An Act Regarding Prequalification Standards for Contractors
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1085
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: MARTIN, HARVELL, TRAHAN
Amends: 5 MRSA §1742

Legislative Document 
No. 1085 
S.P. 318 
In Senate, March 15, 2011 
An Act Regarding Prequalification Standards for Contractors 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
JOSEPH G. CARLETON, JR. 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator MARTIN of Kennebec. 
Cosponsored by Representative HARVELL of Farmington and 
Senator: TRAHAN of Lincoln. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §1742, sub-§25, as amended by PL 2009, c. 1, Pt. CC, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
25.  Sites for child care programs.  To review, in cooperation with the Office of 
Child Care Coordination in the Department of Health and Human Services, feasible sites 
for child care programs offered primarily as a service to state employees pursuant to Title 
22, section 8307, subsection 2; and 
Sec. 2.  5 MRSA §1742, sub-§26, as amended by PL 2009, c. 1, Pt. CC, §§2 and 
3, is further amended to read: 
26.  Rental income.  To credit income from the rental of facilities in Limestone to 
the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services, 
Other Special Revenue Funds account.  These funds must be used for repairs, capital 
improvements and other costs of managing the facilities operated by the Maine Military 
Authority in Limestone. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except when the Governor in the case of 
an emergency pursuant to Title 37-B, section 742 or 744 needs money for disaster relief 
the Governor may transfer no more than 10% of the balance of the rental income, the 
department also may recommend that: 
A.  Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be 
transferred to the General Fund as undedicated revenue; 
B.  Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be 
transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, 
Maine National Guard Education Assistance Pilot Program, Other Special Revenue 
Funds account for tuition assistance; 
C.  Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be 
transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, 
Maine National Guard Education Assistance Pilot Program, Other Special Revenue 
Funds account for the reimbursement of the purchase of supplemental life insurance 
as provided for in the provisions of Title 37-B, section 390-B;  
D.    Beginning July 1, 2007, part of the rental income collected by the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this 
subsection be transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management for maintenance and repair of National Guard armories in the State; and 
E.  Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be 
transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, 
Disaster Assistance Relief, Other Special Revenue Funds account for disaster 
assistance.; and 
Sec. 3.  5 MRSA §1742, sub-§28 is enacted to read: 
28.  Prequalification.  To prequalify annually bidders for construction of public 
improvement projects. 
Sec. 4.  Prequalification and renewal process.  The Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services shall adopt, by 
January 1, 2012, a process to prequalify and renew the prequalification of contractors 
bidding on public improvement projects on an annual basis that is the same as the 
prequalification process used by the Department of Transportation under the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 23, chapter 410 for bidders for contracts for transportation 
infrastructure projects. 
SUMMARY 
This bill directs the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of 
General Services to adopt the same annual contractor prequalification process as the 
Department of Transportation by January 1, 2012.  It also directs the Bureau of General 
Services to adopt the same renewal prequalification process as the Department of 
Transportation.