CHAPTER 616

S.P. 856 - L.D. 2114

An Act To Implement Organizational Improvements to the

Legislative Youth Advisory Council

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

PART A

Sec. A-1. 3 MRSA §168-A, sub-§12 is enacted to read:

12.__Solicitation of funds prohibited without prior written approval.__No public or private entity may solicit or receive funds from any source on behalf of or for the benefit of the council without prior written approval of the Legislative Council or its executive director.__All such funds, if approved and when received by the requesting entity, must be immediately transferred in full to the Legislature and reserved by the Legislature for use by the council.

Sec. A-2. PL 2005, c. 414, §§3 to 5 are repealed.

Sec. A-3. Commissioner of Education to fund 2 public forums of the Legislative Youth Advisory Council during fiscal year 2006-07. The Commissioner of Education shall use funds received by the Department of Education to support the Task Force on Citizenship Education, established pursuant to Resolve 2003, chapter 143, to pay all costs associated with 2 statewide public forums to be held by the Legislative Youth Advisory Council established in the Maine Revised Statute, Title 3, section 168-A. Furthermore, the department shall reimburse the Legislature for Legislator