An Act To Change the Status of the Road System at the Loring Development Authority
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0878
Committee Amendment CA_A_H140 (House)
Amends: 23 MRSA §1803-B

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " fl" to H.P. 609, L.D. 878, Bill, "An Act To 
Change the Status of the Road System at the Loring Development Authority" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1803-B, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2001, c. 565, Pt. K, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
1. Distribution and use of funds. Funds from the Urban-Rural Initiative Program 
must be distributed to each eligible municipality, county or Indian reservation or the 
Loring Development Authority under Title 5, section 13080-F if applicable under the 
Rural Road Initiative and the Urban Compact Initiative. 
A. 
Rural Road Initiative funds must be distributed as follows. 
(1) Funds are distributed at a rate of $600 per year per lane mile for all rural 
state aid minor collector roads aa6.o. all public roads maintained by a municipality 
and roads maintained by the Loring Development Authority under Title 5, section 
13080-F located outside urban compact areas as defined in section 754, except 
that funds are distributed at a rate of $300 per year per lane mile for all seasonal 
public roads and seasonal roads maintained by the Loring Development 
Authority. 
(2) Effective July 1, 2000, funds must be used for capital improvements as 
defined by this chapter, or for capital improvements to state aid minor collector 
roads as described in subsection 5. 
In municipalities, counties and Indian 
reservations in which there are no rural state aid minor collector roads, funds may 
also be used for winter highway maintenance, acquisition of highway 
maintenance equipment or the construction of highway maintenance buildings if 
the governing legislative body affirmatively votes that its town ways and local 
bridges are in sufficiently good condition so as to not require significant repair or 
improvement for at least 10 years. 
B. 
Urban Compact Initiative funds must be distributed as follows. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ",4 "to H.P. 609, L.D. 878 
(1) Funds are distributed at a rate of $2,500 per year per lane mile for summer 
maintenance performed by municipalities on state and state aid highways in 
compact areas as defined in section 754. For each lane mile beyond the 2nd lane 
on a highway with more than 2 lanes, funds are reimbursed at a rate of$I,250 per 
lane mile for summer maintenance in compact areas. Funds are distributed at a 
rate of $1,700 per year per lane mile for winter maintenance performed by 
municipalities on state highways in compact areas as defined in sections 754 and 
1001 regardless of the number oflanes. 
(2) Funds must be used only for the maintenance or improvement of public 
roads. 
C. 
The Urban-Rural Initiative Program payment defined as the combined Urban 
Compact Initiative and Rural Road Initiative annual payment to any municipality, 
county, or Indian reservation may not be less than the fiscal year 1999 Local Road 
Assistance Program payment. 
D. 
Beginning July 1, 2001, the annual funding dedicated for the Urban-Rural 
. Initiative Program must bear the same percentage relationship to the sum of the 
General Fund and Highway Fund allocation to the department for highway purposes 
as was provided during fiscal year 2000-01. On July 1, 2001 and every July 1st 
thereafter, the commissioner shall administratively adjust the base funding and the 
reimbursement rates per lane mile proportionately according to revenue available.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation, clarifies that the Loring Development Authority may participate in the 
Urban-Rural Initiative Program with the Department of Transportation and that the 
authority's eligibility is not contingent upon acceptance of its roads as town ways by the 
Town of Limestone. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQLlRED 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD878 
LR 1727(02) 
An Act To Change the Status of the Road System at the Loring Development Authority 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No State fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bills allows the Loring Development Authority to participate in the Urban-Rural Initiative Program with the 
Department of Transportation. The Authority will be treated like a municipality and will share program funding with 
all municipalities. Since program disbursements are on a per-lane-mile basis and the same amount of funds will be 
allocated to more lane miles, there will be a decrease in the per mile rate of payment to all participants. Although 
there will be no fiscal impact to the State, funding to municipalities will decrease to accommodate the lower 
disbursement rate for more lane miles. 
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