Amend the amendment by adding after Part C the following:

Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.

SUMMARY

This amendment amends changes made by Public Law 2013, chapter 256 concerning appointments to the Maine Land Use Planning Commission.

Section 1 clarifies the law to reflect the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's intent that the terms of the members of the commission appointed and confirmed under the existing appointment process would not be affected by the provisions of the new law that prohibit a county commissioner from serving simultaneously as a member of the commission.

Public Law 2013, chapter 256, section 17 establishes a system of staggered terms for commission members. Appointments have been made under the current law, which provides for 4-year terms, setting up an inconsistency with the proposed staggered terms. Section 2 repeals Public Law 2013, chapter 256, section 17, eliminating the inconsistency between the staggered terms language in that section and the length of terms that are currently in place for appointees to the commission who have been or are likely to be confirmed for appointment to the board this calendar year.