Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §11, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 346, §2, is amended to read:
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §11, sub-§§9 and 10 are enacted to read:
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Council N144
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Council to carry out the duties of the council and to establish the office of executive director to provide leadership and management expertise that will assist the council in achieving its goals.
GENERAL FUND |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
All Other
|
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
|
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
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SUMMARY
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill to make the following changes to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Council.
1. Like the bill, it authorizes the council to establish the office of executive director to provide leadership and management expertise to assist the council in meeting its goals, but further allows the council to enter into an agreement, to the extent that public and private funds are available, to contract with an executive director.
2. It adds the Maine Maritime Academy to the entities that jointly provide staff support to the council.
3. It authorizes the council to receive and expend funds from public and private sources to carry out the council’s duties.
4. It reduces the General Fund appropriation from $250,000 to $50,000 in each year of the biennium and provides that funds do not lapse but are carried forward for the purposes of the council.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)