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Amend the amendment by striking out the substitute title and replacing it with the following:
‘Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Purchase the Department of Labor Building at 19 Union Street in Augusta and To Determine the Feasibility of Acquiring a Parcel of Land for Use as a Parking Lot by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy’
Further amend the amendment by inserting before section 1 the following:
’Sec. . 
Further amend the amendment in section 3 in the first line (page 1, line 27 in amendment) by striking out the following: “resolve” and inserting in its place the following: ‘Part’ and in the last line (page 1, line 28 in amendment) by striking out the following: “resolve” and inserting in its place the following: ‘Part’
Further amend the amendment by inserting after section 3 the following:
Sec. B-1 Assessment by Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services shall determine the feasibility of acquiring a parcel of land adjacent to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy for use as a parking lot by the academy. The parcel of land is located in the proposed Realewood Estates North subdivision as described in a deed recorded at the Kennebec County Registry of Deeds in Book 6912, Page 94 and contains a well and water line easement benefiting the former Oak Grove School, currently known as the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. In determining the feasibility of purchasing the parcel, the commissioner shall consider the cost and environmental and visual impact of the location in comparison to other potential locations for the parking lot. The commissioner shall consult with the Department of Environmental Protection to determine the environmental impact. The commissioner shall also consult with the Commissioner of Public Safety prior to any determination. The commissioner shall complete the determination no later than January 1, 2007 and report the commissioner’s recommendation to the Commissioner of Public Safety and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters by January 15, 2007.’
Further amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, upon consultation with the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Department of Environmental Protection, to determine the feasibility of acquiring a parcel of land across from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy for use as a parking lot by the academy. The State currently holds a well and water line easement on the parcel that benefits the former Oak Grove School, currently known as the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.