An Act To Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 2002
Committee: State and Local Government
Amends: 5 MRSA §12004-C, 5 MRSA §12004-D, 5 MRSA §12004-G, 5 MRSA §12004-H, 5 MRSA §12004-I, 5 MRSA §13090-H, 5 MRSA §20078-A, 7 MRSA §972-B, 7 MRSA §3906-C, 7 MRSA §4203, 8 MRSA §522, 12 MRSA §6087, 20-A MRSA §11, 20-A MRSA §6663, 38 MRSA §568-B

Legislative Document
No. 2002
H.P. 1488
House of Representatives, February 23, 2022
An Act To Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions
Reported by Representative MATLACK of St. George for the Joint Standing Committee on 
State and Local Government pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12006, 
subsection 2.
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed 
pursuant to Joint Rule 218.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
PART A
Sec. A-1.  5 MRSA §12004-C, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 346, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-2.  5 MRSA §12004-D, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 642, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-3.  5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§4-D, as amended by PL 2011, c. 305, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-4.  5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§11-A, as amended by PL 2015, c. 319, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-5.  5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§15-A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, 
§8, is repealed.
Sec. A-6.  5 MRSA §12004-H, sub-§10-A, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 403, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-7.  5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§2-C, as amended by PL 2001, c. 399, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-8.  5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§12-B, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. CCC, 
§1, is repealed.
Sec. A-9.  5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§57-H, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 52, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-10.  5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§88, as corrected by RR 1995, c. 2, §10, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-11.  5 MRSA §13090-H, as amended by PL 2007, c. 466, Pt. B, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-12.  5 MRSA §20078-A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §46, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-13.  7 MRSA §972-B, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 403, §4, is repealed.
Sec. A-14.  7 MRSA §3906-C, as amended by PL 2021, c. 99, §§3 and 4, is repealed.
Sec. A-15.  7 MRSA §4203, as amended by PL 2007, c. 649, §§4 and 5, is repealed.
Sec. A-16.  8 MRSA §522, as amended by PL 2011, c. 305, §4, is repealed.
Sec. A-17.  12 MRSA §6087, as corrected by RR 2017, c. 1, §4, is repealed.
Sec. A-18.  20-A MRSA §11, as amended by PL 2021, c. 144, §§1 to 3, is repealed.
Sec. A-19.  20-A MRSA §6663, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. CCC, §2, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-20.  38 MRSA §568-B, as amended by PL 2019, c. 314, §§1 to 3, is repealed.
PART B
Sec. B-1.  Revisor's review; cross-references.  The Revisor of Statutes shall 
review the Maine Revised Statutes and include in the errors and inconsistencies bill 
submitted to the First Regular Session of the 131st Legislature pursuant to Title 1, section 
any sections necessary to correct and update any references and cross-references in the 
statutes to provisions of law repealed in this Act.
SUMMARY
This bill eliminates boards and commissions that did not file annual reports in either 
2020 or 2021 or that filed a report that indicated inactivity for 2020 and 2021. The boards 
and commissions being eliminated are:
1.  Animal Welfare Advisory Council
2.  Clean-up and Response Fund Review Board
3.  Combat Sports Authority of Maine
4.  Commission To End Student Hunger
5.  Driver Education and Evaluation Programs Appeals Board
6.  Maine State Film Commission
7.  Nutrient Management Review Board
8.  Potato Marketing Improvement Fund Committee
9.  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Council
10.  Seaweed Fisheries Advisory Council
This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local 
Government pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12006, subsection 2.  
As authorized by the law, the bill eliminates boards and commissions that have not reported 
on their activities to the Secretary of State during the preceding 24 months as required or 
have reported to the Secretary of State being inactive during the preceding 24 months.  
The committee has not taken a position on the substance of the bill.  By reporting out 
this bill the committee is not suggesting and does not intend to suggest that it agrees or 
disagrees with any aspect of this bill. The committee is reporting out the bill for the sole 
purpose of turning the draft into a printed bill that can be referred to the committee for an 
appropriate public hearing and subsequent processing in the normal course. The committee 
is taking this action to ensure clarity and transparency in the legislative review of the 
proposals contained in this bill.
This bill does not include any amendments to or repeal of sections of the Maine Revised 
Statutes necessary to correct and update any references and cross-references in the statutes 
to provisions of law repealed in this bill.