An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2173
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_Q_S517 (Senate)
Amends: 36 MRSA §6207, 5 MRSA §285

SENATE AMENDMENT "~,, to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 
1547, L.D. 2173, Bill, "An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations 
for the Expenditures of State Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law 
Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending 
June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009" 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of the emergency preamble. 
Amend the amendment in Part A in section 1 on page 6 in the last initiative in the last 
line (page 6, line 33 in amendment) by striking out the following: "April 1, 2008" and 
inserting the following: 'pursuant to financial order' 
Amend the amendment. in Part A in section 1 on page 14 in the first initiative in the 
3rd line (page 14, line 6 in amendment) by striking out the following: "will not take 
effect until" and inserting the following: 'applies on and after' 
Amend the amendment in Part A in section 28 on page 141 in the 2nd initiative in the 
5th line (page 141, line 14 in amendment) by striking out the following: "June 1,2008" 
and inserting the following: 'June 30, 2008' 
Amend the amendment in Part A in section 37 on page 179 in the last initiative in the 
last line (page 179, line 30 in amendment) by striking out the following: "April 1, 2008" 
and inserting the following: 'pursuant to financial order' 
Amend the amendment in Part F in section 2 in the first paragraph in the last line 
(page 264, line 21 in amendment) by striking out the following: 
"May 1, 2008" and 
inserting the following: 'July 1, 2008' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Part L and inserting the following: 
'PART L 
Sec. L-l. Transfers to Maine Clean Election Fund. 
In addition to the 
transfers authorized pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, section 1124, the 
State Controller shall transfer $2,425,000 from General Fund undedicated revenue to the 
Maine Clean Election Fund on or before June 1, 2010 and shall transfer an additional 
$2,000,000 from General Fund undedicated revenue to the Maine Clean Election Fund on 
or before August 1, 2010. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
1 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
Sec. L-2. Reduction in payments under the Maine Clean Election Fund. 
Notwithstanding the procedures set forth in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, 
section 1125, subsection 8, the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election 
Practices shall reduce the initial payment amounts established for Maine Clean Election 
Act candidates in the 2008 and 2009 general election by 10%. 
Sec. L-3. 
Transfer of funds from Maine Clean Election Fund. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $270,398 
on or before June 30, 2008 and $271,434 on or before June 30, 2009 from the Maine 
Clean Election Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.' 
Amend the amendment in Part N in section 75 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 
291, line 29 in amendment) by striking out the following: "must begin by June 1, 2008 
and" 
Amend the amendment in Part XX by striking out all of sections 3 to 6. 
Amend the amendment in Part GGG by striking out all of section 3 (page 341, lines 6 
to 14 in amendment) and inserting the following: 
'Sec. GGG-3. Report. 
The entity selected to conduct the evaluation, known as 
the contractor, shall 
complete and present a final report 
with findings and 
recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over business, research and economic development matters; the joint standing committee 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters; and the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs 
no later than February 1, 2009.' 
Amend the amendment in Part JJJ in section 2 in the initiative in the 5th line (page 
343, line 2 in amendment) by striking out the following: "June 1, 2008" and inserting the 
following: 'June 30, 2008' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Part AAAA and inserting the following: 
'PARTAAAA 
Sec. AAAA-l. 36 MRSA §S200-A, sub-§2, ~H, as amended by PL 2005, c. 
218, §56, is further amended to read: 
H. 
For each taxable year subsequent to the year of the loss, an amount equal to the 
absolute value of the net operating loss arising from tax years beginning on or after 
January 1, 1989 but before January 1, 1993 and the absolute value of the amount of 
any net operating loss arising from tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, 
for which federal adjusted gross income was increased under subsection I, paragraph 
H and that, pursuant to the Code, Section 172, was carried back for federal income 
tax purposes, less the absolute value of loss used in the taxable year of loss to offset 
any addition modification required by subsection I, but only to the extent that: 
(1) Maine taxable income is not reduced below zero; 
(2) The taxable year is within the allowable federal period for carry-over; aRd 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
(3) The amount has not been previously used as a modification pursuant to this 
subsection; and 
(4) For taxable years beginning in 2008 or 2009, the amount does not exceed 
$100,000. In the case of an affiliated group of corporations engaged in a unitary 
business, the $100,000 threshold applies with respect to the entire affiliated group 
of corporations. 
Sec. AAAA-2. 36 MRSA §S200-A, sub-§2, ~, as amended by PL 2005, c. 
416, §4, is further amended to read: 
L. 
An amount equal to the absolute value of any net operating loss arising from a 
tax year beginning or ending in 2001 for which federal taxable income was increased 
under subsection 1, paragraph M and that, pursuant to Section 102 of the federal Job 
Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, Public Law 107-147, was carried back 
more than 2 years to the taxable year for federal income tax purposes, but only to the 
extent that: 
(1) Maine taxable income is not reduced below zero; 
(2) The taxable year is either within 2 years prior to the year in which the loss 
arose or within the allowable federal period for carry-over of net operating losses; 
aOO 
(3) The amount has not been previously used as a modification pursuant to this 
subsection; and 
(4) For taxable years beginning in 2008 or 2009, the amount does not exceed 
$100,000. In the case of an affiliated group of corporations engaged in a unitary 
business, the $100,000 threshold applies with respect to the entire affiliated group 
of corporations.' 
Amend the amendment in Part BBBB by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. BBBB-3. 36 MRSA §6207, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. Income eligibility. Claimants with household incomes in excess of $75,000 
are not eligible for a benefit.' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Part FFFF. 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Part LLLL. 
Amend the amendment by inserting after Part MMMM the following: 
'PART NNNN 
Sec. NNNN-I. Survey; noncategorical waiver program. The Department of 
Health and Human Services shall enter into a contract with an independent entity to 
conduct a survey of members enrolled in the childless adult waiver program in 
cooperation with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The goals of 
the survey are: 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
I 
1. To obtain a longitudinal profile of the health, employment and socioeconomic 
status of the enrolled members; 
2. To gather information that will enable the formulation of a recommendation 
regarding an improved suite of benefits to better serve a greater number of people at 
lesser cost; and 
3. To find efficiencies that will enable the State to best deploy available resources to 
improve the health and welfare of those whose incomes are below 100% of the federal 
poverty level. 
The department shall submit a report detailing the results of the survey to the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services 
matters by December 3, 2008. 
Sec. NNNN-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Bureau of Medical Services 0129 
In itiative: Provides funds for the Department of Health and Human Services to contract 
for an independent survey of members enrolled in the childless adult waiver program in 
cooperation with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The goals of 
the survey are to obtain a longitudinal profile of the health, employment and 
socioeconomic status of the population; to recommend an improved suite of benefits to 
better serve a greater number of people at lesser cost; and to find efficiencies that will 
enable the State to best deploy available resources to improve the health and welfare of 
those whose incomes are below 100% ofthe federal poverty line. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
PART 0000 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$150,000 
$150,000 
Sec. 0000-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior, District and Administrative 0063 
Initiative: 
Provides funds to continue the Kennebec County Co-Occurring Disorders 
Court program by providing funds for intensive case management and for substance 
abuse testing. 
GENERAL FUND 
2007-08 
2008-09 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT"Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ""A" to H.P. 1547. L.D. 2173 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
PARTPPPP 
$0 
$85,000 
$0 
$85,000 
Sec. PPPP-l. Transfer of funds. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the State Controller shall transfer $3,428,889 in fiscal year 2008-09 from the Fund for a 
Healthy Maine to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 
2009. 
PARTQQQQ 
Sec. QQQQ-l. 
Restriction on out-of-state travel. 
The Governor shall 
II 
implement a policy restricting out-of-state travel for the executive branch to the minimum 
necessary to maintain effective operations, except for travel that is: 
I. Directly related to the care of residents, wards, foster children and other 
individuals under state care or protection; 
2. Required in the execution of law enforcement investigations, interstate contracts 
directly related to the extradition of an individual or the transfer of an individual to or 
from a correctional facility; 
3. Directly involved in the securing of revenue or that directly affects revenue; or 
4. Required in emergencies or other extraordinary circumstances. 
Sec. QQQQ-2. 
Calculation and transfer; General Fund out-of-state 
travel savings. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Budget Officer 
shall calculate the amount of projected savings in section 3 that applies against each 
General Fund account for all executive branch departments and independent agencies 
from savings resulting from a reduction in out-of-state travel under section I and shall 
transfer the amounts by financial order upon the approval of the Governor. 
These 
transfers are considered adjustments to appropriations in fiscal year 2008-09. 
Sec. QQQQ-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Executive Branch Department and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0017 
Initiative: Reduces funding from a reduction in out-of-state travel. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
2007-08 
$0 
SENA TE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
($250,000) 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
($250,000) 
PARTRRRR 
Sec. RRRR-I. Legislative account; lapsed balances; Office of Program 
Evaluation and Government Accountability - General Fund. Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $16,517 of unencumbered balance forward in the Personal 
Services line category and $350,964 in the unencumbered balance forward in the All 
Other line category in the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability 
General Fund account in the Legislature lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2008-
09. 
Sec. RRRR-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
PROGRAM 
EVALUATION 
AND 
GOVERNMENT 
ACCOUNTABILITY, 
OFFICE OF 
Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability 0976 
Initiative: Deappropriates funds from the office that are not necessary. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
PART SSSS 
2007-08 
($195,000) 
($195,000) 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
Sec. SSSS-I. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. XX, §5 
and amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. 00, §2 and affected by §4, is further amended to 
read: 
7. Payment by State. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the State, 
through the commission, shall pay 100% of only the employee's share of the individual 
premium for the standard plan identified and offered by the commission and available to 
the employee as authorized by the commission, except for Legislators, for ""hom that, 
effective July I, 2008, the State shall pay 95% of a Legislator's share of the individual 
premium for the standard plan identified and offered by the commission and available to 
the Legislator as authorized by the commission, and except that the State shall pay for a 
Legislator 50% of the health plan premium for dependent coverage. For any person 
appointed to a position after November 1, 1981 who is employed less than full time, the 
State shall pay a share of the employee's share reduced pro rata to reflect the reduced 
number of work hours. The State may not pay any portion of the health plan premium for 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P.1S47, L.D. 2173 
a blind person eligible for the group health plan under subsection I, paragraph H or for a 
licensed foster parent eligible for the group health plan under subsection 1, paragraph I. 
For persons who were first employed before July 1, 1991, the State shall pay 100% of 
only the retiree's share of the premiums for the standard plan identified and offered by the 
commission and available to the retiree, as authorized by the commission for persons who 
were previously eligible for this health plan pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph A and 
who have subsequently become eligible pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph G. 
For persons who were first employed by the State after July 1, 1991, the State shall pay a 
pro rata share portion of only the retiree's share of the premiums for the standard plan 
identified and offered by the commission and available to the retiree, as authorized by the 
II 
commission for persons who were previously eligible for this health plan pursuant to 
subsection 1, paragraph A and who have subsequently become eligible pursuant to 
subsection 1, paragraph G based on the total number of years of participation in the group 
health plan prior to retirement as follows: 
Years of Participation 
0 or more years 
but less than 10 years 
but less than 9 years 
but less than 8 years 
but less than 7 years 
but less than 6 years 
Less than 5 years 
State Portion 
100% group health plan premium 
90% group health plan premium 
80% group health plan premium 
70% group health plan premium 
60% group health plan premium 
50% group health plan premium 
No contribution 
Pursuant to Title 20-A, section 12722, subsection 5, this subsection applies to participants 
in the defined contribution plan offered by the Maine Community College System Board 
of Trustees under Title 20-A, section 12722. 
Sec. SSSS-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
LEGISLATURE 
Legislature 0081 
Initiative: Deappropriates projected health insurance savings resulting from a reduction in 
the state share from 100% to 95% of the individual premium for Legislators. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
SENA TE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
($72,785) 
($72,785) 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
PARTTTTT 
Sec. TTTT -1. Publication of legal or public notices. Notwithstanding any 
provision of law to the contrary, a department in the executive branch or an independent 
or quasi-independent agency may truncate the requirements regarding legal and public 
notice publication. 
Sec. TTTT -2. Identification of savings. The Commissioner of Administrative 
and Financial Services shall identify $89,000 in savings related to the truncation of 
publishing of legal or public notices by a department in the executive branch or an 
independent or quasi-independent agency in newspapers pursuant to section 1. 
Sec. TTTT -3. Calculation and transfer. Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings achieved pursuant 
to this Part that applies against each General Fund account for all departments and 
agencies from savings in the cost of legal and public notice publications and shall transfer 
the amounts by financial order upon approval of the Governor. These transfers are 
considered adjustments to appropriations in fiscal year 2008-09. 
The State Budget 
Officer shall provide the joint standing comm ittee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over appropriations and financial affairs a report of the transferred amounts no later than 
November 1,2008. 
Sec. TTTT -4. 
Submission of legislation. 
By December 5, 2008, the 
Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services shall submit to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters 
proposed legislation to reflect the truncated legal and public notice publication 
requirements implemented pursuant to section 1. 
After receipt and review of the 
proposed legislation, the joint standing committee may report out a bill to the First 
Regular Session of the 124th Legislature. 
Sec. TTTT -5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Executive Branch Departments and Independent Agencies - Statewide 0017 
Initiative: Deappropriates savings resulting from the phasing out of publishing legal and 
public notices in the newspaper. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
($89,000) 
($89,000) 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
PARTUUUU 
Sec. UUUU-l. Monthly implementation report. Until June 30, 2009, the 
Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall report monthly to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs 
and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over human 
services matters on the status of implementing provisions in Part A, section 27 affecting 
individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. 
PARTVVVV 
Sec. VVVV-l. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Parks - General Operations 0221 
Initiative: Establishes one Management Analyst I posItIOn to maintain costs within 
available resources. The cost of this position is offset by the elimination of one Public 
Service Coordinator I position in the Land Use Regulation Commission program. 
GENERAL FUND 
2007-08 
2008-09 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
0.000 
1.000 
Personal Services 
$0 
$61,045 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$61,045 
CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2007-08 
2008-09 
GENERAL FUND 
$0 
$61,045 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0 
$61,045 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT 
OF 
Administration - Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management 0109 
Initiative: Restores $5,000 in funding for the civil air patrol program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
$5,000 
$5,000 
SENATE AMENDMENT "Q "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
Courts - Supreme, Superior, District and Administrative 0063 
2008-09 
$5,000 
$5,000 
II 
Initiative: Adjusts funding between fiscal years to provide additional funding in fiscal 
year 2007-08 for indigent defense costs. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2007-08 
$450,000 
$450,000 
2007-08 
$450,000 
$450,000 
2007-08 
$450,000 
$450,000 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
($450,000) 
($450,000) 
2008-09 
($450,000) 
($450,000) 
2008-09 
($383,955) 
($383,955) 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P.1547, L.D. 2173 
PARTWWWW 
Sec. WWWW-l. 
Transfer of funds; Conservation Program Fund. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $750,000 
from the Conservation Program Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds program within the 
Public Utilities Commission to General Fund unappropriated surplus on or before June 
30,2008. 
PARTXXXX 
Sec. XXXX-I. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Reduces funding by managing enrollment in the childless adult waiver program 
and maximizing the use of the federal allocation in the Qualified Individual program and 
other efficiencies in the MaineCare program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
2008-09 
($3,000,000) 
($3,000,000) 
2008-09 
($5,364,372) 
$0 
($5,364,372) 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of the emergency clause (page 375, lines 
II and 12 in amendment). 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment accomplishes the following. 
I. It removes the emergency preamble and emergency clause and adjusts dates as 
needed. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT" Q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
I 
2. 
It transfers $2,425,000 from General Fund undedicated revenue to the Maine 
Clean Election Fund in fiscal year 2009-10 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2010-11. It 
authorizes the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices to reduce the 
initial payment amounts established for Maine Clean Election Act candidates in the 2008 
and 2009 general election by 10%. It also authorizes the State Controller to transfer 
$270,398 on or before June 30, 2008 and $271,434 on or before June 30, 2009 from the 
Maine Clean Election Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. 
3. 
It removes sections from Part XX that would have made T ANF recipients 
ineligible for both nonemergency and emergency general assistance. 
4. It eliminates the requirement in Part GGG that the contractor evaluating economic 
development programs and tax incentives submit a preliminary report and changes the 
date of the final report to February 1, 2009. 
5. 
It amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 5200-A, subsection 2, 
paragraphs Hand L to limit the subtraction modification for the recapture of carry-back 
net operating losses to $100,000 in taxable years beginning in 2008 and 2009. Unused 
amounts resulting from the I imitation may be carried over to future tax years that are 
within the federal carry-over period for net operating losses. 
6. It establishes a household income limitation of $75,000 for nonelderly claimants 
under the Maine Residents Property Tax Program. 
7. 
It removes the requirement that the Treasurer of State implement a policy 
requiring the annual sale of shares of stock that are delivered to the State as unclaimed 
property. 
8. It repeals that Part of Committee Amendment "A" that eliminated the Office of 
Program Evaluation and Government Accountability. 
9. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into a contract 
with an independent entity to conduct a survey of persons covered by the noncategorical 
waiver program in order to recommend an improved suite of benefits to better serve a 
greater number of people at lesser cost and to find efficiencies to enable the State to best 
deploy available resources to improve the health and welfare of those whose incomes are 
below 100% of the federal poverty level. 
10. It provides funds to the Judicial Department to continue funding of the Kennebec 
County Co-Occurring Disorders Court program. The funds will be used for intensive 
case management and substance abuse testing. 
11. It transfers the unexpended balance from the Fund for a Healthy Maine. 
12. It requires the Governor to implement a policy restricting out-of-state travel for 
the executive branch. It requires the State Budget Officer to calculate and transfer by 
financial order, as adjustments to appropriations, savings from a reduction in out-of-state 
travel. 
It transfers unencumbered balances in the Office of Program Evaluation and 
Government Accountability and deappropriates funds as a result of the elimination of 
pos itions in that office. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT" q" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1547, L.D. 2173 
I 
14. It deappropriates projected health insurance savings resulting from a reduction in 
the state share from 100% to 95% of the individual premium for Legislators. 
It authorizes executive branch agencies to truncate the requirements regarding 
legal and public notice publication and directs that savings in the amount of $89,000 be 
identified and transferred to the General Fund. 
16. It requires the Commissioner of Health and Human Services to make monthly 
reports to the Legislature concerning implementing provisions affecting individuals with 
mental retardation and developmental disabilities. 
17. 
It includes offsets to deappropriations made in Part A to the Department of 
Conservation for a Management Analyst I position, to the Department of Defense, 
Veterans and Emergency Management for the civil air patrol program and to the Judicial 
Department for indigent defense costs. 
18. 
It directs the State Controller to transfer $750,000 from the Conservation 
Program Fund within the Public Utilities Commission to the General 
Fund 
unappropriated surplus. 
19. It reduces funding by managing enrollment in the childless adult waiver program 
and maximizing the use of the federal allocation in the Qualified Individual program and 
other efficiencies in the MaineCare program. 
SPONSORED BY: .lr----,4L".;t;L.,A.~......,.~---"-:..=..:~ 
(Senator DIAM 
COUNTY: Cumberland 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/27/08 Mac.. 
LD 2173 
LR 3445(52) 
An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State 
Government and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of 
State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment" q "to Committee Amendment" A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Diamond of Cumberland 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Fund for a Healthy Maine 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Fund for a Healthy Maine 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
($885,199) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$885,199 
$0 
($750,000) 
2008-09 
$756,942 
$3,428,889 
($2,660,172) 
($5,364,372) 
($6,931,180) 
$111,180 
$3,514,066 
($3,428,889) 
$0 
Projections 
2009-10 
($9,870,101 ) 
$0 
($2,801,811) 
($5,364,372) 
$7,068,290 
$387,713 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
2010-11 
($1,982,079) 
$t 
($2,793,192) 
($5,364,372) 
($811,113) 
($44,491 ) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This amendment will decrease the General Fund cost ofthe bill by $885,199 in fiscal year 2007-08 and increase the 
General Fund cost of the bill by $756,942 in fiscal year 2008-09. Based on the estimated year-end balances, this 
amendment maintains a balanced budget for the 2008-2009 biennium. 
This amendment will increase the Fund for a Healthy Maine cost of the bill by $3,428,889 in fiscal year 2008-09. 
Based on the estimated year-end balances in the Fund for a Healthy Maine, the Fund for a Healthy Maine maintains a 
balanced budget for the 2008-2009 biennium. 
LR3445(52) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I