An Act to Reform the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1637
Committee Amendment CA_A_S293 (Senate)
Amends: 5 MRSA §13083

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"/) "to S.P. 645, L.D. 1637, "An Act to Reform the 
Midcoast Regional Redevelopment A~l10l'ity" 
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Amend the bill by sh·iking out all of sections 4 and 5 and inse1ting the following: 
'Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §13083-1, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 599, §1, is atl:1:ended 
to read: 
2. Membership; appointment. The authority is governed by a board of trust~es 
composed of H 12 voting members appointed pursuant to paragraphs C and D by the 
Governor and subject to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over economic development matters and to confirmation by the Senate and one 
additional trustee who serves as a voting member appointed pursuant to paragraph F by the 
Governor. 
A. Trustees Except for the trustee appointed pursuant to paragraph F, trustees are 
appointed for 4-year te1·ms, except that, for initial appointments, 3 trustees are 
appointed to one-year tel'lns, 3 trustees are appointed to 2-yea1· terms, 2 trnstees are 
appointed to 3-year terms, 2 trustees are appointed to 4-year terms and the 
com1nissienet' commissioners designated pu1·suant to paragraph D set'YeS ~ 
at the 
pleasure of the Governor. A vacancy must be filled in the same manner as the original 
appointment for the balance of the unexpired term. 
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B. A trustee continues to hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified, but 
the term of the successol' is not altered from the original expirntion date of the holdover 
trustee's term. 
C, The Governor shall make 10 appointments appoint 10 trustees. who serve as voting 
membe1·s, of which no fev.•er than 7 must be from eandidates 'Nho are 1·esidents of 
Andrnscoggin County, Gumbel'land County and Sagadahoc County and are nominated 
by the primafy impact communities at least 3 are residents of Brunswick. Brnnswick 
town officials 01· Brunswick business owners and at least one is a resident of Topsham. 
a staff member of the Topsham town administration or a Topsham business owner. 
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"to S.P. 645, L.D. 1637 cs-a-13) 
The Governor shall appoint members who reflect the divel'sity of interests represented 
by these communities, 
D. The Govemor shall designate a commissionet' 2 commissioners of a department f 
different departments of State Government to be a voting, ex officio member members 
of the boa1·d of trustees. 
E. A 1nen1ber appointed to the boa1·d of trnstees may not hole an elected office in 
municipal, county or state go•,re1·muent. 
F. The Govemor shall appoint one tmstee, who serves as a voting member, from a 
preapproved list of candidates for the trustee seat provided by the Brunswick town 
council.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in the blocked paragraph in the first line (page 2, line 1 S in 
L.D.) by inserting after the following: 
11apply to
the following: 'a proposed development 
to be located on property owned or controlled by' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 8. 
Amend the bill by relettering or 1·enumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the bill by 1·equiring there to be at least one Topsham resident; 
Topsham town administration staff member or Topsham business owner on the board of 
trnstees of the Mid coast Regional Redevelopment Authority and reduces to 3 the minimum 
numbe1· of trustees that are residents of Brunswick or Brunswick town officials or 
Brnnswick business owners. The amendment also directs the Govemor to appoint a tmstee 
member, who serves a 4-year term, from a list of pl'eapproved candidates provided by the 
Brunswick town council and removes the trustee appointed annually by the chair of the 
town council. The amendment removes the nonvoting member who is a Senator or 
Representative representing Brunswick or Topsham. The amendment maintains the 
inclusion of the authority under the Maine Tort Claims Act, which was repealed by the bill. 
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