Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §8002, sub-§§1-A and 1-B are enacted to read:

1-A.__Commissioner.__"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation.

1-B.__Department.__"Department" means the Department of Transportation.

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §8006, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 374, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§8006. Additional funding

The authority is directed to use any revenues it receives from the operation of the passenger rail service established pursuant to this chapter as follows.

1.__Operational expenses.__The authority is directed to pay the operational expenses of that service.__The authority is directed to seek and use funds necessary to pay all operational expenses of the passenger rail service that are not met by fares and other funds or revenues.__For the purposes of this subsection, "operational expenses" includes, but is not limited to, all additional capital expenses necessary to maintain the passenger rail service.

2.__Expansion of existing rail service.__In addition to the funds that the authority is to seek and use pursuant to section 8005, the authority is directed to seek and use funds in the amounts necessary for the expansion of now existing passenger rail service between Portland and Boston, Massachusetts northward from Portland to Brunswick with such expanded service to be placed in operation no later than January 1, 2007.

3.__Connecting passenger rail service.__The authority is directed to seek and use funds in the amounts necessary to provide connecting passenger rail service between Brunswick and Rockland with such connecting service to be placed in operation no later than January 1, 2007.

Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §8112, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 374, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

1.__Board of directors.__The authority consists of a board of 7 directors, 6 of whom are appointed by the Governor subject to review and confirmation by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters.__One