An Act To Amend the Membership and Reporting Requirements for the Citizen Trade Policy Commission
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §11, sub-§4, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 699, §2, is amended to read:
B.
The following 5 4 commissioners or the commissioners' designees of the following 5 4 departments and the president or the president's designee of the Maine International Trade Center who serve as ex officio, nonvoting members:
(2) (rp) Department of Economic and Community Development;
(3) Department of Environmental Protection;
(4) Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources; and
(5) Department of Human Services.
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §11, sub-§9, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 699, §2, is amended to read:
C. Shall every 2 years conduct an annual assessment of the impacts of international trade agreements on Maine's state laws, municipal laws, working conditions and business environment . The assessment must be submitted and made available to the public as provided for in the annual report in paragraph D;
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §11, sub-§9, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 699, §2, is amended to read:
D. Shall maintain active communications with and submit an annual report to the Governor, the Legislature, the Attorney General, municipalities, Maine's congressional delegation, the Maine International Trade Center, the Maine Municipal Association, the United States Trade Representative's Office, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the National Association of Attorneys General or the successor organization of any of these groups. The commission shall make the report easily accessible to the public by way of a publicly accessible site on the Internet maintained by the State. The report must contain information acquired pursuant to activities under paragraphs paragraph B and may contain information acquired pursuant to activities under paragraph C;
Sec. 4. 10 MRSA §12 is enacted to read:
For purposes of holding a meeting, a quorum is 11 members. A quorum must be present to start a meeting but not to continue or adjourn a meeting. For purposes of voting, a quorum is 9 voting members.
Effective September 20, 2007