PLEASE NOTE: Legislative Information cannot perform research, provide legal advice, or interpret Maine law. For legal assistance, please contact a qualified attorney.
Amend the bill by inserting after the first paragraph after the title the following:
‘Whereas, pursuant to the deed of gift from Governor Baxter, Mackworth Island was given to the State as trustee in trust for the benefit of the people of the State for state public purposes; and’
Amend the bill in the 3rd paragraph after the title in the first line (page 1, line 6 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "serve a" the following: 'state'
Amend the bill by inserting before section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §7407, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2005, c. 600, §1, is further amended to read:
 
6. Collection of fees.   The school board may charge service and rental fees for use of facilities of the school. Except as provided in subsectionsubsections 12-A and 12-B, any funds received for service and rental fees must be retained by the school.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment clarifies in the emergency preamble that the bill is consistent with the Governor Baxter deed of gift and clarifies that any funds received pursuant to the provision of law that allows the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to lease facilities of the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf to the State's protection and advocacy agency for persons with disabilities must be treated in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 7407, subsection 12-B and not pursuant to Title 20-A, section 7407, subsection 6.