An Act to Increase the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1731
Committee Amendment CA_A_S339 (Senate)
Amends: 23 MRSA §4302, 23 MRSA §4303, 23 MRSA §4304

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ,4- ,, to S.P. 677, L.D. l 731, "An Act to Increase the 
Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and Opemtions of the 
Maine State Ferry Service
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act to Enhance the Effectiveness of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Boal'd' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and insetting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1, 23 MRSA §4302, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. QQ, §2, is ftuther 
amended to read: 
§4302, Membership 
The membership of the board consists of one person from each of the island 
mimicipalities and plantations serviced by the Maine State Ferry System and J- 1 members 
appointed by the Commissioner of Transportation, one of which must be a municipal 
officer from Rockland. Lincolnville or Tremont. The membel's Each member representing 
the an island municipalities and plantations shall municipality ol' plantation must be the 
chief administrative official of the island or a current member of the governing body of the 
island and must be appointed by the municipal officers of the member's municipality 01· by 
the assesso1·s of the member's plantation aH-0--aH. All members shal-l serve a term of office 
of 2 years. Each island municipality shall appoint one alternate member to the board. In 
the absence of the island's primary representative, its alternate may 1·epresent the island at 
all board meetings. Vacancies in membership must be filled in the same manner as the 
ol'iginal appointment. 
Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §4303, sub~§3 is enacted to read: 
3. Public meetings. Meetings of the boal'd must be public meetings as provided by 
Title 1. section 403. 
Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §4304, as amended by PL 198S, c. 2S3J is further amended to 
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read: 
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§4304. Duties 
The board shall advise the Department of Transpo1tation on matters relating to the 
Maine State Feny Service and shall submit to the Commissioner of Transpo1tation and to 
the ioint standing committee of the Legislatul'e having jurisdiction over transpo1tation 
matters by December 15th an annual report~ which shal-1 must include recommendations 
for change to the Maine State Feny Service and comments upon the present and future 
needs of that service. The Department of Tl'a11spo1tation shall also prepare and submit an 
annual repott by December 15th to the board, to the island municipalities and plantations 
served by the Maine State Ferry Service and to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over transpm'tation matters. The repo1t must include the 
operating and capital costs. past and projected costs, significant successes and challenges 
and policy issues of the Maine State Feriy Service. Written repo1ts and comments sha-ll 
must be available to the public. 
The board, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation, shall name ferry 
terminals and ferries constructed for and maintained by the Depaitment of Transportation 
to operate as part of the Maine State Ferry Service.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbel'ing any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is a minority report of the committee, replaces the bill and 
changes the title. The amendment does the following. 
1. It increases, from 3 to 4, the number of members of the Maine State Ferry Advisory 
Board appointed by the Commissioner of Transportation and requires one of those 
rnembe1·s of the board to be a municipal officer from Rockland, Lincolnville or Tremont. 
2. It requires a member of the board representing an island municipality or plantation, 
who is appointed by the municipal officers of the member's municipality or by the assessors 
of the member's plantation, to be the chief administrntive official of the island or a current 
member of the governing body of the island. 
3. It requires the board to submit an annual repmt to the joint standing committee of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over transpo1tation matters, in addition to the 
Commissioner of Transpo1tation. 
4. It requires the Depa1tment of Transportation to prepare and submit a report to the 
board, the island municipalities and plantations served by the Maine State Ferry Service 
and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transp01tation 
matters. The repott must include the operating and capital costs, past and projected costs, 
significant successes and challenges and policy issues of the Maine State Ferry Service. 
5. It requires meetings of the board to be public meetings as provided by the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 403. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/02/25 l-Rl-
LD 1731 
LR 2108(02) 
An Act to Increase the Influence of the Maine State Ferry Advisory Board on the Funding and 
Operations of the M;tine State Ferry Service 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S,· '!']Q...) 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
Any additional costs to the Department of Transportation from the provisions of this bill are expected to be minor and 
can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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