An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2009-10
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1235
Committee Amendment CA_A_H422 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §246

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .J\. " to H.P. 855, L.D. -1235, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be 
Rendered in Fiscal Year 2009-10" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory 
Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2009-10 and To Make Other Changes 
Related to the Municipal Cost Components' 
Amend the bill by inserting before section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §246, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2007, c. 636, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
3. Legislation. The fiscal administrator shall prepare and submit legislation to the 
Legislature by March 1st, annually, providing for the requests made by counties and state 
agencies for services provided in the unorganized territory that are entitled to funding 
under Title 36, chapter 115. Legislation submitted pursuant to this subsection must also 
include a notation as to any tax enhancement programs that have been approved by the 
county commissioners. The administrator may not reject or change a budget submitted 
by a county or state agency without the approval of the county or agency making the 
request.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Municipal cost components for services rendered. In accordance 
with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, chapter 115, the Legislature determines that 
the net municipal cost component for services and reimbursements to be rendered in 
fiscal year 2009-10 is as follows: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMIITEE AMENDMENT" A 
to H.P. 855, L.D. 1235 
Audit - Fiscal Administration 
$206,711 
Education 
13,856,450 
Forest Fire Protection 
160,000 
Human Services - General Assistance 
59,000 
Property Tax Assessment - Operations 
824,349 
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission-
487,977 
Operations 
TOTAL STATE AGENCIES 
$15,594,486 
County Reimbursements for Services: 
Aroostook 
$885,417 
Franklin 
564,825 
Hancock 
154,505 
Kennebec 
Oxford 
480,525 
Penobscot 
885,380 
Piscataquis 
1,389,350 
Somerset 
888,306 
Washington 
762,597 
TOTAL COUNTY SERVICES 
$6,011,777 
TOTAL REQUIREMENTS 
$21,606,264 
COMPUTA nON OF ASSESSMENT 
Requirements 
$21,606,264 
Less Deductions: 
General-
State Revenue Sharing 
$265,000 
Homestead Reimbursement 
100,000 
Miscellaneous Revenues 
50,000 
TOTAL 
$415,000 
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Educational -
TOTAL 
Land Reserved Trust 
TuitionlTravel 
MisceIlaneous 
Special - Teacher Retirement 
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS 
TAX ASSESSMENT 
COMPUTATION OF ASSESSMENT 
Requirements 
Less Deductions: 
General-
TOTAL 
State Revenue Sharing 
Homestead Reimbursement 
MisceIlaneous Revenues 
Educational -
TOTAL 
Land Reserved Trust 
Tuition/Travel 
MisceIlaneous 
Special - Teacher Retirement 
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS 
TAX ASSESSMENT 
$80,000 
250,000 
5,000 
200,000 
$535,000 
$950,000 
$20,656,264 
$21,606,264 
$265,000 
100,000 
50,000 
$415,000 
$80,000 
250,000 
5,000 
200,000 
$535,000 
$950,000 
$20,656,264 
Sec. 2. Increase in growth limitation. Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 36, section 1611, subsection 3, paragraph B, the Legislature intends by this Act to 
exceed the municipal cost component growth limitation for the state component by 
$1,475,109 and to increase the municipal cost component growth limitation for the state 
component by the remainder of the amount provided in this Act.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 855, L.D. 1235 
SUMMARY 
This amendment increases the municipal cost components for education and the 
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission - Operations to account for changes made in 
other legislation. The amendment also expresses the intent of the Legislature to extend 
the growth limitation for the state component of the municipal cost component by 
$1,475,109 and to increase the growth limitation for the state component of the municipal 
cost component by the remainder required. In addition, this amendment strikes from the 
bill the notation regarding approved tax enhancement programs and eliminates the 
language in the statutes that requires such notations. 
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124tb MAINE LEGISLATURE 
LD 1235 
LR 1927(02) 
An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Tenitory Services To Be Rendered 
in Fiscal Year 2009-10 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A" 
Committee: Taxation 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No net fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The amounts in the bill for the state costs included in the municipal cost components are based on budgeted 
expenditures for fiscal year 2009-10. These costs are incorporated into the tax assessment for the unorganized 
territory, which is collected as dedicated revenue to the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund. 
Transfers are then made to the other dedicated accounts for certain expenditures related to the Unorganized Territory 
and to the General Fund to reimburse for actual General Fund expenditures included in the municipal cost 
components. This bill will not affect budgeted General Fund revenue or appropriations. 
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