An Act To Provide Integrated COlmnuniLty-based Employment and Customized Employment for Persons with Disabilities
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1352
Committee Amendment CA_B_S188 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" f)" to S.P. 471, L.D. 1352, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide Integrated COlmnuniLty-based Employment and Customized Employment for 
Persons with Disabilities" 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 1 in subsection 1 by adding after paragraph L a 
new paragraph to read: 
'M. The Executive Director of the Manufacturers Association of Maine or the 
executive director's designee;' 
Amend the bill in Part B in section I in subsection 1 by relettering the paragraphs to 
read consecutively. 
Amend the bill in Part B in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 4 (page 4, line 3 
in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'4. Governance. The m~:mbers of the coalition may act only by majority vote of the 
members present at duly called and properly noticed meetings when a quorum is present. 
A. A quorum is a majority of the coalition members. 
B. Either the chair or the vice-chair of the coalition shall maintain a list ofthe current 
members of the coalition and provide notice of all meetings to all members at least 30 
days but no more than 90 days before any meeting of the members by the preferred 
method of contact provided by each member. All meetings of the coalition must be 
open to the public and public comment must be invited before action on any item of 
business is taken. Either the chair or the vice-chair shall require that minutes of all 
meetings be promptly compiled and permanently maintained as a public record of the 
acts of the coalition. A draft of the minutes of each meeting of the coalition must be 
circulated to the members with the notice of the succeeding meeting. 
C. The coalition may adopt bylaws to govern its affairs.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 6' to S.P. 471, L.D. 1352 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, mirrors the majority report in 
removing the provision of the bill that establishes a consensus-based decision-making 
process for the Employment First Maine Coalition and replacing it with a number of 
governance requirements for the coalition, including a quorum requirement, majority 
voting, notice of meetings and the power to adopt bylaws. The minority report differs 
from the majority report by adding the Executive Director of the Manufacturers 
Association of Maine or the executive director's designee to the membership list of the 
Employment First Maine Coalition. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05123/13 
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LD 1351 
LR 1888(03) 
An Act To Provide Integrated Community-based Employment and Customized Employment for 
Persons with Disabilities 
. Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'B' (S -1'8g) 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fisc:al Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor co st increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department 
of Labor associated with implementing the requirements of this legislation can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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