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Amend the amendment by inserting after the title the following:
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act Concerning the Public Records Exception for Gubernatorial and Legislative Working Papers
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. 1 MRSA §402, sub-§3, ¶C, as amended by PL 1991, c. 773, §2, is repealed.
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 3 the following:
‘Sec. 4. 4 MRSA §1701, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 451, §1, is amended to read:
 
7. Meeting; quorum; concurrence.   The Executive Director of the Legislative Council shall call the first meeting of the commission no later than 5 days after the appointments are made. For all subsequent meetings, the commission shall meet, either in person or by teleconference, on the call of the chair or on the request of at least 2 members. The presence of at least 2 members is required to conduct a meeting. The concurrence of at least 2 members is required for any formal action taken by the commission. The working papers, draft reports and other papers of the commission in the possession of a legislative employee are excepted from the definition of public records in accordance with Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph C.
Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
LEGISLATURE
 
Legislature 0081
 
Initiative: Provides funds for one additional clerical position to handle the projected increase in the number of requests for information resulting from the repeal of confidentiality for certain legislative records.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	0.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$0	$44,239	
All Other	$0	$1,500	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$45,739	
 
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Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment maintains the provisions of Committee Amendment "A" and repeals the public records exception that applies to legislative working papers and other records. It also adds an appropriations and allocations section.