An Act To Transfer the Administration of the Renewable Resource Fund from the State Planning Office to the Public Utilities Commission
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0036
Committee Amendment CA_A_H10 (House)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §3210

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 37, L.D. 36, Bill, "An Act To Transfer 
the Administration of the Renewable Resource Fund from the State Planning Office to 
the Public Utilities Commission" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the Executive Department, State Planning Office has the authority to 
administer the Renewable Resource Fund in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, 
2007; and 
Whereas, transferring the authority to administer the Renewable Resource Fund to 
the Public Utilities Commission on July I, 2007 will ensure that there is no lapse in 
spending authority during the transition of administrative responsibility for the fund; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, ' 
Amend the bill in section I in subsection 5 in the first paragraph in the 4th line (page 
I, line 7 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "demonstration community" and inserting 
the following: 'demOl'lstratioA community demonstration' 
Amend the bill in section I in subsection 5 by striking out all of paragraph D (page 1, 
lines 17 to 21 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'D. 
Provide for a distribution of the funds to Maine-based nonprofit organizations 
that qualify under the federal Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3), consumer-
owned eleetrie eooperati'les transmission and distribution utilities, community-based 
nonprofit organizations aAd~ community action programs, municipalities, guasi-
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municipal corporations or districts as defined in Title 30-A, section 2351 and school 
administrative units as defined in Title 20-A, section 1 for demonstration community 
demonstration projects using renewable energy technologies.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §3210, sub-§6-A is enacted to read: 
6-A. 
Renewable Resource Fund report. 
The commission shall report by 
December 1 st of each year to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters on the Renewable Resource Fund 
established in subsection 6 and referred to in this subsection as "the fund." The report 
must include: 
A. A description of actions taken by the commission pursuant to subsections 5 and 6 
during the prior 12 months; 
B. An accounting of total deposits into and expenditures from the fund during the 
prior 12 months; and 
C. A description of any research and development or community demonstration 
project that received a distribution from the fund during the prior 12 months, 
including its objectives, current status and results. 
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Renewable Resource Fund 0912 
Initiative: Deal10cates funds due to a transfer of the Renewable Resource Fund currently 
administered by the Executive Department, State Planning Office to the Public Utilities 
Commission. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 
2007-08 
($500) 
($500) 
2007-08 
($500) 
($500) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
($500) 
($500) 
2008-09 
($500) 
($500) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fl' to H.P. 37, L.D. 36 
Renewable Resource Fund 0912 
Initiative: Allocates funds to allow a transfer of the Renewable Resource Fund currently 
administered by the Executive Department, State Planning Office to the Public Utilities 
Commission. This allocation will provide funding for initiatives through revenue fund 
transfers and authorizes the use of the estimated balance forward. 
II 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
OTHER SPEClAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2007-08 
$500 
$500 
2007-08 
$500 
$500 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
Amend the bill by inserting at the end before the summary the following: 
2008-09 
$500 
$500 
2008-09 
$500 
$500 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
'Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect July 1,2007.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment adds an emergency preamble and clause to the bill and provides for 
an effective date of July 1,2007. It amends the list of entities that are eligible to receive 
distributions from the Renewable Resource Fund for community demonstration projects 
to add quasi-municipal corporations and districts and to clarifY terminology and 
definitions. The amendment also adds a requirement that the Public Utilities Commission 
make an annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters regarding the Renewable Resource Fund and 
activities funded by the fund. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A .. to H.P. 37, L.D. 36 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/09/07 ;f;?ac:. 
LD36 
LR 760(02) 
An Act To Transfer the Administration of the Renewable Resource Fund from the State Planning 
Office to the Public Utilities Commission 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This legislation proposes to transfer the Renewable Resource Fund currently administered by the State Planning 
Office to the Public Utilities Commission. The transfer is not expected to have any impact on the total amounts 
collected for, or expended from, the fund. To facilitate the transfer, this legislation contains a deallocation of $500 in 
fiscal year 2007-08 and 2008-09 from the Renewable Resource Fund currently contained in LD 499 and a 
corresponding allocation of $500 in fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09 to the Public Utilities Commission to provide 
funding for initiatives through revenue fund transfers and authorizes the use of the estimated balance forward. 
LR0760(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1