Sec. 10. 20-A MRSA §12856, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 372, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 11. 20-A MRSA §12857, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 372, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 12. 22 MRSA c. 1071, sub-c. XII, as amended, is repealed.

Sec. 13. 26 MRSA §1082, sub-§5, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §72, is repealed.

Sec. 14. 26 MRSA §1082, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1981, c. 168, §16, is further amended to read:

6. Employment stabilization. The Commissioner of Labor, with the advice and aid of such advisory council as he may appoint, may take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise and assist in the establishment and operation, by municipalities, counties, school districts and the State, of reserves for public works to be used in times of business depression and unemployment; to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the State in every other way that may be feasible; and to these ends to carry on and publish the results of investigations and research studies.

Sec. 15. 30-A MRSA §6113 is enacted to read:

§6113.__Reporting

Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 5, section__12005-A, the board is not required to file an annual report with the Secretary of State unless the board meets and exercises any of its powers and duties during a calendar year.__In any calendar year in which the board meets and exercises any of its powers and duties, the board is subject to the provisions of Title 5, section 12005-A.

Sec. 16. 38 MRSA §2152, sub-§7 is enacted to read:

7.__Reporting.__Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 5, section 12005-A, the board is not required to file an annual report with the Secretary of State unless the board meets and exercises any of its powers and duties during a calendar year.__ In any calendar year in which the board meets and exercises any of its powers and duties, the board is subject to the provisions of Title 5, section 12005-A.

SUMMARY

This bill repeals the following boards and commissions that failed to file an annual report of activities with the Secretary of State for 1999 and 2000 or that filed annual reports with the Secretary of State indicating inactivity in the preceding 24 months: Commission on Interstate Cooperation, the Maine Area Health Education Centers Advisory Commission, the Child Welfare Advisory Committee and the state advisory council on labor. It also exempts the Board of Emergency Municipal Finance, the Petroleum Advisory Committee and the Facility Siting Board from the annual reporting provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12005-A except for any calendar year in which those bodies meet.