An Act To Amend the Composition of the Piscataquis County Budget Committee
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0243
Committee Amendment CA_A_S35 (Senate)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §823

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" Pt "to S.P. 104, L.D. 243, "An Act To Amend the 
Composition of the Piscataquis County Budget Committee" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §823, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and 
Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Membership. The budget committee shall consist consists of 9 members, 3 
members from each commissioner district selected at least 90 days before the end of the 
fiscal year as provided for in this section and in a manner established by the county 
comm1ss10ners. 
A. Of the 3 members from each commissioner district, one must be a municipal official 
and one must be a representative of the general public. All 3 members shall must be 
appointed by the county commissioners. 
One member of the general public on the committee must be a resident of the 
unorganized territories. No other member of the general public on the committee may 
be a resident of the unorganized territories The county commissioners shall appoint 
one member who is a resident of the unorganized territories as a member of the 
committee and may appoint up to one additional resident of the unorganized territories 
to be a member of the committee. 
B. It is the responsibility of the county budget committee to review the budget and 
estimates, including the budget for municipal services in the unorganized territory 
prepared by the county commissioners, and to make recommendations concerning the 
budget and estimates. 
C. The term of office is as follows: 
(1) 
The member who is a municipal officer, appointed by the county 
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commissioners, has an initial term of one year; 
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(2) The member who is a representative of the general public, appointed by the 
county commissioners, has an initial term of 2 years; and 
(3) The 3rd member has an initial term of3 years. 
The terms of the respective members -sha-ll increase by one year at the time of 
reappointment, except the 3-year term, which shall become becomes a one-year term. 
D. A vacancy occurring on the budget committee -sha-ll must be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term. The person 
appointed to fill the vacant office must have the same qualifications as the person 
vacating the office. 
E. Members -sha-ll serve without compensation. 
Sec. 2. Transition provision. The initial appointment pursuant to this Act of a 
member of the Piscataquis County Budget Committee who is a resident of an unorganized 
territory must occur in the manner established by the county commissioners.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment clarifies that appointment to the 
Piscataquis County Budget Committee is done in a manner established by the county 
comm1ss10ners. 
The amendment requires the county commissioners to appoint one 
member to the budget committee who is a resident of an unorganized territory located in 
the county and permits the commissioners to appoint one other resident of an unorganized 
territory to the budget committee. 
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