An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee To Develop a Long-range Strategic Plan for Economic Improvement in the State
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0367
Committee Amendment CA_A_H493 (House)
Amends: 10 MRSA §929-A, 10 MRSA §929-F

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 273, L.D. 367, Bill, "An Act To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee To Develop a 
Long-range Strategic Plan for Economic Improvement in the State" 
Amend the bill by inse1ting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §929-A, sub-§2, 1A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 420, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
A. Thirteen members having a broad range of expertise in areas including but not 
limited to: labor, environment, large and small business and education;' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in §929-D in subsection 1 in the 5th line (page 1, line 16 
in L.D.) by inserting after the following: 
"resources" the following: 
', educational, 
science and technology' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in §929-D in subsection 1 in paragraph A in subparagraph 
(2) in division (c) in the last line (page l, line 32 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: 
"advantages" the following: 
', including, but not limited to, the impact of tax policy, 
energy costs and regulation on competitiveness' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in §929-D in subsection 1 in paragraph A in subparagraph 
(2) in division (e) in the first line (page 1, line 35 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"quantity and quality" and inserting the following: 'quantity, quality and demographic 
composition' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in §929-D in subsection 1 in paragraph A in subparagraph 
(2) in division (h) in the first line (page 2, line 2 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"Maximizing" and inserting the following: 'Optimizing' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in §929-D in subsection 1 in paragraph B in subparagraph 
(1) in the last line (page 2, line 9 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "support" the 
following: 'economic opportunity and' 
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Amend the bill in section 4 in §929-D in subsection 1 in paragraph B in subparagraph 
(3) in the first line (page 2, line 12 in L.D.) by insetting after the following: "Strategies" 
the following: 'and actions' 
Amend the bill by insetting after section 5 the following: 
'Sec. 6. 10 MRSA §929-F is enacted to read: 
§929-F. Authority to submit legislation 
The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic 
development matters may submit to the Legislature legislation it considet·s necessary to 
improve the required elements of the long-range strategic economic improvement plan as 
described in section 929-D, subsection 1 or the process through which it is developed, 
maintained or communicated.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 6 the following: 
'Sec. 7. Maine Economic Growth Council to develop review criteria. The 
Maine Economic Growth Council shall develop proposed review criteria for use by the 
joint standing committees of the Legislature when committees are considering legislative 
proposals that may affect the long-range strategic economic improvement plan developed 
by the council pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 10, section 929-D, subsection 
1. The council shall rep01t its findings and recommendations relating to the proposed 
review criteria to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and 
Economic Development by January 15, 2018. The committee may report out a bill to the 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment makes the following changes to the bill. 
1. It specifies that membership of the Maine Economic Growth Council must include 
members with expettise in both large and small business. 
2. It adds educational and science and technology factors to the list of factors that 
must be addressed by the long-range strategic economic improvement plan. 
3. It adds a requirement that the Maine Economic Growth Council must consider the 
impact of tax policy, energy costs and regulation on competitiveness, the demographic 
composition of the State's workforce and the optimization of the retum on investment in 
the State when developing the plan. 
4. It adds a requirement that the plan include goals and objectives that support 
economic opportunity for all people in the State and that the plan include actions to 
accomplish plan benchmarks based upon the best practices in this State, other states and 
other countries. 
5. It authorizes the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over economic development matters to submit to the Legislature any bill it considers 
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necessary to improve the required elements of the strategic plan or the process through 
which it is developed, maintained or communicated. 
6. It directs the Maine Economic Growth Council to develop by January 15, 2018 
proposed review criteria suitable for use by the joint standing committees of the 
Legislature when the committees are considering legislative proposals that may affect the 
plan developed by the council. The Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, 
Res·earch and Economic Development may report out a bill to the Second Regular 
Session of the 128th Legislature based on the report. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/27/17 feac. 
LD367 
LR2172(02) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Government Oversight Committee To Develop a 
Long-range Strategic Plan for Economic Improvement in the State 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'f/' CH .,. L/q 3 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY2018-19 
$270,000 
$120,000 
$270,000 
$120,000 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$120,000 
$120,000 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$120,000 
$120,000 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $270,000 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $120,000 in fiscal year 
2018-19 to the Maine Economic Growth Council within the Department of Economic and Community Development 
to develop and maintain a long-range strategic economic improvement plan for the State. Of these amounts, $150,000 
is provided on a one-time basis in fiscal year 2017-18 for the initial development of the plan and $120,000 is provided 
annually beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 for the ongoing costs of monitoring, assessing and revising the plan. 
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