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Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the following:
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‘Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas,  this legislation revises the Department of Environmental Protection's annual waste discharge license fee system; and
Whereas,  in order to maintain a consistent cash flow into the waste discharge license fee account at the Department of Environmental Protection, one-quarter of the regulated community is billed in each quarter of the year; and
Whereas,  if the revised fee schedule does not become effective until 90 days after adjournment of the Legislature, one-half of the regulated community will be billed under the current fee system and the other half will be billed under the revised system, creating inequity within the regulated community as to how fees are assessed; 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,’
Amend the bill by adding before the summary the following:
‘Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause to the bill.
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