An Act To Authorize Bond Issues for Ratification by the Voters for the June 2010 Election
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1826
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_F_S528 (Senate)
Amends: 22 MRSA §2127

SENATE AMENDMENT "F " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 
1313, L.D. 1826, Bill, "An Act To Authorize Bond Issues for Ratification by the Voters 
for the June 2010 Election" 
Amend the amendment by striking out everything after the title and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Authorize Bond Issues for Ratification by the Voters for the June 2010 
Election and November 2010 Election' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Preamble. Two thirds of both Houses of the Legislature deeming it necessary in 
accordance with the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 14 to authorize the 
issuance of bonds on behalf of the State of Maine to provide funds as described in this 
Act, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
PART A 
Sec. A-I. Authorization of bonds. The Treasurer of State is authorized, under 
the direction of the Governor, to issue bonds in the name and on behalf of the State in an 
amount not exceeding $27,000,000 for the purposes described in section 6 of this Part. 
The bonds are a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State. The bonds may not run for 
a period longer than 10 years from the date of the origi'nal issue of the bonds. At the 
discretion of the Treasurer of State, with the approval of the Governor, any issuance of 
bonds may contain a call feature. 
Sec. A-2. 
Records of bonds issued kept by Treasurer of State. The 
Treasurer of State shall keep an account of each bond showing the number of the bond, 
the name of the successful bidder to whom sold, the amount received for the bond, the 
date of sale and the date when payable . 
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Sec. A-3. Sale; how negotiated; proceeds appropriated. The Treasurer of 
State may negotiate the sale of the bonds by direction of the Governor, but no bond may 
be loaned, pledged or hypothecated on behalf of the State. The proceeds of the sale of the 
bonds, which must be held by the Treasurer of State and paid by the Treasurer of State 
upon warrants drawn by the State Controller, are appropriated solely for the purposes set 
forth in this Part. Any unencumbered balances remaining at the completion of the project 
in this Part lapse to the debt service account established for the retirement of these bonds. 
Sec. A-4. Interest and debt retirement. 
The Treasurer of State shall pay 
interest due or accruing on any bonds issued under this Part and all sums coming due for 
payment of bonds at maturity. 
Sec. A-S. Disbursement of bond proceeds. The proceeds of the bonds must be 
expended as set out in this Part under the direction and supervision of the Department of 
Transportation. 
Sec. A-6. Allocations from General Fund bond issue. The proceeds of the 
sale of the bonds authorized under this Part must be expended as designated in the 
following schedule. 
DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORT ATION 
General Fund 
Provides funds for railroads, including 
$17,000,000 to purchase and preserve 
approximately 240 miles of railroad track 
in Aroostook County currently owned and 
operated by the Montreal, Maine and 
Atlantic Railway, which track upon 
acquisition by the State must be operated 
by a rail operator chosen through a 
competitive process, in consultation with 
shippers and other stakeholders of the 
track; $5,000,000 to purchase a portion of 
rail line and to make other improvements 
related to improved freight rail service and 
preparation for future passenger rail service 
to Lewiston and Auburn; and $5,000,000 
for repairs and improvements of the 
portions of the Mountain Division Railroad 
owned by the State. 
$27,000,000 
Sec. A-7. Contingent upon ratification of bond issue. Sections 1 to 6 do not 
become effective unless the people of the State ratifY the issuance of the bonds as set 
forth in this Part. 
Sec. A-S. Appropriation balances at year-end. At the end of each fiscal year, 
all unencumbered appropriation balances representing state money carry forward. Bond 
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proceeds that have not been expended within 10 years after the date of the sale of the 
bonds lapse to General Fund debt service. 
Sec. A-9. Bonds authorized but not issued. Any bonds authorized but not 
issued, or for which bond anticipation notes are not issued within 5 years of ratification of 
this Part, are deauthorized and may not be issued, except that the Legislature may, within 
years after the expiration of that 5-year period, extend the period for issuing any 
remaining unissued bonds or bond anticipation notes for an additional amount of time not 
to exceed 5 years. 
Sec. A-I0. Referendum for ratification; submission at election; form of 
question; effective date. This Part must be submitted to the legal voters of the State at 
a statewide election held in the month of June following passage of this Act. The 
municipal officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective cities, towns 
and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide election, 
to vote on the acceptance or rejection of this Part by voting on the following question: 
"Do you favor a $27,000,000 bond issue to create jobs in Maine through 
improvements to railroads?" 
The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question 
and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square 
below the word "Yes" or "No." 
The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and 
declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of 
State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall 
review the returns. If a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of this Part, the 
Governor shall proclaim the result without delay and this Part becomes effective 30 days 
after the date of the proclamation. 
The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all 
ballots, returns and copies of this Part necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
referendum. 
PARTB 
Sec. B-l. PL 2009, c. 414, Pt. C, §1 is amended to read: 
Sec. C-l. Authorization of bonds. The Treasurer of State is authorized, under 
the direction of the Governor, to issue bonds in the name and on behalf of the State in an 
amount not exceeding $ I 0,250,000 $9,050,000 for the purposes described in section 6 of 
this Part. The bonds are a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State. The bonds may 
not run for a period longer than 10 years from the date of the original issue of the bonds. 
At the discretion of the Treasurer of State, with the approval of the Governor, any 
issuance of bonds may contain a call feature. 
Sec. B-2. PL 2009, c. 414, Pt. C, §6 is amended to read: 
Sec. C-6. Allocations from General Fund bond issue. The proceeds of the 
sale of the bonds authorized under this Part must be expended as designated in the 
following schedule. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan 
Fund 
Provides funds for a drinking water 
$3,400,000 $2,000,000 
revolving loan fund to acquire, design, 
plan, construct, enlarge, repair, protect or 
improve drinking water supplies or 
treatment systems to be matched by 
$17,000,000 $10,000,000 in other funds. 
DEPARTMENT OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
Small Community Grant Program 
Provides funding for grants to towns to 
$1,000,000 
help replace malfunctioning septic systems 
that are polluting a water body or causing a 
public nuisance. 
Wastewater Treatment Facility State 
Revolving Loan Fund 
Provides funds for a wastewater treatment 
$3,000,000 $3,200,000 
facility state revolving loan fund to be 
matched by $15,000,000 $16,000,000 in 
other funds. 
Uncontrolled Sites 
Provides funds to investigate and clean up 
$750,000 
uncontrolled hazardous substance 
contamination at sites posing unacceptable 
threats to public health and water quality. 
Wastewater Treatment Facility 
Construction Grants 
Provides funds for wastewater treatment 
$600,000 
facility construction grants to be matched 
by $900,000 in other funds. 
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Overboard Discharge 
Provides funds to assist homeowners 
whose homes are serviced by substandard 
or malfunctioning waste water treatment 
systems, including straight pipe discharges, 
individual overboard discharge systems, 
subsurface waste water disposal systems, 
septic tanks, leach fields and cesspools, 
which systems result in direct discharges of 
domestic pollutants to the surface waters of 
the State. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES 
Agriculture Water Source Development 
Program 
Provides funds to assist farmers in the 
development of environmentally sound 
water sources to manage weather-related 
risk and to comply with in-stream flow 
rules that will leverage $350,000 in other 
funds. 
Sec. B-3. PL 2009, c. 414, Pt. C, §10 is amended to read: 
$500,000 
$1,000,000 
Sec. C-I0. Referendum for ratification; submission at election; form of 
question; effective date. This Part must be submitted to the legal voters of the State at 
a statewide election held in June 2010 following passage of this Act. The municipal 
officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and 
plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide election, to 
vote on the acceptance or rejection of this Part by voting on the following question: 
"Do you favor a $10,250,000$9,050,000 bond issue to improve water 
quality, support drinking water programs and the construction of 
wastewater treatment facilities and te assist farmers in the development 
of 
environmentally 
sound 
water 
sources 
that 
will 
leverage 
$33,250,000$27,250,000 in federal and other funds?" 
The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question 
and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square 
below the word "Yes" or "No." 
The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and 
declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of 
State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall 
review the returns. If a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of this Part, the 
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Governor shall proclaim the result without delay and this Part becomes effective 30 days 
after the date of the proclamation. 
The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all 
ballots, returns and copies of this Part necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
referendum. 
PARTC 
Sec. C-l. Authorization of bonds. The Treasurer of State is authorized, under 
the direction of the Governor, to issue bonds in the name and on behalf of the State in an 
amount not exceeding $5,000,000 for the purposes described in section 6 of this Part. The 
bonds are a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State. The bonds may not run for a 
period longer than 10 years from the date of the original issue of the bonds. At the 
discretion of the Treasurer of State, with the approval of the Governor, any issuance of 
bonds may contain a call feature. The $3,500,000 in bonds to be awarded pursuant to 
section 6 on a competitive basis for a community-based teaching clinic affiliated with or 
operated by a college of dental medicine may not be issued before July I, 20 10 and the 
$1,500,000 in bonds to be used to upgrade community-based health care clinics may not 
be issued before July 1,20 II. 
Sec. C-2. 
Records of bonds issued kept by Treasurer of State. The 
Treasurer of State shall keep an account of each bond showing the number of the bond, 
the name of the successful bidder to whom sold, the amount received for the bond, the 
date of sale and the date when payable. 
Sec. C-3. Sale; how negotiated; proceeds appropriated. The Treasurer of 
State may negotiate the sale of the bonds by direction of the Governor, but no bond may 
be loaned, pledged or hypothecated on behalf of the State. The proceeds of the sale of the 
bonds, which must be held by the Treasurer of State and paid by the Treasurer of State 
upon warrants drawn by the State Controller, are appropriated solely for the purposes set 
forth in this Part. Any unencumbered balances remaining at the completion of the project 
in this Part lapse to the debt service account established for the retirement of these bonds. 
Sec. C-4. Interest and debt retirement. The Treasurer of State shall pay interest 
due or accruing on any bonds issued under this Part and all sums coming due for payment 
of bonds at maturity. 
Sec. C-S. Disbursement of bond proceeds. The proceeds of the bonds must be 
expended as set out in this Part under the direction and supervision of the Department of 
Health and Human Services. 
Sec. C-6. Allocations from General Fund bond issue. The proceeds of the 
sale of the bonds authorized under this Part must be expended as designated in the 
following schedule. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES 
Provides funds to be awarded on a 
competitive basis, $3,500,000 to be used 
for a community-based teaching clinic 
affiliated with or operated by a college of 
dental medicine to be matched by 
$3,500,000 in other funds, and $1,500,000 
to be used to upgrade community-based 
health and dental care clinics across the 
State to increase their capacity as teaching 
clinics. 
$5,000,000 
Sec. C-7. Contingent upon ratification of bond issue. Sections 1 to 6 do not 
become effective unless the people of the State ratify the issuance of the bonds as set 
forth in this Part. 
Sec. C-8. Appropriation balances at year-end. At the end of each fiscal year, 
all unencumbered appropriation balances representing state money carry forward. Bond 
proceeds that have not been expended within 10 years after the date of the sale of the 
bonds lapse to General Fund debt service. 
Sec. C-9. Bonds authorized but not issued. Any bonds authorized but not 
issued, or for which bond anticipation notes are not issued within 5 years of ratification of 
this Part, are deauthorized and may not be issued, except that the Legislature may, within 
years after the expiration of that 5-year period, extend the period for issuing any 
remaining unissued bonds or bond anticipation notes for an additional amount of time not 
to exceed 5 years. 
Sec. C-IO. Referendum for ratification; submission at election; form of 
question; effective date. This Part must be submitted to the legal voters of the State at 
a statewide election held in the month of November following passage of this Act. The 
municipal officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective cities, towns 
and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide election, 
to vote on the acceptance or rejection of this Part by voting on the following question: 
"Do you favor a $5,000,000 bond issue to be awarded on a competitive 
basis to increase access to dental care in Maine, $3,500,000 to be used 
for a community-based teaching dental clinic affiliated with or operated 
by a college of dental medicine to be matched by $3,500,000 in other 
funds, and $1,500,000 to be used to create or upgrade community-based 
health and dental care clinics across the State to increase their capacity as 
teaching and dental clinics?" 
The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question 
and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square 
below the word "Yes" or "No." The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and 
declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of 
State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall 
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review the returns. If a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of this Part, the 
Governor shall proclaim the result without delay and this Part becomes effective 30 days 
after the date of the proclamation. 
The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all 
ballots, returns and copies of this Part necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
referendum. 
PARTD 
Sec. D-l. 22 MRSA §2127, sub-§6-A is enacted to read: 
6-A. Monitoring of grants. The . program director or chief executive officer under 
subsection 2, paragraph C, subparagraph (3) shall monitor contracts resulting from grant 
awards established by the department concerning community-based dental clinics 
affiliated with or operated by a school of dentistry. 
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Sec. E-l. Oral Health Advisory Committee. The Department of Health and 
Human Services shall establish the Oral Health Advisory Committee, referred to in this 
Part as "the committee," to award a $3,500,000 grant to create a teaching dental clinic 
pursuant to subsections 3 and 4 and to award $1,500,000 in grants pursuant to subsection 
5, subject to the passage of the referendum set out in Part C. 
1. Membership. The program director or chief executive officer of the oral health 
program within the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 2127 is 
designated the chair of the committee and shall appoint the following 6 members: 
A. A representative of a group representing individuals licensed to practice dentistry 
in this State; 
B. A representative of a statewide organization representing low-income individuals; 
C. A representative of an organization representing community-based health care 
clinics; 
D. An individual representing community-based dental clinics; 
E. A representative of a foundation based in this State committed to improving the 
health of citizens in this State who has experience funding direct service for dental 
care; and 
F. An individual representing Maine veterans of the United States Armed Forces or 
the Maine National Guard who has experience with dental care. 
2. Appointments. The committee must be appointed and convene within 30 days of 
the passage of the referendum set out in Part C. 
3. Duties. The committee shall create an application for the grant for a teaching 
dental clinic for interested parties within 60 days of the passage of the referendum in Part 
C. The committee shall hold a bidders conference within 7 days following issuance of the 
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applications, after which an applicant has 18 days to complete and submit the application. 
The committee shall award the grant before March 1,2011. 
4. Grant criteria. The committee shall use the following criteria in awarding the 
grant. 
A. The recipient must: 
(l) Be a postsecondary institution with its primary campus located in the State; 
(2) Be accredited by a regional accrediting agency approved by the United States 
Department of Education; 
(3) Have a board of trustees that has previously approved a degree program that 
grants a doctorate of dental medicine or a doctorate of dental surgery; 
(4) Have educational programs for health professions that are academically and 
clinically based; and 
(5) Offer a degree in public health. 
B. The recipient must demonstrate financial capacity to start and sustain an accredited 
program in dental medicine that supports long-term access to dental care in the State. 
C. The recipient must demonstrate an ability to match state funding on a one-to-one 
basis. 
5. Distribution of balance of bond. 
Following the award of the grant under 
subsections 3 and 4, the recipient shall identify 2 members of its organization to join the 
committee to establish an application process for the $1,500,000 in clinic grants under 
Part C. A recipient of a grant under this subsection must: 
A. Be from an underserved community that has a demonstrated need for dental care; 
B. Be a qualified health care provider, including, but not limited to, federally 
qualified health care centers, veterans' health care facilities, health care facilities 
established by the United States Department of Defense serving active duty military 
personnel, Maine-based nonprofit health care centers and municipally supported 
health care clinics; and 
C. Demonstrate a capacity to accommodate dental students. 
6. Completion date. The grants under subsection 5 must be awarded by December 
1,201 I, and following disbursement of these grants the committee terminates. 
PARTF 
Sec. F-l. Contingent effective date. That Part of this Act that enacts the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 2 I 27, subsection 6-A and that Part of this Act that 
directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish the Oral Health 
Advisory Committee take effect only if the General Fund bond issue proposed in Part C 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces Committee Amendment "A" and authorizes a $27,000,000 
bond issue for improvements to railroads. This amendment decreases the amount of the 
bond request in Committee Amendment "A" for the Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan 
Fund and the Wastewater Treatment Facility State Revolving Loan Fund by $6,400,000. 
The amendment also specifies that the $3,500,000 of the bonds to be awarded on a 
competitive basis for a community-based teaching clinic affiliated with or operated by a 
college of dental medicine may not be issued before July 1,2010 and the $1,500,000 of 
the bonds to be used to upgrade community-based health care Clinics may not be issued 
before July 1, 2011. 
The amendment establishes a regular monitoring requirement 
regarding grant recipients of funding authorized in Part C; establishes the Oral Health 
Advisory Committee to aw 
the funds authorized in Part C; and makes Part D and Part 
E contingent on pas sag of the General Fund bond 'ssue described in Part C. 
SPONSORED BY: 
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FISCAL .'u j-E REQCIRED 
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Approved: 04/07/10 MaC!. 
LD 1826 
LR 2648(16) 
An Act To Authorize Bond Issues for Ratification by the Voters for the June 2010 Election 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment '(II to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Sherman of Aroostook 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Bond Issues 
Term (years) 
Principal 
Rate (%) 
Interest 
Total Cost 
General Fund - Non-Taxable 
General Fund - Taxable 
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'Jiscal Detail and Notes 
($47,800,000) 
4.0% 
($6,400,000) 
5.0% 
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This amendment reduces the amount of bonds to be sent to the voters by $54,200,000. 
LR2648(16) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1 
($ 10,516,000) 
($58,316,000) 
($1,760,000) 
($8,160,000)