An Act to Protect the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0124
Committee Amendment CA_A_S162 (Senate)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §7505

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " J\ " to S.P. 50, L.D. 124, "An Act to Protect the
Right to Food"
Amend the bill by inserting after section 19 the following;
'See. 20. 30-A MRSA §7505, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 625, §6, is amended to
read;
§7505. Ordinances authorized under the Maine Food Sovereignty Act
The county commissioners of each county may adopt ordinances regarding traditional
foodways and direct producer-to-consumer transactions in accordance with Title 7> chapter
8-F. Ordinances adopted by the county comniissioners govern traditional foodways and
direct producer-to-consumer transactions in any unorganized territory within the county
whose residents have opted, in a manner prescribed by the county commissioners, to have
the ordinance apply in that unorganized territory,'
Amend the bill by relettering or reiniinbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively,
SUMMARY
This amendment clarifies that each county may adopt ordinances regarding traditional
foodways in addition to direct producer-to-consunier transactions i» accordance with the
Maine Food Sovereignty Act.
The fiscal note on the amendment identifies certain requirements in the amendment as
a potential state mandate. In order to be a mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine,
a provision must require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as
to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue. The committee finds that the
section of the amendment relating to the Maine Vegetable Garden Protection Act, the
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " A" to S.P, 50, L.D. 124
^^»-lf 1 provision the fiscal note identifies as potentially a mandate, does not require any expansion
or modification of activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue.
FISCAL NOTE REQUffiED
(See attached)
Page2.132LR0043(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved; 05/15/25
LFtL.
LD 124 LR 43(02)
An Act to Protect the Right to Food
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A';
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential Stale Mandate - Unfunded
Potential future biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
State Mandates
Required Activity Unit Affected Local Cost
Requires municipalities to review ordinances for compliance with the Maine Municipality Insignificant
Vegetable Garden Protection Act. statewide
The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill
does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expendihu'es
from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund
appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a
Mandate Preamble be added to (he bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from
the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a slate mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local
units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill allows the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to lease land in parks, historic sites,
nonreserved public land and public reserved laud for certain uses. Some potential leases will involve certain
constitutional requirements for real estate held by the state. These leases will require legislative approval and will
result in additional Other Special Revenue Funds revenue to the department.
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