CHAPTER 531
S.P. 318 - L.D. 1058
An Act to Require Legislative Review of Revisions to the State's Clean Air Strategy
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA �585-A, as amended by PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, �40 and Pt. B, �159, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:
The department shall confer with the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resource matters before it proposes any revisions to the state implementation plan, required in the federal Clean Air Act, Section 110, 42 United States Code, Section 7410, that would require the State to implement new emissions reduction strategies or programs or substantially revise or terminate existing emissions reduction strategies or programs.
Sec. 2. Budget authorization. The Legislature's existing budgeted resources must be utilized for the per diem and reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses if it is necessary for all members or a subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources to meet before the Second Regular Session of the 118th Legislature convenes.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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