An Act To Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 2002
Committee Amendment CA_A_H819 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §12004-G, 5 MRSA §12004-H, 5 MRSA §12004, 5 MRSA §20078-A, 7 MRSA §970, 7 MRSA §972-B, 10 MRSA §1023-N, 20-A MRSA §6663

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"to H.P. 1488, L.D. 2002, "An Act To Eliminate 
Inactive Boards and Commissions" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec, 1. 5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§15-A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, 
§8, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §12004-H, sub-§10-A, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 403, §1, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §12004-1, sub-§12-B, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. CCC, 
§ 1, is repealed. 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §20078-A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 407, Pt. A, §46, is repealed. 
Sec, 5. 7 MRSA §970, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 403, §2, is repealed. 
Sec. 6. 7 MRSA §972-B, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 403, §4, is repealed. 
Sec. 7. 7MRSA §974-A, sub-§1, ~' as amended by PL 2013, c. 403, §6, is further 
amended to read: 
D. Other terms and conditions prescribed by rule by the board upon consultation 1.vith 
the committee. 
Sec, 8. 10 MRSA §1023-N, first 1, as amended by PL 2021, c. 31, §4, is further 
amended to read: 
There is created a fund known as the Potato Marketing Improvement Fund, referred to 
in this section as "the fund." The fund must be deposited with and maintained by the 
authority to be used solely for investment in the Maine potato industry. The fund must be 
administered by the Maine Potato Board, established in Title 36, section 4603 and referred 
to in this section as "the board,~" and the Potato Marketing Improvement Fund Committee, 
established iri. Title 5, section 12004 H, subsection 10 A. All money received by the 
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authority from any source for the development and implementation of improved storage, 
packing and marketing and programs and activities that improve the economic viability of 
the potato industry must be credited to the fund. Any money credited to the fund from the 
issuance of bonds on behalf of the State for agricultural development may be used only for 
the purposes of state loans as prescribed by Title 7, section 974-A to provide assistance to 
potato farmers for the design, construction, improvement, supp01t and operation of storage, 
packing and marketing facilities; for programs and activities that improve the economic 
viability of the potato industry; and to pay the administrative costs of processing loan 
applications and servicing and administering the fund and loans and grants made therein, 
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to the extent that the costs exceed the fee for administrative costs established by Title 7, 
section 974-A, subsection 2-A. At the discretion of the Commissioner of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry, the authority shall make payments directly to the board, which 
shall use those payments to implement the requirements of this section. During any period 
that the commissioner has authorized direct payments from the authority to the board, the 
authority shall make written annual reports to the commissioner and the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over agriculture, conservation and forestry 
matters detailing the amounts of payments to the board and the dates payments were made 
and detailing the expenditure of those payments. Repayment of the loans and interest on 
the loans must be credited to the fund to be available for making additional state loans for 
the same purposes, except that any interest earned on the cash balance of the fund may be 
used for the grants authorized by Title 7, section 975-A. In order to provide additional 
amounts for loans, the commissioner, upon consultation with the board, may take such 
actions and enter into such agreements as may be necessary to sell or assign up to 
$2,000,000 in the aggregate principal amount of loans and undivided interests in a pool of 
loans and assign or pledge any mortgage or other security to the authority, under the terms 
and conditions the commissioner considers advisable upon consultation with the board. 
The assignment and related transactions may not result in indebtedness of the State. The 
proceeds of the sale or assignment must be credited to the fund and used for the purposes 
authorized in this section. 
Sec. 9. 20-A MRSA §6663, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. CCC, §2, is repealed. 
Sec. 10. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Commission To End Student Hunger Z192 
Initiative: Eliminates base allocation due to commission being eliminated, 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
($500) 
($500) 
• Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It eliminates the following boards and commissions 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12006, subsection 2: 
1. Commission To End Student Hunger; 
2. Driver Education and Evaluation Programs Appeals Board; and 
3. Potato Marketing Improvement Fund Committee. 
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 03/10/22 ::k?ae. 
LD 2002 
LR 2627(02) 
An Act To Eliminate Inactive Boards and Commissions 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '4' ( ~ -f/ 0, \ 
Committee: State and Local Government 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$0 
($500) 
($500) 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill deallocates Other Special Revenue Funds of $500 in fiscal year 2022-23 to the Commission to End Student 
Hunger program within the Department of Education in order to eliminate the annual base allocation that had been 
provided beginning in fiscal year 2015-16 to authorize expenditures in the event that outside funding was received to 
support the work of the commission. According to the State's accounting system, no outside contributions have been 
received to date. 
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