An Act To Make Additional Allocations from the Highway Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Govermaent and To Change Certain Provisions of State Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Govermnent for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2007 Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and Whereas, the 90-day period may not terminate until after the beginning of the next fiscal year; and Whereas, certain obligations and expenses incident to the operation of state departments and institutions will become due and payable immediately; and Page l-LR3082(3) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1974
Committee Amendment CA_B_H1037 (House)
Amends: 23 MRSA §4210-C, 36 MRSA §3208-A, 32 MRSA §85

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,£" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974, Bill, "An 
Act To Make Additional Allocations from the Highway Fund and 
Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and To 
Change Certain Provisions of State Law Necessary to the Proper 
Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 
30, 2005 and June 30, 2006" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Make Additional Allocations from the Highway Fund and 
Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Govermaent and To 
Change Certain Provisions of State Law Necessary to the Proper 
Operations of State Govermnent for the Fiscal Years Ending June 
30, 2006 and June 30, 2007' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
title and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the 90-day period may not terminate until after the 
beginning of the next fiscal year; and 
Whereas, certain obligations and expenses incident to the 
operation of state departments and institutions will become due 
and payable immediately; and 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of 
Maine 
and 
require 
the 
following 
legislation 
as 
immediately 
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety; now, therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
PART A 
Sec. A-I. Supplemental allocations. 
There are allocated from 
the Highway Fund for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006 and 
June 30, 2007, to the departments listed, the following sums. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FIlfARCIAL SERVICES, 
DEPARTMERT OF 
Buildings and Grounds Operations 
0080 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funding 
for 
the increase 
in fuel 
and 
utility costs. 
HIGHWAY FOND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, 
DEPARTMERT OF 
DEPAR'l'MEBT '1"O'rALS 
HIGHWAY FOND 
DEPAR"l".MEBT TOTAL -
ALL FlJRDS 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPAR"l"MENT OF 
State Police 
0291 
2005-06 
$100,000 
$100,000 
2005-06 
$100,000 
$100,000 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for a new heating system at the 
Maine State Police garage in South Portland. 
HIGHWAY FOND 
Capital Expenditures 
4.6 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Motor Vehicle Inspection 
0329 
2005-06 
$31,500 
$31,500 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for increased vehicle fuel costs. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,8" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
HIGHWAY FOND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Traffic Safety 
0546 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$1,504 
$1,504 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for increased vehicle fuel costs. 
HIGHWAY FOND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
Traffic Safety - Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 
0715 
2006-07 
$1,800 
$1,800 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for increased vehicle fuel costs. 
HIGHWAY FOND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT 'l'OTALS 
HIGHWAY FORD 
DEPARTMENT '.l'OTAL -
ALL FORDS 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 
0077 
2005-06 
$25,968 
$25,968 
2005-06 
$57,468 
$57,468 
2006-07 
$7,404 
$7,404 
2006-07 
$10,708 
$10,708 
Initiative: 
Continues 
Motor Vehicle Service Representative 
limited-period positions established in Financial Order 002087 F6 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
handling 
increased customer 
transactions 
involving driver's licenses. Personal Services funding is not 
needed in fiscal year 
2005-06 as 
a 
result of filling these 
positions later in the fiscal year than originally intended. 
HIGHWAY FOND 
Personal Services 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 
0077 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$477,020 
$477,020 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~" to B.P. 1382. L.D. 1974 
Initiative: 
Reduces funding approved in Public Law 2005, chapter 
that provided funds for certain services from licensed sign 
language interpreters. 
HIGHWAY FUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 
0077 
2005-06 
($66,000) 
($66,000) 
2006-07 
($101,000) 
($101,000) 
Initiative: 
Provides funding to pay the $1 driver's license 
agent fee for processing driver's licenses, state identifications 
and duplicate driver's licenses online. 
HIGHWAY FORD 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 
0077 
2005-06 
$12,000 
$12,000 
2006-07 
$15,600 
$15,600 
Ini tiati ve: 
Provides 
funding 
for 
capital 
improvements 
for 
building security and computer room security at the Bureau of 
Motor Vehicles building at 101 Hospital Street in Augusta. 
HIGHWAY FORD 
Capital Expenditures 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 
0077 
2005-06 
$118,500 
$118,500 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Continues 
one 
Deputy Secretary of State position 
established by financial order in accordance with the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 81 to manage the department's 
computer migration project. This position will end on October 28, 
2006. 
Transfers All Other to Personal Services 
to 
fund 
the 
position. 
HIGHWAY FUND 
2005-06 
2006-07 
Personal Services 
$0 
$34,750 
All Other 
$0 
($34,750) 
HI GHWAY FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$0 
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SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT mTALS 
2005-06 
2006-07 
HIGHWAY FORD 
$64,500 
$391,620 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT :bOO to H.P. 1382. L.D. 1974 
DEPAR"l'MERT TOrAL -
ALL FUNDS 
$64,50.0. 
$391,620. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bond Interest - Highway 
0.358 
Initiative: 
Allocates funding for debt service interest on bonds 
issued for highway and bridge improvement projects. 
HIGIDfAY FUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Hiqlnray and Bridge Improvement 
0.40.6 
20.0.5-0.6 
$0 
$0 
20.0.6-0.7 
$438,603 
$438,603 
Ini tiati ve: 
Provides funding for capital improvement 
resulting 
from 
increased 
revenue 
estimates 
provided 
Revenue Forecasting Committee in December 2005. 
projects 
by 
the 
HIGBlfAY FUND 
Capital Expenditures 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Highway and Bridge Improvement 
0.40.6 
20.0.5-0.6 
$1,845,000 
$1,845,000 
20.0.6-0.7 
$3,320,000 
$3,320,000 
Initiative: 
Provides 
funding for capital improvement projects 
resulting from a fiscal year 2004-05 unencumbered balance forward 
lapsing to the unallocated surplus of the Highway Fund in fiscal 
year 2005-06. 
HIGBlfAY FUND 
All Other 
Capital Expenditures 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Ca11ahan Mine Site Restoration 
ZOo.7 
20.0.5-0.6 
$3,000,000 
$7,944,305 
$10,944,305 
20.0.6-0.7 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for continued mitigation expenses 
of the Callahan Mine site. 
4.6 
O'l'BER SPECIAL REVEHUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Is1and Ferry Service 
0.326 
20.0.5-0.6 
$500,000 
$500,000 
20.0.6-0.7 
$500,000 
$500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT }" to H.P. 1382. L.D. 1974 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for the collective bargaining cost 
of the 
Maine State Ferry Service. 
Funding for fiscal year 
2005-06 reflects resources transferred from the Marine Highway 
Transportation program. 
Fiscal year 2006-07 funding is provided 
by an anticipated increase in Maine State Ferry Service revenues. 
ISLAND FERRY SERVICES FORD 
Personal Services 
ISLAND FERRY SERVICES FUND TOTAL 
Island Ferry Service 
0326 
2005-06 
$109,253 
$109,253 
2006-07 
$222,165 
$222,165 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for the increased cost of fuel for 
ferry vessels. 
ISLAND FERRY SERVICES FORD 
All Other 
ISLAND FERRY SERVICES FUND TOTAL 
Marine Highway Transportation 
Z016 
2005-06 
$300,000 
$300,000 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for the collective bargaining cost 
of the Maine State Ferry Service. 
Funding for fiscal year 
2005-06 reflects resources transferred from the Marine Highway 
Transportation program. 
Fiscal year 2006-07 funding is provided 
by an anticipated increase in Maine State Ferry Service revenues. 
HIGHWAY FUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Marine Highway Transportation 
Z016 
2005-06 
$109,253 
$109,253 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for the increased cost of fuel for 
ferry vessels. 
4.6 
HIGHWAY FUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Maintenance and Operations 
0330 
2005-06 
$300,000 
$300,000 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for the increased cost of heating 
oil, diesel, salt and plow steel. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT jf)" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 197. 
HIGBNAY FUND 
2005-06 
All Other 
$2,350,954 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
$2,350,954 
Maintenance and Operations 
0330 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Reduces 
funds 
due to a 
reimbursement of Federal 
Emergency Management Agency costs. 
IDGBNAY FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Maintenance and Operatio~ 
0330 
2005-06 
($374,261) 
($1,069,503) 
($1,443,764) 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: 
Reduces funds for rental costs 
increase 
in Fleet 
Services 
resources 
as 
divestiture of the employee health fund. 
due to a one-time 
a 
result 
of 
the 
HIGBNAY FUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
HIGHWAY FUND 
orDER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
ISLAND FERRY SERVICES FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
SECTICJI TOTALS 
HIGHWAY FUND 
orDER SPECIAL REVENUE FORDS 
ISLAND FERRY SERVICE 
SECTIOlf 1'OTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
2005-06 
($1,316,443) 
($1,316,443) 
2005-06 
$12,789,305 
$500,000 
$409,253 
$13,698,558 
2005-06 
$13,011,273 
$500,000 
$409,253 
$13,920,526 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$3,758,603 
$500,000 
$222,165 
$4,480,768 
2006-07 
$4,160,931 
$500,000 
$222,165 
$4,883,096 
PART B 
Sec. B·l. Supplemental allocations. 
There are allocated from 
the Highway Fund for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006 and 
June 30, 2007, to the departments listed, the following sums, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
in order to provide funding for approved reclassifications and 
range changes. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maintenance and Operations 
0330 
HIGHWAY FORD 
Personal Services 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPERDITORES FOND 
Personal Services 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
TOTAL 
Suspense Receivable - Transportation 
0344 
0'1'HER SPECIAL REVENUE FONDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Highway and Bridge Improvement 
0406 
HIGHWAY FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDlTORES FOND 
Personal Services 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
TOTAL 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPAR'I'MENT OF 
DEPAIlTMENT 1.'O'.lALS 
4.6 
HIGHWAY FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FOND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FONDS 
DEPAIlTMENT 'TOrAL -
ALL FUNDS 
2005-06 
$4,040 
($4,040) 
$0 
2005-06 
$383 
$383 
2005-06 
$51 
($51) 
$0 
2005-06 
$2,037 
($2,037) 
$0 
2005-06 
$2,457 
$2,457 
2005-06 
$0 
$2,840 
$0 
$2,840 
2006-07 
$8,581 
($8,581) 
$0 
2006-07 
$813 
$813 
2006-07 
$108 
($108) 
$0 
2006-07 
$2,879 
($2,879) 
$0 
2006-07 
$3,469 
$3,469 
2006-07 
$0 
$4,282 
$0 
$4,282 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
PARTC 
Sec. C-l. 23 MRSA §4210-C, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 
457, Pt. GGG, §3, is amended to read: 
2. 
Purpose of account. 
The purpose of the account is to 
allow the Highway Fund to provide support to the Maine State 
Ferry Service that was previously provided by the General Fund 
because ferries are an integral part of the highway system and 
carry motor vehicles 
and 
are the 
only method of vehicular 
transportation available to and from the islands. 
The state 
support to the Marine Highway account may not exceed 50' of the 
budgeted revenues that support the operating cost of the Maine 
State Ferry Service. 
PARTD 
Sec. D-l. Transfer of Highway Fund unallocated balance; capital 
program needs; Department of Transportation. 
Notwithstanding the 
Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, 
section 1585 or 
any other 
provision of law, 
at the close of fiscal years 
2005-06 
and 
2006-07, the State Controller shall transfer amounts exceeding 
$1,000,000 from the unallocated balance in the Highway Fund after 
the deduction of all allocations, financial commitments, other 
designated funds or any other transfer authorized by statute and 
the fiscal year 2005-06 unallocated balance dedicated to the 
fiscal year 2006-07 budgets to the Department of Transportation 
for capital needs in the Highway and Bridge Improvement 
and 
Maintenance 
and 
Operations 
programs. 
The 
Commissioner 
of 
Transportation is authorized to allot these funds by financial 
order upon the recommendation of the State Budget Officer and the 
approval of the Governor. 
The transferred amounts are considered 
adjustments to allocations. 
Within 30 days of approval of the 
financial order, the Commissioner of Transportation shall provide 
to the members of the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction 
over 
transportation 
matters 
a 
report 
detailing 
the 
financial 
status 
of 
the 
department's 
capital 
program. 
PART E 
Sec. E-l. Transfer authorized. 
Notwithstanding 
the 
Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585 or any other provision of 
4.6 
law, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2007 
the Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to transfer, by 
financial order 
upon the 
recommendation of the State Budget 
Officer and approval of the Governor, identified Highway Fund 
Personal Services savings to any other program or line category 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT $ .. to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
wi thin the Highway Fund to fund capi tal program needs. 
The 
financial order must identify the specific savings in Personal 
Services after assuming all costs for that program including 
collective bargaining costs. 
The Commissioner of Transportation 
shall provide a report by September 15, 2006 and September 15, 
2007 
to the members of the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction 
over 
transportation 
matters 
detailing the financial adjustments to the Highway Fund. 
PARTF 
Sec. 
F·l. 
Transfer 
of 
Personal 
Services 
allocations. 
Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1585 
or any other provision of law, available balances of Highway Fund 
allocations for Personal Services in fiscal years 2005-06 and 
2006-07 may be transferred by financial order between programs 
and departments wi thin the Highway Fund upon recommendation of 
the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor to be used 
for costs associated with collective bargaining agreements for 
state employees. 
PARTG 
Sec. G·l. Bond Retirement . Highway Fund; lapsed balances. 
Notwithstanding 
any 
other 
provision 
of 
law, 
$2,222 
of 
the 
unencumbered 
balance 
in 
fiscal 
year 
2004-05 
in 
the 
Bond 
Retirement 
Highway 
Fund 
account 
in 
the 
Department 
of 
Transportation lapses to the unallocated surplus in the Highway 
Fund in fiscal year 2005-06. 
PARTH 
Sec. H·l. Calculation and transfer; health insurance savings. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the State Budget 
Officer shall calculate the amount of savings in section 2 that 
apply against each Highway Fund account for all departments and 
agencies from savings in the cost of health insurance and shall 
transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the 
Governor. 
These 
transfers 
are 
considered 
adjustments 
to 
allocations in fiscal year 2006-07. 
Sec. 
H·2. 
Appropriations and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
The 
ADMIHISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPAR'l'MENT OF 
Departments and Agencies - Statewide 
0016 
following 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT :h .. to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
Initiative: 
Reduces funding to reflect additional savings to the 
State for the cost of health insurance through negotiated plan 
savings. 
HIGHWAY FlJlIID 
Personal Services 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
($2,212,649) 
($2,212,649) 
PART I 
Sec. I-I. Lapsed balances. 
Notwithstanding any other provision 
of 
law, 
$10,944,305 of 
unencumbered balance in the Personal 
Services 
line 
category 
from 
fiscal 
year 
2004-05 
in 
the 
Maintenance 
and 
Operations 
account 
in 
the 
Department 
of 
Transportation lapses to the unallocated surplus of the Highway 
Fund in fiscal year 2005-06. 
PART J 
Sec. J-I. PL 2005, c. 405, Pt. I, §I is amended to read: 
Sec. I-I. 
Nonlapsing funds; Administration -
Motor Vehicle; 
computer system. 
Any balance not to exceed $1,100,000 remaining 
in the Administration -
Motor Vehicle program, Bureau of Motor 
Vehicles within the Department of the Secretary of State may not 
lapse at the end of fiscal year 2004-05 and 2005-06 but must be 
carried forward into fiscal year 2005-06 and 2006-07 for the 
purpose of development of the bureau's computer system and to 
improve 
the 
efficiency 
and 
effectiveness 
of 
the 
bureau's 
processes and programs. 
PARTK 
Sec. K-I. PL 2005, c.12, Pt. PPP, §2 is amended to read: 
Sec. PPP-2. Costs to Highway Fund. 
Costs to the Highway Fund 
must be provided in the Salary Plan account referred to in this 
Act to cover the costs to the Highway Fund in the amount of 
$3,704,004 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 and in the 
amount of $7,594,947 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 to 
4.6 
implement 
the 
economic 
terms 
of 
the 
collective 
bargaining 
agreements, including market pay adjustments and benefits, made 
by the State and the Maine State Employees Association, American 
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees aBe.... Maine 
State Troopers 
AssociationT 
and 
Maine 
State 
Law 
Enforcement 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
Association, 
and, 
notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 26, section 979-D, subsection 1, paragraph E, subparagraph 
(3), for confidential employees. 
PARTL 
Sec. L·l. 29·A MRSA §2354·B, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 421, 
§1 and affected by §2, is amended to read: 
§2354-B. Pilot project to allow commercial vehicles at Canadian 
weight limits to travel from the Canadian border at 
Calais to Baileyville and from the Canadian border 
at Van Buren to a rail yard in Van Buren 
1. 
Pilot project. 
Notwithstanding 
section 
2354, 
the 
Commissioner 
of 
Transportation, 
in 
consultation 
with 
the 
Department of Public Safety and the Department of the Secretary 
of State, is authorized to conduct a pilot project that allows 
certain commercial vehicles at Canadian gross vehicle weight 
limits 
to 
travel 
from 
the 
Canadian 
border 
at 
Calais 
to 
Baileyville and from the Canadian border at Van Buren to a rail 
yard in Van Buren. 
This pilot project must include the following 
conditions and components. 
A. The only allowable F9Qte routes of travel ~nder the pilot 
project :is are travel from the United States-Canada border 
in Calais, across North Street to U.S. Route 1, north on 
U. S. Route 1 to Access Road in Baileyville, east on Access 
Road to Domtar Woodland Millon Main Street and north on 
Main Street to the Louisiana-Pacific Oriented Strand Board 
mill 
in Baileyville: 
and 
from 
the United 
States-Canada 
border in Van Buren on Bridge Street. east into the rail 
yard in Van Buren. located approximately 2110 of one mile 
from the border. 
B. 
Allowable truck configuration under this pilot project 
must be limited to: 
(1) 
A 3-axle truck tractor with a 3-axle semitrailer 
at a gross vehicle weight of 108,900 pounds; and 
(2 ) 
A 
3-axle 
truck 
tractor 
with 
a 
semitrailer-semitrailer 
combination, 
configured as 
a 
B-train double with 8 axles total, at a gross vehicle 
weight 
of 
137,700 
pounds. 
The 
weight of 
the 
2nd 
semitrailer may not exceed the weight of the first 
semitrailer. 
C. 
Maine axle weight limits, axle group limits, commodity 
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allowances, 
maximum 
dimensions 
vehicle limits and requirements 
project, except that the B-train 
must be 82.02 feet, or 25 meters. 
and all other 
commercial 
must apply under the pilot 
double overall length limit 
D. 
The manufacturer's ratings for gross vehicle weight, 
axle capacity, brake systems and other components for which 
a manufacturer's rating is available may not be exceeded 
under the pilot project. 
E. 
Each truck combination under the pilot project must 
display a credential obtained for a fee from the Secretary 
of State. 
The fee must be established by the Commissioner 
of 
Transportation 
in 
an 
amount 
to 
cover 
related 
administrative 
costs, 
compliance 
monitoring 
and 
the 
additional cost of highway damage resulting from the pilot 
project, 
calculated using accepted engineering practices. 
The Secretary of State shall adopt rules to implement this 
paragraph 
in 
consultation 
with 
the 
Department 
of 
Transportation and the Department of Public Safety. 
Rules 
adopted pursuant to this paragraph are routine technical 
rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
F. 
The 
Commissioner 
of 
Transportation 
may 
revoke 
the 
privileges under the pilot project of participating trucks 
and 
trucking 
companies 
for 
cause, 
including 
repeatedly 
exceeding size and weight limits or operating outside the 
designated route of travel. 
Revocation by the Commissioner 
of Transportation is considered a final agency action. 
2. 
Definition. 
As used in this section, unless the context 
otherwise 
indicates, 
"B-train 
double" 
means 
a 
truck 
tractor-semi trailer-semi trailer combination vehicle in which the 
trailing units are connected with a B-train assembly. 
The 
B-train assembly is a rigid frame extension attached to the rear 
frame 
of 
a 
first semitrailer that 
allows 
for 
a 
5th wheel 
connection point for a 2nd semitrailer. 
This combination has one 
less articulation point than the conventional A-dally-connected 
truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination. 
3. 
Report. 
The Commissioner of Transportation shall submit 
a 
report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over transportation matters for presentation 
to the First Regular Session of the l24th Legislature. 
The 
report must include the status of the pilot project, the impact 
of the pilot project on road conditions and recommendations for 
continuance, 
discontinuance 
or 
modification 
of 
the 
pilot 
project's terms. 
4. 
Termination 
of pilot 
project. 
The 
Commissioner 
of 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
Transportation is authorized to terminate the pilot project at 
any time if, in the commissioner's judgment, continuation of the 
pilot project would cause excessive damage to a public way. 
5. 
Repeal. 
This section is repealed December 31, 2010. 
PARTM 
Sec. M-l. 36 MRSA §3208-A, first" as enacted by PL 1983, c. 
438, §5, is amended to read: 
Any political subdivision of the State wai:ea ~ 
buys and 
uses special fuel as defined in section iaQ. 3202, subsection 6, 
and waiea ~ 
has paid a tax levied as provided by this chapter 
either directly by the collection of the tax by the vendor from 
the consumer, or indirectly by adding the amount of the tax to 
the price of the fuel and paid by the consumer, saa;t. I!!Y.§.t be 
reimbursed in the amount of the tax paid upon presenting to the 
State 
Tax 
Assessor 
a 
statement 
accompanied 
by 
the original 
invoices showing purchases. 
By contractual agreement, any agency 
of this State or political subdivision of this State may assign 
to another person its right to receive funds under this section. 
Applications for refunds saa;t;t must be filed with the State Tax 
Assessor within 12 months from the date of purchase. 
PARTN 
Sec. 
N-l. 
Biennial 
report. 
In 
conjunction 
with 
the 
presentation of 
the 
biennial 
Highway 
Fund 
Current 
Services 
Budget, the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services 
shall prepare and deliver to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters 
a 
report of all Highway Fund allocations necessary to support the 
Department of Transportation Service Center pursuant to Public 
Law 2005, chapter 12, Part G, section 2. 
Sec. N-2. Committee report. 
By January 30th of each year, the 
Commissioner 
of 
Administrative 
and 
Financial 
Services 
shall 
provide to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over transportation matters a report detailing the 
charges made to each Highway Fund allocation to support the 
operations of the Department of Transportation pursuant to Public 
Law 2005, chapter 12, Part G, 
section 2 for the prior state 
4fi 
fiscal year. 
PART 0 
Sec. 0-1. 32 MRSA §85, sub-§6, as amended by PL 
2003, c. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .j; .. to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
559, §l, is further amended to read: 
6. 
Ambulance operator course. 
By January 1, 2007, a person 
whose 
job description includes operating an 
ambulance in an 
emergency mode or transporting a patient must possess within 6 
months of being employed, certification of successful completion 
of a basic ambulance vehicle operator course, or a course that 
has been approved by the board as an equivalent, in order to 
operate an ambulance in an emergency mode or to transport a 
patient. 
This requirement applies to all paid and volunteer 
ambulance operators and transporters. 
This requirement is in 
addition to vehicle operator requirements of Title 29-A or other 
law. 
A person whose 
job description includes operating 
an 
ambulance in an emergency mode or transporting a patient who 
successfully completes a basic ambulance vehicle operator course 
or a course that has been approved by the board as an equivalent 
may apply to the board for reimbursement for the cost of the 
course. 
PARTP 
Sec. 
P-l. 
Appropriations and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maintenance and Operations 0330 
The 
following 
Initiative: Transfers 2 Traffic Control Electrician positions, 2 
Building and Trades Apprentice positions, 2 Building and Trades 
Specialist positions and 8 Heavy Vehicle and Equipment Supervisor 
positions from the Fleet Services program to the Maintenance and 
Operations program. 
HIGBMAY FUND 
POSITIONS -
FTE COUNT 
Personal Services 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Maintenance and Operations 0330 
2005-06 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
14.000 
$753,704 
$753,704 
Initiative: Transfers one Heavy Equipment Operator position from 
the Maintenance and Operations program to the Fleet Services 
program. 
HIGBMAY FUND 
POSITIONS -
FTE COUNT 
Personal Services 
2005-06 
0.000 
$0 
2006-07 
(1. 000) 
($46,342) 
Page l5-LR3082(3) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ::/; .. to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
$0 
($46,342) 
Maintenance and Operations 0330 
Initiative: Deallocates savings in billable costs from the Fleet 
Services program as a result of the reorganization in Maintenance 
and Operations. 
HIGHWAY FORD 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Maintenance and Operations 0330 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
($707,362) 
($707,362) 
Initiative: Eliminates one Heavy Vehicle and Equipment Supervisor 
position as a result of the reorganization of Maintenance and 
Operations. 
HIGHWAY FORD 
POSITIONS -
FTE COUNT 
Personal Services 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
Fleet Services 0347 
2005-06 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
(1. 000) 
($56,629) 
($56,629) 
Initiative: Transfers 2 Traffic Control Electrician positions, 2 
Building and Trades Apprentice positions, 2 Building and Trades 
Specialist positions and 8 Heavy Vehicle and Equipment Supervisor 
positions from the Fleet Services program to the Maintenance and 
Operations program. 
FLEET SERVICES FOND 
POSITIONS -
FTE COUNT 
Personal Services 
FLEET SERVICES FUND TOTAL 
Fleet Services 0347 
2005-06 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
(14.000) 
($753,704) 
($753,704) 
Initiative: Transfers one Heavy Equipment Operator position from 
the Maintenance and Operations program to the Fleet Services 
program. 
4.6 
FLEET SERVICES FORD 
POSITIONS -
FTE COUNT 
Personal Services 
2005-06 
0.000 
$0 
2006-07 
1.000 
$46,342 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT j;.. to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
FLEET SERVICES FUND TOTAL 
TRAliSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPAIn'MENT "l'OrALS 
HIGmfAY FUND 
FLEET SERVICES FOND 
DEPAIn'MENT "l'OrAL -
ALL FONDS 
SECTION "l'O'rALS 
HIGmfAY FUND 
FLEET SERVICES FOND 
SECTION ".l'OrAL -
ALL FONDS 
$0 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$46,342 
2006-07 
($56,629) 
($707,362) 
($763,991) 
2006-07 
($56,629) 
($707,362) 
($763,991) 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. ' 
SUMMARY 
This is the minority report of the committee. 
Part A 
Part 
A makes 
supplemental 
allocations 
for 
fiscal 
years 
2005-06 and 2006-07. 
Part B 
Part B makes allocations for approved reclassifications and 
range Changes. 
Part C 
Part C limits the state support to the Marine 
Highway 
account 
to 
50% 
of 
the 
budgeted 
revenues 
that 
support 
the 
operating cost of the Maine State Ferry Service. 
Part D 
Part D transfers 
amounts 
exceeding 
$1,000,000 
from 
the 
unallocated balance in the Highway Fund after the deduction of 
all allocations, financial commitments, other designated funds or 
any other transfer authorized by statute to the Department of 
Transportation for 
capital 
needs 
in the 
Highway 
and 
Bridge 
Improvement and Maintenance and Operations programs. 
Part E 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~" to H.P. 1382, L.D. 1974 
Part E transfers identified Highway Fund Personal Services 
savings to any other program or line category within the Highway 
Fund to fund capital program needs. 
Part F 
Part F authorizes available Personal Services balances in 
the Highway Fund accounts to be transferred between programs and 
departments within the fund by financial order to be used for 
collective bargaining agreement costs. 
Part G 
Part G lapses $2,222 of the unencumbered balance in fiscal 
year 2004-05 in the Bond Retirement - Highway Fund account in the 
Department of Transportation to the unallocated surplus in the 
Highway Fund in fiscal year 2005-06. 
Part H 
Part H authorizes the State Budget Officer to calculate the 
amount of savings from a 
statewide deal location that applies 
against 
each 
Highway 
Fund 
account 
for 
all 
departments 
and 
agencies from additional savings in the cost of health insurance 
and shall transfer the 
amounts by financial order upon the 
approval 
of 
the 
Governor. 
These 
transfers 
are 
considered 
adjustments to allocations in fiscal year 2006-07. 
Part I 
Part I 
lapses $10,944,305 of unencumbered balance in the 
Personal Services line category from fiscal year 2004-05 in the 
Maintenance 
and 
Operations 
account 
in 
the 
Department 
of 
Transportation to the unallocated surplus of the Highway Fund in 
fiscal year 2005-06. 
Part J 
Part J amends Public Law 2005, chapter 405, Part I, section 
by authorizing the Administration 
Motor Vehicle Program, 
Bureau of Motor Vehicles wi thin the Department of the Secretary 
of State to carry forward any unexpended balance that is less 
than $1,100,000 from fiscal year 2005-06 to fiscal year 2006-07 
4.6 
for the continued development of 
to 
improve the efficiency and 
processes and programs. 
the bureau's computer system and 
effectiveness of the bureau's 
Part K 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT j .. to H.P. 1382. L.D. 1974 
Part K adds the Maine State Law Enforcement Association to 
the bargaining units authorized to access funding in the Highway 
Fund 
Salary 
Plan 
account 
to 
implement 
economic 
terms 
of 
collective bargaining agreements for fiscal years ending June 30, 
2006 and June 30, 2007. 
Part L 
Part L expands to a new location in Van Buren the existing 
pilot project allowing commercial vehicles at Canadian weight 
limits to travel to specified locations in the State. 
Part M 
Part M allows the State or its political subdivisions to 
assign to another person the right to receive refunds for special 
fuel taxes. 
Part N 
Part 
N 
provides 
the 
joint 
standing 
committee 
of 
the 
Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction 
over 
transportation 
matters 
information to support the Department of Transportation Service 
Center request in the department's All Other line in the biennial 
Highway Fund Current Services Budget and to also provide an 
annual accounting of the actual charges made. 
Part 0 
Part 0 authorizes a 6-month grace period for newly employed 
ambulance operators to obtain required training for certification 
purposes. 
PART P 
Part P eliminates one Department of Transportation Crew FTE 
position and realigns 14 other electrical, carpenter and driver 
trainer Department of Transportation Crew FTE positions between 
Fleet Services, an Internal Service fund and Maintenance and 
Operations, 
a 
Highway Fund program, in order to allow proper 
implementation 
of 
a 
new 
Fleet 
Management 
computer 
system 
scheduled 
for 
July 
1, 
2006. 
Given 
the 
maintenance 
and 
operational nature of the work of these employees, their cost is 
more properly associated with Maintenance and Operations. 
The 
current 
budget 
location 
of 
these 
positions 
distorted 
the 
4.6 
financial management and reporting of Fleet Services. 
FISCAL ,\0 n. 1~f.QUlRED 
. 
(See attacbed) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 04/12/06 frae 
LD 1974 
LR 3082(03) 
An Act to Make Additional Allocations from the Highway Fund and Other Funds for the 
Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of State Law Necessary to the 
Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2007 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS 
Highway Fund 
PART A 
PARTB 
PARTH 
PARTP 
IDGHWAYFUNDTOTAL 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
PARTB 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
PART A 
PARTB 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Island Ferry Services Fund 
, PART A 
ISLAND FERRY SERVICES FUND TOTAL 
Fleet Services Fund 
PARTP 
FLEET SERVICES FUND TOTAL 
IDGHWAY FUND UNDEDICATED REVENUE 
PARTL 
IDGHWAY FUND UNDEDICATED REVENUE 
Fiscal Note 
LR3082(3) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 2 
2005-06 
13,011,273 
13,011,273 
2,840 
2,840 
500,000 
° 
500,000 
409,253 
409,253 
o 
o 
o 
o 
2006-07 
4,160,931 
(2,212,649) 
(56,620' 
1,891,65:' 
4,282 
4,282 
500,000 
o 
500,000 
222,165 
222,165 
(707,362) 
(707,362) 
28,800 
28,800 
ADJUSTMENTS TO mGHWAY FUND BALANCE 
PARTG 
PART I 
ADJUSTMENTS TO mGHW AY FUND BALANCE 
2005-06 
° 
10,944,305 
10,944,305 
2006-07 
2,222 
° 
2,222