An Act To Keep Bridges Safe I 1
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2313
Committee Amendment CA_A_H1017 (House)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §453

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "11 " to H.P. 1673, L.D. 2313, Bill, "An Act To 
Keep Bridges Safe" 
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Keep Bridges Safe and Roads Passable' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §453, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: 
2. Fee. The annual service fee for a vanity registration plate is ~ 
$25 in addition to 
the regular motor vehicle registration fee. The service fee must be credited to the General 
Highway Fund, except that, beginning July 1, 2009, $10 of the service fee must be 
transferred on a quarterly basis by the Treasurer of State to the TransCap Trust Fund 
established by Title 30-A, section 6006-G. A sum sufficient to defray the cost of this 
program must be allocated annually from the General Highway Fund.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 1 in the last blocked paragraph in the first 
line (page 1, line 34 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "transferred" the following: 
'on a quarterly basis' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in paragraph A in the last blocked paragraph in the first 
line (page 2, line 1 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "transferred" the following: 
'on a quarterly basis' 
Amend the bill in section 4 in subsection 1 in the first blocked paragraph in the first 
line (page 2, line 17 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "transferred" the following: 
'on a quarterly basis' 
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Amend the bill by inserting after section 6 the following: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ~"to H.P. 1673, L.D. 2313 
'Sec. 7. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Highway and Bridge Capital 0406 
Initiative: Allocates additional funds on a one-time basis for the Highway and Bridge 
Capital program. 
HIGHWAY FUND 
Capital Expenditures 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
Sec. 8. Effective date. This Act takes effect September 1,2008.' 
SUMMARY 
2008-09 
$12,971,000 
$12,971,000 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transp0l1ation, provides an effective date of September 1, 2008. The amendment also 
provides that the $10 fee increases for the registration of noncommercial vehicles, 
registration of commercial motor vehicles weighing 6,000 pounds or less, certificates of 
title and vanity plates collected between the effective date of the Act and July 1, 2009 be 
deposited into the Highway Fund and allocated on a one-time basis for the Highway and 
Bridge Capital program during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. The amendment 
also clarifies that, beginning July 1, 2009, the $10 fee increase must be transferred on a 
quarterly basis by the Treasurer of State to the TransCap Trust Fund. The amendment 
also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04114/08 frac. 
LD 2313 
LR 3635(02) 
An Act To Keep Bridges Safe 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A" 
Committee: Transportation 
Net Cost (Savings) 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Highway Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Highway Fund 
Transfers 
Highway Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$0 
$12,971,000 
$0 
$12,971,000 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
2009-10 
$0 
$0 
$55,565,400 
$15,565,400 
($15,565,400) 
$15,565,400 
Projections 
2010-11 
$0 
$0 
$55,565,400 
$15,565,400 
($15,565,400) 
$15,565,400 
This bill authorizes the Maine Municipal Bond Bank to issue up to $160,000,000 in TransCap Trust Fund revenue 
bonds beginning in fiscal year 2009-10 through fiscal year 2012-13 for making improvements to bridges. The Maine 
Municipal Bond Bank will leverage the money in the TransCap Trust Fund and projected revenue to the TransCap 
Trust Fund to issue revenue bonds not to exceed the cap. The revenue bonds will be supported by an increase of $1 0 
to vanity regIstration plate, annual registration, and title fees. Beginning July 1, 2009, the fee increases will be 
transferred from undedicated Highway Fund revenue to the TransCap Trust Fund within the Maine Municipal Bond 
Bank and will result in an Other Special Revenue Funds transfer of$15,565,400 beginning in fiscal year 2009-10, 
with a con-esponding Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Maine Municipal Bond Bank in the same amount 
for debt service payments on the revenue bonds. An Other Special Revenue Funds allocation will be made to the 
Department of Transportation beginning in fiscal year 2009-10 of $40,00,000 for capital improvements to bridges. 
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Sine e the fee increases are effective September 1, 2008, and the transfer of fee increases to the TransCap Fund does 
not begin until July 1,2009, there will be an increase to undedicated Highway Fund revenue in fiscal year 2008-09 of . 
$12,971,000. The bill includes an allocation to the Department of Transportation of$12,971,000 in fiscal year 2008-
for capital projects. 
Additional costs to the University of Maine System to work with the Department of Transportation to implement a 
bridge innovation and composites initiative can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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