An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Agricu;lture,(:onservation and Forestry Laws II
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0987
Committee Amendment CA_A_S158 (Senate)

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L.D.987 
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AGRICUL TURE,. CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 
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SENATE 
U6TH LEGISLATURE 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'i\ "to S.P. 332, L.D. 987, Bill, "An Act To Make 
Technical Changes to the Agricu;lture,(:onservation and Forestry Laws" 
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Amend the bill by striking O\.lIt the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Amend the Procedlllres Used To Identify and Select Appointees to the 
Maine Land Use Planning Commission and To Make Other Technical Changes to 
the Agriculture, Conservation fInd Forestry Laws' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §683-A in subsection 2jn the first paragraph in the last 
line (page 2, line 15 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "county." the following: 
'The board of county commissioners shall advertise the position in the same manner as 
the county advertises personnel positions. The board of county commissioners shall 
accept written or electronic applications from candidates. conduct interviews with 
candidates as determined by the board and select from among those candidates an 
appointee.' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §683-A by striking out all of subsection 3 (page 2, 
lines 36 to 42 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'3. Eligibility. A state employee may not be appointed to or serve as a member of 
the commission. A eoUBty eommissioaer, county employee, municipal official or 
municipal employee is not consJidered to hold an incompatible office for purposes of 
simultaneous service on the commission. If a county or municipality is a participant in an 
adjudicatory proceeding before the commission, a eommissioaer, an official or employee 
from that county or municipality may not participate in that proceeding as a member of 
the commission. 
An incumbent county commissioner appointed to serve on the 
commission may not serve simultaneously as a county commissioner and a member of 
the commission.' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in §683-A in subsection 4 by striking out all of the last 
sentence (page 3, lines 11 and 12 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 'Once 'a member 
of the commission has been appointed by the Governor or a board of county 
commissioners. a vacancy of that seat must be filled by the same appointing authority as 
COMMIT'TEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" -N' to S.P. 332, L.D. 987 
provided in this section. A vacancy during an unexpired tenn is filled as efovided is th:is 
seatisH. by.(; only for the unexpired portion of the tenn.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 13 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 13. P&SL 1989, c. 108, §6, sub-§5, as amended by P&SL 2003, c. 11, §2, 
is repealed. 
Sec. 14. P&SL 1989, c. 108, §6, sub-§5-A is enacted to read: 
5-A. Within 6 months after the close of its fiscal year, the authority shall provide a 
copy of its financial statements, audited by an independent auditor selected by the 
authority, to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and any other 
state agency that requests them. The audited financial statements must comply with 
federal Office of Management and Budget reqyirements.' 
Amend the bilI by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report. It changes the process by which a board of 
county commissioners seeks and selects appointees to the Maine Land Use Planning 
Commission. The amendment provides that a person may not simultaneously serve as a 
county commissioner and a member of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission. The 
amendment clarifies that a vacancy in a seat on the Maine Land Use Planning 
Commission is filled by the same authority that appointed the member who vacated the 
seat. It also updates the filing of financial infonnation for the Wells National Estuarine 
Research Reserve Management Authority. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT