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Amend the amendment in section 1 in §1059 by inserting after subsection 2 the following:
 
‘3.  Repeal.  This section is repealed June 30, 2012.’
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. Report. By January 15, 2012 the judicial branch shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and judiciary matters concerning the fiscal, administrative and practical effects of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 1059. The Attorney General may provide information to the judicial branch to be included in the report.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment requires the judicial branch to submit a report by January 15, 2012 to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and judiciary matters concerning the fiscal, administrative and practical effects of the new law providing for the remitting of certain civil and criminal fines to the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation. The Attorney General may submit information to be included in the report.
This amendment repeals the new law on June 30, 2012.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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