An Act To Include a Representative of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs in the House of Representatives
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0553
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: BEAR, WILLETTE, DANA
Amends: 3 MRSA §1, 3 MRSA §2

Legislative Document 
No. 553 
H.P. 377 
House of Representatives, February 26, 2015 
An Act To Include a Representative of the Aroostook Band of 
Micmacs in the House of Representatives 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative BEAR of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. 
Cosponsored by Senator WILLETTE of Aroostook and 
Representative: DANA of the Passamaquoddy Tribe. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  3 MRSA §1, 2nd ¶, as amended by PL 2009, c. 636, Pt. A, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
The Tribal Clerk of the Penobscot Indian Nation shall, on or before the day preceding 
the meeting of the Legislature, furnish to the Clerk of the preceding House of 
Representatives a certification, under the seal of the Nation, of the name and residence of 
the Representative-elect of the Penobscot Indian Nation to the Legislature.  The Tribal 
Clerk of the Passamaquoddy Tribe of the reservation from which the Representative-elect 
of that tribe has been chosen shall, on or before the day preceding the meeting of the 
Legislature, furnish the Clerk of the preceding House of Representatives a certification of 
the name and residence of the Representative-elect of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to the 
Legislature.  Beginning with the 126th Legislature, the Tribal Clerk of the Houlton Band 
of Maliseet Indians shall, on or before the day preceding the meeting of the Legislature, 
furnish to the Clerk of the preceding House of Representatives a certification of the name 
and residence of the Representative-elect of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians to the 
Legislature.  Beginning with the 128th Legislature, the Tribal Clerk of the Aroostook 
Band of Micmacs shall, on or before the day preceding the meeting of the Legislature, 
furnish to the Clerk of the preceding House of Representatives a certification of the name 
and residence of the Representative-elect of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs to the 
Legislature. 
Sec. 2.  3 MRSA §2, 8th ¶, as amended by PL 2009, c. 636, Pt. A, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
The member of the Penobscot Indian Nation, the member of the Passamaquoddy 
Indian Tribe and, beginning with the Second Regular Session of the 125th Legislature, 
the member of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and, beginning with the 128th 
Legislature, the member of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs elected to represent their 
tribes at the Legislature are entitled to receive a salary equal to the salary of members of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, including a cost-of-living adjustment, for 
each regular session and allowance for meals, constituent service, housing and travel 
expenses to the same extent as members of the House of Representatives for attendance at 
each legislative session or authorized committee meeting. For the duration of any special 
session of the Legislature, they are entitled to receive the same per diem payment and 
allowances, including housing, meal and travel expenses, as any member of the Senate 
and House of Representatives. 
Sec. 3.  Contingent effective date.  This Act does not take effect unless, within 
days of the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 127th Legislature, the 
Secretary of State receives written certification by the Tribal Council of the Aroostook 
Band of Micmacs that the band has agreed to the provisions of this Act, copies of which 
must be submitted by the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes. 
In no event may this Act become effective until 90 days after the adjournment of the 
SUMMARY 
This bill makes the statutory changes necessary to include a representative of the 
Aroostook Band of Micmacs in the Maine House of Representatives beginning with the 
128th Legislature.  It requires the Tribal Clerk of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs to 
furnish the outgoing Clerk of the House of Representatives with a certification of the 
name and residence of the Representative-elect of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs to the 
Legislature.  It also authorizes the Representative of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs to 
be compensated in the same manner as other members of the House of Representatives.  
It also provides that the changes do not take effect unless the Aroostook Band of 
Micmacs approves them and provides certification of that approval to the Secretary of 
State within 90 days of the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 127th 
Legislature.