Whereas, this resolve establishes the Task Force to Study Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing; and

Whereas, this resolve is necessary as an emergency measure to afford adequate time for the issues to be appropriately addressed by the task force; 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. Task force established. Resolved: That the Task Force to Study Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing, referred to in this resolve as "the task force," is established; and be it further

Sec. 2. Task force membership. Resolved: That the task force consists of the following members.

1. Three members of the Senate are appointed by the President of the Senate.

2. Three members of the House of Representatives are appointed by the Speaker of the House.

3. Sixteen members are appointed by the Governor as follows:

A. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development;

B. The Director of the Maine State Housing Authority;

C. The Executive Director of the State Planning Office within the Executive Department;

D. The President of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce;

E. The Executive Director of the Maine Municipal Association;

F. The President of the Maine Association of Planners;

G. A representative from a neighborhood association;

H. A representative from a city council;