1,2014 only covers a 6-month period, from July 
1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. The amendment corrects a reference to these annual 
reports being required under a subsection rather than a section. The amendment also 
requires the Executive Director of the Legislative Council to forward the annual reports 
to the appropriate joint standing committee or committees of the Legislature. 
" .~CAL SorE REQlJIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/23/12 
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LD 1843 
LR 2791(02) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Office of Program Evaluation and Government 
Accountability and the Government Oversight Committee Regarding Quasi-independent State 
Entities 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "R" (II .. <; 3') 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to those quasi-independent state entities impacted by this legislation can be absorbed within each 
entity's existing budgeted resources. 
The Legislature will incur some minor additional costs to distribute the reports from the quasi-independent state 
entities. Those costs can be absorbed within the Legislature's existing budgeted resources. 
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