Maine LD 1641: Resolve, To Further Study The Role Of Water As A Resource

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
1 L.D. 1641
2 Date: (Filing No. H- )
3 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
5 STATE OF MAINE
6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 131ST LEGISLATURE
8 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P. 1051, L.D. 1641, “Resolve, to Further
10 Study the Role of Water as a Resource”
11 Amend the resolve by inserting after the title the following:
12 'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not
13 become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
14 Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the expiration of the 90-day
15 period in order to provide sufficient time for the study established in this legislation to be
16 completed; and
17 Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within
18 the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as
19 immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,
20 therefore, be it'
21 Amend the resolve in section 7 in the first line (page 2, line 33 in L.D.) by inserting
22 after the following: "That," the following: 'notwithstanding Joint Rule 353,'
23 Amend the resolve in section 7 in the 4th line (page 2, line 36 in L.D.) by striking out
24 the following: "taxation" and inserting the following: 'environment and natural resources'
25 Amend the resolve by adding before the summary the following:
26 'Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation
27 takes effect when approved.'
28 Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or
29 section number to read consecutively.
30 SUMMARY
31 This amendment adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause. It also provides
32 that the report of the Commission to Study the Role of Water as a Resource in the State of
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P. 1051, L.D. 1641
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
33 Maine is to be submitted to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having
34 jurisdiction over environment and natural resources matters.
35 FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
36 (See attached)
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