| Sec. 1. Study of division of Maine into 2 states. Resolved: That the Executive |
| Department, State Planning Office shall study the feasibility and |
| effects of dividing Maine into 2 separate states. The territory |
| of the new states must correspond to the congressional First |
| District and Second District as defined in the Maine Revised |
| Statutes, Title 21-A, section 1205. The State Planning Office |
| shall submit its report and recommendations, including any |
| implementing legislation, to the Second Regular Session of the |
| 122nd Legislature no later than January 15, 2006. |