An Act To Extend the Alternative Delivery Metlioos Pilot Program for Certain School Construction Projects
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 2113
Committee Amendment CA_A_H1043 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 1505, L.D. 2113, Bill, "An Act To 
Extend the Alternative Delivery Metlioos Pilot Program for Certain School Construction 
Projects" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 1. P&SL 1999, c. 79, §9, last ~, as enacted by P&SL 2001, c. 54, §2, is 
amended to read: 
The 22 projects described in this section must be scheduled for completion by 2005, 
the intent of this law section being the creation of a 5-year pilot or study program. 
Sec. 2. P&SL 1999, c. 79, §9-A is enacted to read: 
Sec. 9-A. Additional eligible projects. After May 1, 2006, no more than 10 
projects may be approved under the provisions of this section. A school administrative 
unit seeking to use an alternative delivery method for a school construction project 
subj ect to approval under section 11 of this Act may employ anyone of the following 
methods in undertaking a state-funded or a locally funded school construction project that 
has a minimum total project cost of $2,500,000 and has an executed contract between the 
school administrative unit and the project designer dated prior to August 1, 2009: 
1. The construction-manager-advisor method; 
2. The design-build method; and 
3. The construction-manager-at-risk method. 
Sec. 3. P&SL 1999, c. 79, §12, 2nd ~, as enacted by P&SL 2001, c. 54, §3, is 
amended to read: 
The Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Administrative and 
Financial Services shall establish an assessment team to assess the ~ 
pilot program 
established under this Act. The assessment team evaluation must be conducted as follows. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 1505, L.D. 2113 
Sec. 4. P&SL 1999, c. 79, §12, sub-§3, first~, as enacted by P&SL 2001, c. 54, 
§3, is amended to read: 
3. 
In analyzing the relative merits of the traditional method and the alternative 
methods employed for school construction under this ~ 
pilot program, the 
assessment team shall consider the following factors: 
Sec. 5. P&SL 1999, c. 79, §12, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5. The assessment team must be reconvened no later than July 1, 2008 and shall 
report the 
findings and recommendations from its assessment, including any 
recommended legislation, to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs no later than December 12,2008. The joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural 
affairs may report out a bill to the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature to 
implement the recommendations of the assessment team. 
Sec. 6. Retroactivity. This Act applies retroactively to May 1,2006.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs. The amendment is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on 
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Private and Special Law 2001, chapter 54, 
section 3. 
The amendment extends the pilot program for using alternative delivery 
methods for school construction by authorizing an additional 10 school construction 
projects, but permits both state-funded and locally funded school construction projects to 
be approved under this 3-year extension to the pilot program. The additional projects 
must have a minimum total project cost of $2,500,000 and must have an executed 
contract between the school administrative unit and the project designer dated prior to 
August 1, 2009. 
Like the bill, the amendment also directs the assessment team to review these 
additional projects and report its findings and recommendations on the pilot project no 
later than December 12, 2008 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs. The joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs may report out a bill to 
the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature to implement the recommendations of 
the assessment team. 
FISCAL NOTE REQIDRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/18/06 ~LZC 
LD ~ I , 3 
LR 3281(02) 
An Act to Extend the Alternative Delivery Methods Pilot Program for Certain School Construction 
Projects 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Com~ittee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
This legislation extends the pilot program for using alternative delivery methods for school construction projects and 
authorizes 10 additional projects to be funded with both state and local funds. The net impact of these alternative 
methods on the cost and the timing of the completion of these eligible projects as well as school construction costs 
reimbursed through the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program can not be determined at this time. 
Additional costs to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services, the 
Department of Education and the State Board of Education to serve on the assessment team can be absorbed within 
existing budgeted resources. 
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