An Act To Protect Conservation Trust Funds Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3211-A, sub-§4, 1fC, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 624, §4, is amended to read: C. AJ:'e Except as provided in subsection 7 -A, are no less than 0.5% of the total transmission and distribution revenues of the transmission and distribution utility; and Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3211-A, sub-§7-A is enacted to read: 7-A. Funds held in trust. All funds collected from electricity consumers pursuant to this section, including assessments collected from transmission and distribution utilities and deposited in the program fund or the administration fund and any prior conservation efforts, are collected under the authority and for the purposes of this section and, whether held by the commission, transmission and distribution utilities or their agents, are deemed to be held in trust for the purposes of benefiting electricity consumers. In the event funds are not Page l-LR1683(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0805
Committee Amendment CA_A_S133 (Senate)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3211-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/f,, to S.P. 284, L.D. 
Act To Create a Sustainable Energy Trust Fund" 
805, Bill, "An 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Protect Conservation Trust Funds' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3211-A, sub-§4, 1fC, as enacted by PL 2001, 
c. 624, §4, is amended to read: 
C. 
AJ:'e Except as provided in subsection 7 -A, are no less 
than 
0.5% 
of 
the 
total 
transmission 
and 
distribution 
revenues of the transmission and distribution utility; and 
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3211-A, sub-§7-A is enacted to read: 
7-A. 
Funds 
held in trust. 
All 
funds 
collected 
from 
electricity 
consumers 
pursuant 
to 
this 
section, 
including 
assessments 
collected 
from 
transmission 
and 
distribution 
utilities and deposited in the program fund or the administration 
fund and any prior conservation efforts, are collected under the 
authority and for the purposes of this section and, whether held 
by the commission, 
transmission and distribution utilities or 
their agents, are deemed to be held in trust for the purposes of 
benefiting electricity consumers. 
In the event funds are not 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. 4 
.. to S.P. 284, L.D. 805 
expended or contracted for expenditure within 2 years of being 
collected from consumers, the commission shall return the value 
of those funds to consumers by appropriate reductions in the 
assessment collected pursuant to subsection 4.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint 
Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy, replaces the bill and 
changes the title to reflect the changes to the bill. 
This 
amendment 
deems 
funds 
collected 
from 
electricity 
consumers 
pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 
35-A, 
section 
32ll-A to be held in trust for 
the 
purposes 
of benefiting 
electricity consumers. 
In the event these funds are not expended 
or contracted for expenditure within 2 years of being collected 
from consumers, the Public Utili ties Commission is directed to 
return the value of those funds to consumers by reducing the 
assessment 
it 
collects 
from 
transmission 
and 
distribution 
utilities pursuant to Title 35-A, section 32ll-A. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 05106/03 ,;t;vae. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD805 
An Act to Protect Conservation Trust Funds 
LR 1683(02) 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment #'S~ /33 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Majority 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium savings - Other Special Revenue Funds 
This bill authorizes the Public Utilites Commission to reduce funds collected from electric consumers including 
assessments collected from transmission and distribution utilities for conservation programs in the event that funds are 
not expended within 2 years of being collected. 
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