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Amend the amendment by inserting at the end before the summary the following:
‘Sec. 2.  Resolve 2009, c. 108, §2, sub-§8  is amended to read:
8. A representative from the Maine School and Library Network; and be it further.
Sec. 3.  Resolve 2009, c. 108, §2  is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:
A member of the council who is a Legislator and who was appointed to the council during the 124th Legislature continues to be a member of the council as long as that member remains a Legislator. The appropriate presiding officer of the 125th Legislature may fill a vacancy in a legislative seat on the council that exists on December 1, 2010 no later than January 3, 2011; and be it further
Sec. 4.  Resolve 2009, c. 108, §9  is amended to read:
Sec. 9. Termination. Resolved: That the council terminates December 1, 20102012; and be it further
Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
LEGISLATURE
 
Study Commissions - Funding 0444
 
Initiative: Provides an allocation for the additional estimated costs of the Broadband Strategy Council to be paid to the Legislature by the ConnectME Authority.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2009-10	2010-11	
Personal Services	$0	$275	
All Other	$0	$630	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	$905	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment delays the termination date of the Broadband Strategy Council from December 1, 2010 to December 1, 2012. It provides that a member of the council who is a Legislator and who was appointed to the council during the 124th Legislature continues to be a member of the council as long as that member remains a Legislator. It authorizes the appropriate presiding officer of the 125th Legislature to fill a vacancy in a legislative seat on the council that exists on the date that the 125th Legislature convenes.
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