An Act to Amend the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2012
Committee Amendment CA_A_H966 (House)
Amends: 25 MRSA §2468

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/-f " to H.P. 1342, L.D. 2012, "An Act to Amend the
Laws Governing Carbon Monoxide Detectors"
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the following:
Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government
to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local
revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to
the Constitution of Maine, Article DC, Section 21,2/3 of all of the members elected to each
House have determined it necessary to enact this measure.'
Amend the bill m section 3 in subsection 11 in the first line (page 1, line 30 in L.D.)
by inserting after the following: "facilities" the following: 'constructed prior to January
1.2027'
Amend the bill m section 3 in subsection 11 in the first Hue (page 1, line 30 in L.D.)
by inserting after the following: "facility" the following: 'constructed prior to January 1,
2027"
Amend the bill by mserting after section 3 the following:
•See. 4. 25 MRSA §2468, sub-§ll-A is enacted to read:
ll-A,Educational facilities constructed on or after January 1, 2027. An
educational facility constructed on or after January 1. 2027 shall install, or cause to be
installed, carbon monoxide detectors by the manufacturer's requirements and in accordance
with the reauirements of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association
as adoptedjyy the Coimmssioner of Public Safety in each buildmg of the educational facility
that is used for educational purposes by at least 6 persons for at least 4 hours per day or
more than 12 hours per week.'
Amend the bill in section 4 in subsection 14 in the 2nd line (page 2, line 3 in L.D.) by
strikmg out the following: "a state, county or municipal law enforcement officer:"
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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COMMITreEAMENDiMENT "H" to H.P. 1342, L.D.2012
SUMMARY
This amendment does fhe following.
1. It limits the current requirements regarding the power source for carbon monoxide
detectors for educational facilities to those constructed prior to January 1, 2027.
2. It requires educational facilities constructed on or after January 1, 2027 to have
carbon monoxide detectors installed in accordance with the Life Safety Code of the
National Fire Protection Association but does not specify fhe power requirements.
3. It removes enforcement of the laws regarding carbon monoxide detectors by state,
county or municipal law enforcement officers as proposed in the bill.
4. It adds a mandate preamble.
FISCAL NOTE REQmRED
(See attached)
Page2-132LR2780(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved: 03/31/26
LR.L.
LD 2012 LR 2780(02)
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Exempted
State Mandates
Required Activity • Unit Affected Local Cost
I Requires educational facilities to install additional carbon monoxide detectors in School Significant
accordance with the requirements of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire statewide
Protection Association as adopted by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
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 expenditures
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 the 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 state 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
Prelimmary estimates indicate that the total cost for all elementary, middle, and secondary school buildings is likely to
range from $500,000 to $1,190,000, These estimates assumes that the cost of installing the additional required carbon
monoxide detectors will range from $600 to $1500 per school for Maine's 174 elementary schools, $900 to $2000 per
school for Maine's 171 middle schools, and $1500 to $3000 per school for Maine's 122 secondary schools,
Any additional costs to the Department of Public Safety and State institutions of higher education are minor and can be
absorbed within existing budgeted resources,
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