Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Convey the Department of Labor Building at 19 Union Street in Augusta
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1871
Senate Amendment SA_A_S576 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 1311, L.D. 1871, "Resolve, Authorizing the 
Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Convey the Department of 
Labor Building at 19 Union Street in Augusta" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial 
Services To Purchase the Department of Labor Building at 19 Union Street 
in Augusta' 
Further amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the 
summary and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec.!. Authority to purchase property. Resolved: That the State, by and 
through the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, may negotiate the 
terms and conditions considered appropriate to purchase the Department of Labor 
building at 19 Union Street in Augusta from the United States Department of Labor to 
extinguish the Federal Government's interest in the property; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Funding. Resolved: That no more than $1,800,000 may be used from the 
Capital Construction and Improvements Reserve Fund established in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 5, section 1516-A to purchase the building at 19 Union Street in Augusta, 
begin initial design and remove hazardous materials, if any, in preparation for renovation 
and improvements; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Repeal. Resolved: That this resolve is repealed 5 years from the effective 
date of this resolve. ' 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 1311, L.D. 1871 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the resolve and authorizes the Commissioner of 
Administrative and Financial Services to negotiate the purchase of the Department of 
Labor building at 19 Union Street in Augusta, remove hazardous materials and begin the 
initial renovation design process using no more than $1,800,000 from the Capital 
Construction and Improvements Reserve Fund. 
FISCAL NOTE REQIDRED 
~attached) 
SPONSOREDBY:~~ 
(Senator SCHNE 
R) 
COUNTY: Penobscot 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/07/06 ;:!;?ac:.. 
LD 1871 
LR 3061(04) 
Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Convey the 
Department of Labor Building at 19 Union Street in Augusta 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Schneider 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Use of General Fund Reserves 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This legislation authorizes the purchase of the Department of Labor building from the United States Department of 
Labor by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services utilizing funding from the Capital Construction and 
Improvements Reserve Fund. No more than $1.8 million may be used from the fund to purchase this property. 
Currently, there are no funds available in the Capital Construction and Improvements Reserve Fund and the 
availability of $1.8 million is contingent on at least this much being transferred into the fund from unappropriated 
surplus at year end pursuant to chapter 519, PL of 2005. 
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