Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study the Use of Adjunct Professors in Maine's Public University and College System
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1878
Committee Amendment CA_A_H679 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/t" to H.P. 1344, L.D. 1878, "Resolve, To 
Establish the Commission To Study the Use of Adjunct Professors in Maine's Public 
University and College System" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study the Use of Adjunct Professors in 
the Maine Community College System' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 2 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "Maine's Public University and" and inserting the following: 'the Maine 
Community' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "11" and inserting the following: '10' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 by striking out all of subsection 4 (page 1, lines 14 
and 15 in L.D.) 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in subsection 5 in the last line (page 1, line 17 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "Speaker of the House" and inserting the following: 
'President of the Maine Community College System' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 by renumbering the subsections to read consecutively. 
Amend the resolve in section 5 in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 1, lines 33 and 34 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: "University of Maine System and the" 
Amend the resolve in section 6 in the first line (page 2, line 4 in L.D.) by inserting 
after the following: "That" the following: ', notwithstanding Joint Rule 353,' 
Amend the resolve in section 7 in the first line (page 2, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "no later than November" and inserting the following: 'notwithstanding 
Joint Rule 353, no later than December' 
Amend the resolve by adding after section 7 the following: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEEAMENDMENT'A "toH.P.1344,L.D. 1878 
'Sec. 8. Effective date. This resolve takes effect August 31, 2020.' 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively, 
SUMMARY 
This amendment narrows the focus of the commission established in the resolve to 
the Maine Community College System, provides that the member representing the Maine 
Community CoUege System is appointed by the President of the Maine Community 
College System and adds an effective date of August 31, 2020, 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/04/20 feac:. 
LD 1878 
LR 2896(02) 
Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study the Use of Adjunct Professors in Maine's Public 
University and College System 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment{+{ 1/-b 79) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Legislative Cost/Study 
Legislative Cost/Study 
The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $3,250 in fiscal year 2020-21. An estimated $6,190 is 
available in fiscal year 2020-21 in the Legislature's proposed budget for legislative studies as well as any balances 
carried over from prior years for this pmpose. Whether these amounts are sufficient to fund all studies will depend on 
the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature. The additional costs of providing 
staffing assistance to the study during the interim can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted staff resources. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Maine Community College System for a representative of the college to serve on the 
commission can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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