| Sec. 1. Identification and funding of prior unfunded state mandates. Resolved: That |
| the Legislative Council of the 119th Legislature shall identify |
| mandates as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, |
| section 5685, subsection 1 that were imposed by the State on a |
| local unit or units of government during the biennium of the |
| 115th Legislature and for which at least 90% of the additional |
| local expenditures necessary to comply with the mandate were not |
| provided by the State. If no unfunded mandates were imposed |
| during that biennium, the Legislative Council shall review |
| previous biennia until an unfunded mandate or mandates are |
| identified. The council shall report its findings to the Joint |
| Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs by |
| November 15, 1999. The committee shall include funding in the |
| supplemental budget for the year 2000 to provide to the affected |
| local units of government at least 90% of the cost of |
| implementing the unfunded mandate or mandates or shall introduce |
| legislation in the Second Regular Session of the 119th |
| Legislature to reauthorize each unfunded mandate by at least a |
| 2/3 vote of the members present and voting in each body or to |
| repeal the unfunded mandate or mandates. The Legislative Council |
| of the 120th Legislature shall identify the next previous |
| unfunded mandate imposed on a local unit or units of government. |
