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Amend the bill by inserting after section 6 the following:
‘Sec. 7. 26 MRSA §962, sub-§7, ¶A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 303, §6, is further amended to read:
 
A. Any officer, board, commission, council, committee or other persons or body acting on behalf of:
 
(1) Any municipality or any subdivision of a municipality;
 
(2) Any school, water, sewer, fire or other district;
 
(3) The Maine Turnpike Authority;
 
(5) Any county or subdivision of a county;
 
(6) The Maine Public Employees Retirement System;
 
(7) The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf; or
 
(8) Any innovative, autonomous public school, innovative public school district, innovative public school zone or teacher-led school created and operated under Title 20-A, section 6212 or 6213; or
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(9) Any entity created and operated under Title 20-A, chapter 113-B; and
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, adds a section to the bill to provide that the employees of a jointly created entity established under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 113-B, which is enacted in the bill, are subject to the public sector collective bargaining laws for a public employer in accordance with Title 26, chapter 9-A.