An Act To Provide Funding to Municipalities Severely Infested by Brown-tail Moth Caterpillars
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1181
Committee Amendment CA_A_H378 (House)
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 818, L.D. 1181, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide Funding to Municipalities Severely Infested by Brown-tail Moth Caterpillars" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Require the State Entomologist To Work with the Maine Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention and the Board of Pesticides Control To Develop 
Best Management Practices To Address the Brown tail Moth Infestation' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. State Entomologist to work with the Maine Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the Board of Pesticides Control to develop best 
management practices to address the browntail moth infestation to provide 
to municipalities. Resolved: That the State Entomologist within the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall work with the Department of Health and 
Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department 
of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Board of Pesticides Control to develop best 
management practices for municipalities to address the browntail moth infestation and 
provide those best management practices to municipalities across the State; and be it 
further 
Sec. 2. State Entomologist to report to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Resolved: That the State Entomologist 
shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
by January 15, 2018 with the best management practices recommended to municipalities 
pursuant to 
section 
and the results 
in 
municipalities that followed 
the 
recommendations.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 818, L.D. 1181 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. It replaces the bill with a 
resolve that requires the State Entomologist within the Department of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry to work with the Department of Health and Human Services, 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry, Board of Pesticides Control to develop best management 
practices for municipalities to address the browntail moth infestation and provide those 
best management practices to municipalities across the State. It also requires the State 
Entomologist to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry by January 15, 2018 with those best management practices recommended to 
municipalities and the results in municipalities that followed the recommendations. 
~~~;CAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/21/17 feac 
LD 1181 
LR 1153(02) 
An Act To Provide Funding to Municipalities Severely Infested by Brown-tail Moth Caterpillar~ 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment l+ L H"' 3 7 8) 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
'Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture Conservation 
and Forestry and the Maine Board of Pesticides Control from the provisions of this bill are expected to be minor and 
can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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