Sec. 1. Establishment of commission. Resolved: That the Governor shall establish a commission composed of 7 members to recommend to the Governor candidate designs for the Maine state quarter to be submitted to the United States Mint pursuant to the United States Mint 50 State Quarters Program, referred to in this resolve as the "program." The commission shall establish guidelines and procedures to disseminate to the public information concerning the program including the United States Secretary of the Treasury's design criteria and to solicit candidate designs from the public. The commission shall review the candidate designs submitted by the public and shall recommend candidate designs to the Governor to assist the Governor in choosing candidate designs to submit to the United States Mint.

SUMMARY

This resolve directs the Governor to establish a commission composed of 7 members to recommend to the Governor candidate designs for the Maine state quarter that the Governor must submit to the United States Mint pursuant to the United States Mint 50 State Quarters Program. The commission shall establish guidelines and procedures to disseminate to the public information concerning the program including the United States Secretary of the Treasury's design criteria for the Maine state quarter and to solicit candidate designs from the public. The commission shall review the design candidates and make recommendations to the Governor to assist the Governor in choosing candidate designs for the Maine State Quarter to submit to the United States Mint.