An Act To Make Minor Changes to Municipal Health Inspection Activities
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1177
Committee Amendment CA_A_H238 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 875, L.D. 1177, Bill, "An Act To 
Make Minor Changes to Municipal Health Inspection Activities" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title the following: 
'Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government 
to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local 
revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to 
the Constitution of Maine, Article rx, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the members elected to 
each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure.' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section I in subsection 1 in the 7th and 8th lines (page 1, 
lines 11 and 12 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "used only for emergency stops of 
less than 12 hours" 
Amend the bill in Part A by striking out all of section 3 (page 1, lines 19 and 20 in 
L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'Sec. A-3. 
MRS A §2491, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 496, §3, is 
amended to read: 
6. Eating and lodging place. "Eating and lodging place or lodging place" means 
every building or structure or any part thereof kept, used as, maintained as, advertised as 
or held out to the public to be a place where eating and sleeping or sleeping 
accommodations are furnished to the public as a business, such as hotels, motels, guest 
homes and cottages.' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 14 in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraph 
B (page 3, line 21 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'B. An eating and lodging place;' 
Amend the bill in Part A in section 17 in subsection 6 in the last line (page 4, line 13 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "$60" and inserting the following: '$6Q $100' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITIEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 875, L.D. 1177 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 1 in the first paragraph in the 2nd line (page 4, 
line 34 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "eating and lodging place," and inserting 
the following: 'eating and lodging place,' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 3 in the first paragraph in the 2nd line (page 5, 
line 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "eating and lodging place," and inserting the 
following: 'eating and lodging place,' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 4 in paragraph A in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 5, 
lines 14 and 15 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "eating and lodging place," and 
inserting the following: 'eating and lodging place,' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 5 in paragraph B in the first line (page 5, line 21 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"eating and lodging place," and inserting the 
following: 'eating and lodging place,' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 6 in paragraph C in the 2nd line (page 5, line 30 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"eating and lodging place," and inserting the 
following: 'eating and lodging place,' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the definition of "campground" to exclude parking lots 
generally, rather than only those parking lots used for emergency Stops of less than 12 
hours as proposed in the bill. It restores the definition of "eating and lodging places or 
lodging places" repealed in the bill and amends it to read, and defines instead, "eating and 
lodging places" only. It also restores references to eating and lodging places wherever 
they were removed from the statute in the bill. A definition of "lodging place" is included 
in the bill. The amendment increases the maximum sum that the Department of Health 
and Human Services may charge a delegated municipality for a license fee from $60 to 
$100. The amendment also adds a mandate preamble. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/07/11 
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LD 1177 
LR 1511(02) 
An Act To Make Minor Changes to Municipal Health Inspection Activities 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Exempted 
FY 2011-12 
FY 2012-13 
Projections 
FY 2013-14 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$0 
$26,075 
$26,075 
State Mandates 
Projections 
FY 2014-15 
$26,075 
Required Activity 
Unit Affected 
Local Cost 
Requires municipalities that have been delegated food inspection authorities to 
submit copies of inspection reports electronically in a format and on a schedule 
determined by the Department of Health and Human Services. 
Municipality 
Moderate 
limited scope 
Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the state from 
the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Assumes additional Other Special Revenue Funds 01'$26,075 per year beginning in 2012-13 from fees collected for 
the licensing of public pools and public spas. 
LR151 1(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I