An Act To Implement and Fund an Integrated Beach Management Program
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1254
Committee Amendment CA_A_H532 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A " to H.P. 854, L.D. 1254, Bill, "An Act To 
Implement and Fund an Integrated Beach Management Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Further Study the Implementation and Funding of an Integrated Beach 
Management Program' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this legislation must take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period 
in order to provide the working group created through this legislation sufficient time prior 
to the reporting deadline of January 31, 2017 to compile data on and develop 
recommendations for the implementation and funding of an integrated beach management 
program; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, be it 
Sec. 1. 
Beach working group. 
Resolved: 
That the Commissioner of 
Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry shall convene a working group to review the report titled "Protecting Maine's 
Beaches for the Future: A Proposal to Create an Integrated Beach Management Program," 
dated February 2006, prepared by the Beach Stakeholder's Group and submitted to the 
Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources during the Second Regular Session of 
the 122nd Legislature, update the data and findings contained in that report and develop 
recommendations regarding the implementation and funding of an integrated beach 
management program and comprehensive beach nourishment policy that establishes 
priority areas and evaluates public and private funding sources, implementation time 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to H.P. 854, L.D. 1254 
frames and public access easements. Consideration of priority status for beach areas 
under any beach management program recommended by the working group must, at a 
minimum, involve a review of both the environmental and economic significance of each 
beach area. If applicable, the working group shall identify specific funding sources to 
support the implementation of its recommendations; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Report to Legislature. Resolved: 
That, by January 31, 2017, the 
Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall submit to the joint standing committee 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources matters a 
report detailing the findings and recommendations of the working group established 
pursuant to section 1, including any suggested legislation, relating to the implementation 
and funding of an integrated beach management program. After reviewing the report, the 
committee may report out a bill relating to the report to the First Regular Session of the 
128th Legislature. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve directing the Commissioner of 
Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry to convene a working group to review the report titled "Protecting Maine's 
Beaches for the Future: A Proposal to Create an Integrated Beach Management Program," 
dated February 2006, prepared by the Beach Stakeholder's Group and submitted to the 
Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources during the Second Regular Session of 
the 122nd Legislature, update the data and findings contained in that report and develop 
recommendations regarding the implementation and funding of an integrated beach 
management program. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection is directed, by 
January 31, 2017, to submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources matters detailing the findings 
and recommendations of the working group, and the committee is authorized to report out 
a bill relating to the report to the First Regular Session of the 128th Legislature. The 
amendment also adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 02/19/16 
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LD 1254 
LR309(02) 
An Act To Implement and Fund an Integrated Beach Management Program 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ft• [H-5 .3.:2.J 
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional costs to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Department of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry to convene a working group concerning the development of an integrated beach 
management program and to the DEP to submit a report to the Legislature on the working group's recommendations 
are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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