LD 1241, Page 3 - 122th Legislature, FIRST REGULAR Session

C.__The joint standing committee of the Legislature having

jurisdiction over education matters shall prepare a report

detailing the facts based upon a review of the materials

submitted by the trustees as part of the restructuring plan

and the review of information obtained by the joint standing

committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over

education matters in its evaluation of the restructuring

plan as described in paragraph B.__The report and

recommendation of the joint standing committee must be

presented to the Legislature.__The report of the joint

standing committee must include a recommendation as to

whether the restructuring plan should be authorized by the

Legislature.

3. Implementation of plan.__The trustees may implement the
restructuring plan only after legislation approving the plan
takes effect.

4. Application; suspension of plans.__This section applies to
any restructuring plan developed or adopted by the trustees after
September 1, 2004.__Any plan in existence on the effective date
of this section to which this section applies that has not
satisfied the requirements of this section is suspended and may
not be implemented until the requirements of this section have
been met.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble,
this Act takes effect when approved.

SUMMARY

This bill requires that prior to final adoption or
implementation of any restructuring plan, the Board of Trustees
of the University of Maine System must first submit the
restructuring plan to the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters, which has
the authority to report out legislation to approve or reject the
restructuring plan.

As emergency legislation, this bill applies to any
restructuring plan developed or adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the University of Maine System after September 1, 2004; and
the requirements of any such plan are suspended and may not be
implemented until legislation approving the restructuring plan
takes effect.

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