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(2)__One youth who has attained 16 years of age and is
enrolled in an equivalent instruction program under
Title 20-A, chapter 211, subchapter 1-A; and

 
(3)__Two members of the Senate.

 
B.__The Speaker of the House shall appoint the following 10
members:

 
(1)__Seven youths who have attained 16 years of age and
who are enrolled in programs that lead to a secondary
school diploma or certificate of attendance or a
general equivalency diploma, enrolled in equivalent
instruction programs under Title 20-A, chapter 211,
subchapter 1-A or enrolled at postsecondary educational
institutions located in the State;

 
(2)__One youth who has attained 16 years of age and who
is enrolled in an equivalent instruction program under
Title 20-A, chapter 211, subchapter 1-A; and

 
(3)__Two members of the House of Representatives.

 
Sec. B-3. 3 MRSA §168-A, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003,
c. 481, §2, is amended to read:

 
4. Chairs. There is a legislative chair and a youth chair of
the council. The legislative chair alternates every 2 years
between the first-appointed member of the House of
Representatives and the first-appointed member of the Senate,
beginning in 2003 with the first-appointed member of the House of
Representatives serving as the legislative chair for the 121st
Legislature. The members shall elect one of their youth members
to serve as the youth chair for a term of one year that biennium.

 
Sec. B-4. 3 MRSA §168-A, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt.
PPPP, §1 and affected by §4, is amended to read:

 
5. Integration with learning results. The Department of
Education may seek the cooperation of the council shall work
cooperatively with the Department of Education on the integration
of council experience into the learning results standards in
student service and career preparation.

 
Sec. B-5. Transition provisions; youth appointments. Notwithstanding the
provision of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3, section 168-A,
subsection 3, youth members of the Legislative Youth Advisory
Council established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3,
section 168-A who were appointed to the council prior to the
effective date of this Act for a term of


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