Resolve, To Establish a Backgrmmd Check Consolidation Commission
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0592
Committee Amendment CA_A_H35 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " fl" to H.P. 436, L.D. 592, "Resolve, To Establish 
a Backgrmmd Check Consolidation Commission" 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of the emergency preamble. 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Commission membership. Resolved: That the commission consists of 
members appointed as follows: 
1. Two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, including 
members from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats in the Legislature; 
2. Five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the 
House, including members from each of the 2 parties holding the largest number of seats 
in the Legislature; 
3. The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's designee; 
4. 
The Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife or the commissioner's 
designee; 
5. The Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee; 
6. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services 01· the commissioner's designee; 
and 
7. 
The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services or the 
commissioner's designee.' 
Amend the resolve in section 7 in the first line (page 2, line 11 in L.D.) by striking 
out the following: "December 4," and inserting the following: 'December 20,' 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of the emergency clause. 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT«/},, to H.P. 436, L.D. 592 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes the emergency preamble and emergency clause. It reduces 
the number of Senate members from 4 to 2 and increases the number of House members 
from 3 to 5. It adds the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, or the 
commissioner's designee, to the Background Check Consolidation Commission. It moves 
the report deadline from December 4, 2019 to December 20, 2019. 
, ":,;C,,\L '.'-,OTE REQL'IRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/15/19 fr/ac 
LD592 
LR 19(02) 
Resolve, To Establish a Background Check Consolidation Commission 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ~.(/I~ JS) 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Legislative Cost/Study 
Legislative Cost/Study 
The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $3,750 in fiscal year 2019-20. An estimated $6, 120 is 
available in each of fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21 in the Legislature's proposed budget for legislative studies as 
well as any balances from prior years for this purpose. 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 
Any additional costs to the departments whose commissioners or their designess are required to serve on the 
Background Check Consolidation Commission are assumed to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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