Resolve, Directing the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To Conduct a Review of Public Health Nuisance Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0547
Committee Amendment CA_A_H407 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 4~ "to H.P. 430, L.D. 547, "Resolve, Directing the 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To Conduct a Review of Public Health 
Nuisance Laws" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To 
Conduct a Review of Wood Smoke Laws' 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Review of public health wood smoke laws. Resolved: That the 
Statewide Coordinating Council for Public Health, supported by the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, shall 
assemble a stakeholder group to examine the current laws relating to the control of wood 
smoke and enforcement procedures to determine if they are sufficient to protect the 
public. The council shall assemble a group of relevant stakeholders, including but not 
limited to public health organizations, environmental health experts, municipal officials 
and affected members of the public. This stakeholder group shall be cochaired by council 
members from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department 
of Environmental Protection. The stakeholder group shall review the scope of current 
laws relating to wood smoke, the process of making and resolving complaints and the 
effectiveness of existing law enforcement and make recommendations for improvement, 
including any suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and 
Human Services by January 1,2012.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment narrows the scope of the stakeholder group from public health 
nuisance laws to laws relating to wood smoke. It requires the Statewide Coordinating 
Council for Public Health, supported by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, to assemble a stakeholder group to 
examine the current laws relating to the control of wood smoke and enforcement 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 430, L.D. 547 
procedures to determine if they are sufficient to protect the public. The stakeholder group 
shall include the Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention, public health organizations, environmental health 
experts, municipal officials and affected members of the public. The stakeholder group 
shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services by January I, 
2012. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05127/11 ;b/ac 
LD547 
LR 1342(02) 
Resolve, Directing the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention To Conduct a Review of 
Public Health Nuisance Laws 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the Department of Health and Human 
Services can be absorbed with existing budgeted resources. 
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