An Act To Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1849
Committee Amendment CA_A_H671 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A'' to H.P. 1286, L.D. 1849, Bill, "An Act To 
Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 and 2. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 5 and 6. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 10. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 14. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 16. 
Amend the bill by strildng out all of section 18. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 22 and 23. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 26 and 27. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 31 to 36. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 39 to 41. 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 61 and inserting the following: 
1Sec. 61. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LEGISLATURE 
Legislature 0081 
Initiative: Deappropriates funds as a result of the elimination of the State Education and 
Employment Outcomes Task Force. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A" to H.P, 1286, L.D. 1849 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
LEGISLATURE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Licensing and Enforcement 0352 
2018-19 
($880) 
($1,620) 
($2,500) 
2018-19 
($2,500) 
($2,500) 
Initiative: Deallocates funds due to the elimination of the Board of Licensing of Dietetic 
Practice. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL 
REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
($400) 
($1,900) 
($2,300) 
2018-19 
($2,300) 
($2,300) 
2018-19 
($2,500) 
($2,300) 
($4,800) 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "H" to H.P. 1286, L.D. 1849 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. It removes from the bill the 
elimination of the following boards and commissions: the Advisory Board for the 
Licensing of Whitewater Guides, the Advisory Committee on Fair Competition with 
Private Enterprise, the Maine Agricultural Water Management Board, the Tobacco 
Prevention and Control Advisory Council, the Board of Trustees of the Maine School for 
Marine Science, Technology, Transportation and Engineering and the St. Croix 
futemational Waterway Commission. The amendment also adds an appropriations and 
allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/18/18 :1'.daC.. 
LD 1849 
LR 2906(02) 
An Act To Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A' CH- to 7 ') 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2018-19 
($2,500) 
($2,500) 
($2,300) 
($70,991) 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
($2,500) 
($2,500) 
($2,300) 
($70,991) 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
($2,500) 
($2,500) 
($2,300) 
($70,991) 
This bill includes a deappropriation of $2,500 in 2018-19 for the Legislature as a result of the elimination of the State 
Education and Employment Outcomes Task Force. 
The bill also includes Other Special Revenue Funds deallocations of $2,3 00 per year beginning in fiscal year 2018-19 
to the Licensing and Enforcement program within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation due to the 
Board of Licensing of Dietetic Practice being eliminated. The reduction in dedicated revenue from licensing and 
other fees is estimated to be $70,991 annually beginning in fiscal year 2018-19. 
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