Resolve, To Create a License Plate To Recognize the 2014 World Acadian Congress
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1611
Committee Amendment CA_A_H742 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1220, L.D. 1611, "Resolve, To Create 
a License Plate To Recognize the 2014 World Acadian Congress" 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. World Acadian Congress plate. Resolved: That, notwithstanding the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 454, the Secretary of State shall issue, at no 
cost to the Secretary of State, a reflectorized, commemorative, simulated registration 
plate in recognition and celebration of the 2014 World Acadian Congress, a festival of 
Acadian and Cajun culture and history, to be held in Maine in partnership with New 
Brunswick and Quebec, Canada. 
The Secretary of State shall design the plate in 
consultation with the Maine Acadian Heritage Council, and the plate must bear the date 
of its expiration, which is December 31, 2015. 
The World Acadian Congress 
commemorative plate may be displayed by covering, but not removing, the front 
registration plate on a motor vehicle, except a truck tractor as defined in Title 29-A, 
section 101, subsection 90, including a motor vehicle registered outside this State and 
operated within it, until December 31, 2015; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in the first line (page 1, line 11 in L.D.) by inserting 
after the following: "the" the following: 'Secretary of State shall develop a plan for the 
sale and distribution of World Acadian Congress commemorative plates. The' 
Amend the resolve in section 3 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 18 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "resolve." and inserting the following: 'resolve; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve by adding at the end the following: 
'Sec. 4. 
Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077 
Initiative: Provides funding for materials to manufacture special commemorative license 
plates celebrating the World Acadian Congress. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A" to H.P. 1220, L.D. 1611 
HIGHWAY FUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$6,963 
$6,963 
This amendment directs the Secretary of State to issue the World Acadian Congress 
commemorative plate established in the resolve at no cost to the Secretary of State. The 
amendment also provides that the commemorative plate must bear the date of its 
expiration, which is December 31, 2015. The amendment specifies that the plate may be 
displayed in place of the front registration plate by covering, but not removing, the front 
registration plate. The amendment also directs the Secretary of State to develop a plan 
for the sale and distribution of the World Acadian Congress commemorative plates. The 
amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section to the resolve. 
FISCAL NOTE REQIDRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/01112 
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LD 1611 
LR 2536(02) 
Resolve, To Create a License Plate To Recognize the 2014 World Acadian Congress 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" L H -7 4 J. ") 
Committee: Transportation 
Net Cost (Savings) 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Highway Fund 
Revenue 
Highway Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2011-12 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2012-13 
($2,037) 
$6,963 
$9,000 
$16,000 
Projections 
FY 2013-14 
($2,037) 
$6,963 
$9,000 
$16,000 
Projections 
FY 2014-15 
($2,037) 
$6,963 
$9,000 
$16,000 
This legislation establishes a special commemorative registration plate to celebrate the 2014 World Acadian Congress. 
The bill includes a Highway Fund allocation of $6,963 beginning in fiscal year 2012-13 and ending in fiscal year 2015-
for the cost of materials to manufacture the plates. Highway Fund revenues will increase by $9,000 and Other 
Special Revenue Funds revenue will increase by $16,000 beginning in fiscal year 2012-13 and ending in fiscal year 
2015-16. 
This estimate assumes manufacture and sale of 1,000 plates each year. The Other Special Revenue Funds 
revenue will be forwarded by the State to the Maine Acadian Heritage CounciL 
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