Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §904, as amended by PL 1985, c.785, Pt. B, §63, is further amended to read:

§904. Agents and representatives

The Baxter State Park Authority shall appoint agents or representatives to carry out this subchapter. Nothing in this subchapter or deed, trust or previous rulemaking of the Baxter State Park Authority may be construed to allow for the formation of a permanent advisory committee.__Advisory committees must be appointed for and limited to only those subjects that can not be executed by park staff.__Advisory committees are appointed only for a specified period of time, with a date certain to expire, not to exceed 6 months. All appointed agents or representatives shall hold office under the rules of the Civil Service Law. They shall must be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties and a certificate thereof shall must be returned and filed in the office of the chairman chair of the authority. They shall be are appointed by the authority in accordance with the Civil Service Law and may be allowed actual necessary expenses of travel. Advisory committee members may not be housed in the park at any time without customary fees being charged or be given preferential treatment as to the making of reservations within the park.

SUMMARY

This bill prohibits permanent advisory committees for the Baxter State Park Authority. It limits any advisory committee to a 6-month appointment and it prohibits preferential treatment of committee members.