Whereas, this resolve creates the Commission to Evaluate the Criteria for Siting Agency Liquor Stores; and

Whereas, the study must be initiated before the 90-day period expires in order that the study may be completed and a report submitted in time for submission to the next legislative session; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, be it

Sec. 1. Commission established. Resolved: That the Commission to Evaluate the Criteria for Siting Agency Liquor Stores, referred to in this resolve as "the commission," is established; and be it further

Sec. 2. Commission membership. Resolved: That the commission consists of 10 members appointed as follows:

1. Three members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate. One member must serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs, one member must serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs and one member must serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services;

2. Five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House. Two members must serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Legal and Veterans Affairs, 2 members must serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and one member must serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services;

3. The Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee; and

4. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee; and be it further

Sec. 3. Chairs. Resolved: That the first-named Senate member is the Senate chair of the commission and the first-named House of Representatives member is the House chair of the commission; and be it further