Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-L, sub-§13 is enacted to read:

13.__Interagency Expenses 12 MRSA

Task Force on Aquatic Only for §7780-A

and Terrestrial Invasive Members

and Exotic Species Appointed by

the Governor

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA c. 713, sub-c. VIII is enacted to read:

I.

SUBCHAPTER VIII

INVASIVE AND EXOTIC SPECIES

§7780-A.__Interagency Task Force on Aquatic and Terrestrial

Invasive and Exotic Species

The Interagency Task Force on Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive and Exotic Species, as established by Title 5, section 12004-L, subsection 13 and referred to in this subchapter as the "task force;" is responsible for coordinating state agencies' research, education and regulatory activities related to aquatic and terrestrial invasive and exotic species.

1.__Membership.__The task force consists of 21 members as follows.

A.__Seven members represent state agencies:

(1)__The commissioner or the commissioner's designee;

(2)__The Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources or the commissioner's designee;

(3)__The Commissioner of Transportation or the commissioner's designee;

(4)__The Chancellor of the University of Maine System or the commissioner's designee representing county extension associations; and

(5)__Three members from the Department of Conservation:__ one representative each from the Bureau of Parks and Lands, the Maine Forest Service and the Maine Natural Areas Program appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation.

B.__Five members represent federal agencies and are selected by the respective agencies: