An Act To Provide Emergency Regional Economic Development Assistance for Brunswick Naval Air Station Net Cost (Savings) General Fund Revenue General Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1955
Committee Amendment CA_A_H980 (House)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §5250-I, 30-A MRSA §5250-J, 30-A MRSA §5250

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,n" to H.P. 1369, L.D. 1955, Bill, "An 
Act To Provide Emergency Regional Economic Development Assistance 
for Brunswick Naval Air Station" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the 
summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. I. 30-A MRSA §5250-I, sub-§ll-A is enacted to read: 
II-A. 
Military redevelopment zone. 
"Military redevelopment 
zone" 
means 
a 
specified area within 
a 
municipality that is 
contained within a labor market that includes a military facility 
that sustained a loss of 400 or more employed workers, if the 
loss 
was 
caused 
by 
a 
federal military facility 
closure 
or 
downsizing, during the 5-year period immediately preceding the 
time of application for designation as a military redevelopment 
zone, or is projected to sustain a loss of 400 or more employed 
workers during the 5-year period immediately following the time 
of application, and has been designated by the commissioner as a 
military redevelopment zone under section 5250-J, subsection 2-A. 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §5250-J, sub-§l, ,D, as amended by PL 2005, 
c. 451, §1, is further amended to read: 
D. 
Washington County and the Downeast region; aRe 
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §5250-J, sub-§l, tE, as enacted by PL 2005, 
c. 451, §l, is amended to read: 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,~" to H.P. 1369, L.D. 1955 
E. 
Up to 100 acres of land owned by the Aroostook Band of 
Micmacs and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; up to 500 
acres of land owned by the Penobscot Nation; and up to 500 
acres of land owned by the Passamaquoddy TribeT~ 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §5250-j, sub-§l, 1IF is enacted to read: 
F. 
A military redevelopment zone. 
Sec. 5. 30-A MRS A §5250-j, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. 
Application for designation as militar:y redevelopment 
zone. 
The total area available for designation as a military 
redevelopment zone may not exceed 1,500 acres and: 
A. 
Up to 500 acres of a military redevelopment zone that is 
within 
the 
appropriate 
labor 
market 
may 
be 
outside 
a 
military facility boundary. 
Applications for designation as 
a military redevelopment zone under this section must be 
received by the commissioner by August 1, 2011; and 
B. 
Up to 1. 000 acres of a military redevelopment zone may 
be reserved for property that is within the boundaries of a 
military facility that is subject to closure. 
Applications 
for designation as a military redevelopment zone under this 
section must be received by the commissioner beginning on 
the date of the military facility's closure and up to 
years after the date of the military facility's closure. 
A municipality may apply to the commissioner for the designation 
of 
a 
military 
redevelopment 
zone 
in 
accordance 
with 
the 
requirements of this subchapter. 
Sec. 6. 30-A MRSA §5250-j, sub-§3, 1fG, as enacted by PL 2003, 
c. 688, Pt. D, §2, is amended to read: 
G. 
All Except for a military redevelopment zone established 
pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph F, all property included 
wi thin a Pine Tree Development Zone must meet one of the 
following: 
(1) 
The property is located within a market area for 
which the labor market unemployment rate is greater 
than the state unemployment rate at the time of the 
application; or 
(2) 
The property is included within a county in which 
the average weekly wage is below the state average 
weekly wage at the time of the application. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1369, L.D. 1955 
In the case of a mu1 tijurisdictiona1 or joint application, 
the requirements of this paragraph are met if the combined 
unemployment 
rate 
of 
the 
cooperating 
units 
of 
local 
government meets the requirements of subparagraph (1) or the 
average 
weekly 
wage 
of the 
cooperating units 
of 
local 
government, 
on 
a 
per-employed-worker 
basis, 
meets 
the 
requirements of subparagraph (2); and' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
replaces 
the bill. 
It provides 
for 
the 
creation 
of 
a 
military 
redevelopment 
zone 
that 
allows 
a 
municipality within 
a 
labor market 
that contains 
a 
military 
facility scheduled for closure to apply to the Commissioner of 
Economic 
and 
Community 
Development 
to 
become 
a 
military 
redevelopment zone. 
It provides that the total area available 
for designation as a military redevelopment zone may not exceed 
1,500 acres. 
Up to 500 acres may be available for designation 
outside a military facility boundary, as long as applications are 
received by the commissioner by August 1, 2011. 
This amendment 
also provides that up to 1,000 acres may be reserved for property 
within 
the 
boundaries 
of 
the 
military 
base, 
as 
long 
as 
applications 
are 
received 
between 
the 
date 
of 
the military 
facili ty' s 
closure and 7 years following the date of closure. 
This amendment also waives the labor market unemployment and wage 
restrictions for businesses located in a military redevelopment 
zone. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
LD 1955 
LR2605(02) 
An Act To Provide Emergency Regional Economic Development Assistance for Brunswick Naval Air 
Station 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,,!}. 
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
$0 
2006-07 
$36,217 
Projections 
2007-08 
$94,029 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$0 
$0 
($36,217) 
($1,946) 
($94,029) 
($5,158) 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
2008-09 
$141,674 
($141,67",/ 
($7,771) 
The revenue loss associated with the establishment of the Military Redevelopment Zone is estimated to be $38,163 in 
fiscal year 2006-07. The additional costs to the Department of Economic and Community Development can be 
absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
General Fund Summary 
Individual Income Tax 
$0 
($772) 
($18,377) 
($48,644) 
Corporate Income Tax 
$0 
($1,304) 
($5,719) 
($10,910) 
Sales and Use Tax 
$0 
($34,141) 
($69,933) 
($82,120) 
$0 
($36,217) 
($94,029) 
($141,674) 
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