An Act To Repeal the Laws Establishing the Cumberland County Recreation Center and To Transfer Authority to Cumberland County
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1142
Committee Amendment CA_A_H256 (House)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §741-A, 30-A MRSA §747

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 805, L.D. 1142, Bill, "An Act To 
Repeal the Laws Establishing the Cumberland County Recreation Center and To Transfer 
Authority to Cumberland County" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §741-A, first 1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 380, §4 and 
affected by §10, is amended to read: 
Notwithstanding sections 701 and 702, the county commissioners working in 
conjunction with the Cumberland County Budget Adviso1y Committee, established in 
this section, and the county manager, established in section 82, subsection 5, are 
responsible for establishing the county budget as provided in this article, except for the 
Cross Insurance Arena budget as provided in section 747. The county commissioners 
shall appropriate money for county expenditures according to the budget established in 
accordance with this miicle. 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §747 is enacted to read: 
§7 47. Board of Trustees of Cross Insurance Arena; budget 
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings. 
A. 
"Board of trustees" or "board" means the Board of Trustees of the Cross 
Insurance Arena established in subsection 2. 
B. "County commissioners" means the commissioners of Cumberland County. 
C. "Cross Insurance Arena" or "arena" means the multipurpose arena located in the 
City of P01iland and created pursuant to former Private and Special Law 1971, 
chapter 86. 
2. Board of trustees established. The Board of Trustees of the Cross Insurance 
Arena is established to develop, review and make recommendations to the county 
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commissioners on financial, contractual and policy issues regarding the Cross Insurance 
Arena. 
The board of trustees consists of 9 members appointed by the county 
commissioners as follows: 
A. Two members from the City of P01tland; 
B. One member from each of the following sets of municipalities: 
(1) South Po1tland and Cape Elizabeth; 
(2) Scarborough, Westbrook and Falmouth; 
(3) Gorham, Windham, Standish, Baldwin and Sebago; 
( 4) Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, Pownal and New Gloucester; and 
(5) Yarmouth, Cumberland, North Yannouth, Gray, Casco, Raymond, Naples, 
Harrison and Bridgton; and 
C. Two members at large. 
Trustees are appointed for a term of 3 years and may not serve more than 2 consecutive 
terms. 
3. 
Duties of the board of trustees. 
The board of trustees shall propose and 
recommend policies and procedures for the arena. The board shall develop, present and 
review the budget of the arena. The board shall prepare and present an annual budget for 
the arena to the county commissioners for approval and adoption by the commissioners, 
in accordance with subsection 4. If the county commissioners increase or decrease the 
overall budget for the arena from the level presented by the board, the board shall adjust 
individual budget items as necessaty within the limits of the adopted budget. The board 
shall meet monthly or as needed to complete its work. 
4. Budget adoption. The county commissioners shall adopt the budget of the Cross 
Insurance Arena, an enterprise fund under the oversight of the county commissioners, and 
shall act as funding authority for the operations of the arena. The county commissioners 
may increase or decrease the overall budget of the arena that is presented by the board 
pursuant to subsection 3, but the commissioners may not othe1wise alter or amend the 
arena budget presented by the board. The county commissioners shall meet with the 
board as needed, but no less than ammally, to address the needs of the arena. 
Sec. 3. P&SL 1971, c. 86, as amended by P&SL 1991, c. 36, is repealed. 
Sec. 4. Transition provisions. The following provisions govem the transition of 
the Cumberland County Recreation Center, created by former Private and Special Law 
1971, chapter 86, to Cumberland County. 
1. Cumberland County is the successor in every way to the powers, duties, functions, 
property, assets and liabilities of the Cumberland County Recreation Center, referred to in 
this section as "the center." 
2. All existing rules, regulations and procedures of the center continue in effect 
unless rescinded, revised or in conflict with Cumberland County rules and regulations or 
amended by the county commissioners of Cumberland County. 
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3. All existing contracts, agreements and obligations of the center, including bonds 
or other debt instruments and management agreements, continue in effect, and the rights 
and obligations of the center become the rights and obligations of Cumberland County. 
4. The trustees of the center shall serve as the initial members of the Board of 
Trustees of the Cross Insurance Arena established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
30-A, section 747 until their current terms expire. 
5. All real and personal property of the center, including but not limited to fixtures, 
records and equipment owned or leased by the center, is transferred to and becomes the 
property of Cumberland County. The transfer of real and personal property may not 
occur earlier than January 1, 2018 and must be approved by the county commissioners of 
Cumberland County and the Board of Trustees of the Cross Insurance Arena.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment makes the 
following changes to the bill. 
1. It establishes the Board of Trustees of the Cross Insurance Arena in statute. 
2. It clarifies that current members of the Board of Trustees of the Cumberland 
County Recreation Center serve as initial members of the Board of Trustees of the Cross 
Insurance Arena for the balance of their terms. 
3. It specifies that the budget for the Cross Insurance Arena is developed by the 
board of trustees and presented by the board to the Cumberland County commissioners. 
It clarifies that budget approval and adoption is the responsibility of the county 
commissioners and that the county commissioners may increase or decrease the overall 
budget presented by the trustees but may not otherwise alter or amend the budget. 
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