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Amend the amendment by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §13080-B, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1995, c. 166, §1, is further amended to read:
 
3. Quorum; voting.   Seven members constitute a quorum. Seven affirmative votes are required for the board to take action. A member of the authority who is not physically present at a meeting of the authority may be considered present for purposes of determining a quorum and participate and vote in all proceedings of the authority if that member is participating through combined audio and video means of communication.
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §13083-I, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 599, §1, is amended to read:
 
3. Quorum; voting.   Six members constitute a quorum. Six affirmative votes are required for the board of trustees to take action. A member of the authority who is not physically present at a meeting of the authority may be considered present for purposes of determining a quorum and participate and vote in all proceedings of the authority if that member is participating through combined audio and video means of communication.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment expressly allows a member of the Loring Development Authority of Maine or the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority who is not physically present at a meeting but who is participating through combined audio and video means of communication to be considered present for purposes of establishing a quorum and to participate and vote in all proceedings of the authority.