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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

PART D

     Sec. D-1. 5 MRSA �12004-I, sub-�36-D is enacted to read:

36-D. Human Services

Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Council

Expenses/ Legislative Per Diem for Non- salaried Employee Members

22 MRSA �272

     Sec. D-2. 22 MRSA c. 102 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 102
TOBACCO TAX AND HEALTH PROTECTION

�271. Definitions

     As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

     1. Bureau. "Bureau" means the Bureau of Health.

     2. Advisory council. "Advisory council" means the Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Council.

     3. Program. "Program" means the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.

     4. Tobacco products. "Tobacco products" means any form of tobacco and any material or device used in the smoking, chewing or other form of tobacco consumption, including cigarette papers and pipes.

�272. Tobacco Prevention and Control Program

     1. Program established. The Tobacco Prevention and Control Program is established in the bureau. The purposes of the program are to prevent the State's youths from ever using tobacco products and to assist youths and adults who currently smoke cigarettes and use other tobacco products to discontinue that use. The program includes the following components:

The bureau shall administer the program with the review and advice provided by the council in subsection 2 and may contract for professional services to carry out the program.

     2. Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Council. The Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Council is established under Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 36-D to review the program. The advisory council shall provide advice to the bureau in carrying out its duties under this section and ensure coordination of the program with relevant nonprofit and community agencies and the Department of Education, the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, the Office of Substance Abuse and other relevant state agencies. The advisory council consists of 9 members, appointed as follows:

Appointments to the advisory council must be made by October 15, 1997. Members serve for 3-year terms and may be reappointed. When the appointment of all members is complete, the Governor or the Governor's designee shall convene the first meeting of the advisory council no later than November 15, 1997. The advisory council shall choose a chair from among its members and establish its procedure for reaching decisions. The bureau shall provide staff assistance to the advisory council. The advisory council shall report annually on the program to the Governor and the Legislature by December 1st and include any recommendations or proposed legislation to further the purposes of the program.
The appointing authority shall fill a vacancy on the advisory council for the remainder of the vacant term. Each member who is not a salaried employee is entitled to compensation as provided in Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 36-D, following approval of expenses by the Director of the Bureau of Health.

     Sec. D-3. Allocation. The following funds are allocated from Other Special Revenue to carry out the purposes of this Part.

1997-98 1998-99

HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Bureau of Health

Provides funds from the Tobacco Tax Relief Fund to support the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program.

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