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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
                  FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document                                                                  No. 203
S.P. 92                                                            In Senate, January 27, 2021
          An Act To Increase Funding for the St. Croix International
          Waterway Commission
   Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 25, 2021. Referred to the Committee
on Environment and Natural Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
                                                                        DAREK M. GRANT
                                                                       Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator MOORE of Washington.
Cosponsored by Representative JAVNER of Chester and
Representatives: PERRY of Calais, TUELL of East Machias.
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 1   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
 2       Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
 3   allocations are made.
 4   ST. CROIX INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY COMMISSION
 5   St. Croix International Waterway Commission 0576
 6   Initiative: Increases ongoing funding to the St. Croix International Waterway Commission
 7   to cover increased operational costs and for a portion of the cost of one full-time
 8   Administrative Assistant position. The funding is contingent upon the Province of New
 9   Brunswick, Canada providing a matching amount to the commission.
10   GENERAL FUND                                    2020-21          2021-22          2022-23
11    All Other                                       $25,000         $25,000          $25,000
12                                                __________       __________       __________
13   GENERAL FUND TOTAL                               $25,000         $25,000          $25,000
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10       Sec. 2. Contingent effective date. Section 1 of this Act does not take effect unless
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11   the St. Croix International Waterway Commission notifies the Commissioner of
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12   Environmental Protection and the State Controller that the Province of New Brunswick,
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13   Canada has committed to providing at least $25,000 per fiscal year to cover the increased
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14   operational costs of the commission and a portion of the cost of one full-time
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15   Administrative Assistant position. The State Controller shall notify the Revisor of Statutes
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16   upon receipt of notification from the St. Croix International Waterway Commission that
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17   the Province of New Brunswick, Canada has committed to providing funding under this
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18   section.
23                                         SUMMARY
24      This bill provides an additional $25,000 per fiscal year to the St. Croix International
25   Waterway Commission but only if the Province of New Brunswick, Canada commits to
26   match the funding.
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