An Act To Create the Leased Space Reserve Fund and To Amend the Law Regarding the Issuance of Securities under the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1904
Committee Amendment CA_A_S527 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 678, L.D. 1904, Bill, "An Act To 
Create the Leased Space Reserve Fund and To Amend the Law Regarding the Issuance of 
Securities under the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Create the Leased Space Reserve Fund and To Amend the Law 
Regarding the Issuance of Securities under the Maine Governmental Facilities 
Authority and To Provide for the Transfer of Certain Land' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 5 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 5. 
Authority to convey state property. 
Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the State, by and through the Commissioner of Administrative and 
Financial Services, referred to in this section as "the commissioner," may: 
1. Conveyance of land. Convey by sale to Bangor Hydro Electric Company, a 
Maine corporation with its principal place of business in Bangor, Maine, and its 
successors and assigns, a parcel of land no more than 2 acres in size, in the general 
location of the southwest corner of state-owned land, that is currently part of the 
Dorothea Dix Psychatric Center, depicted on the City of Bangor Tax Map R-63, Lot 8 
and recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds. The amount of land and the 
boundary of the property sold pursuant to this section must be determined by the 
commissioner, in the commissioner's sole discretion, to be in the best interests of the 
State; 
2. Easements and other rights. Negotiate, draft, execute and deliver any easements 
or other rights that, in the commissioner's discretion, may contribute to the value of a 
proposed sale of the State's interests, including access rights allowing for the construction 
of a road to allow ingress and egress for workers and equipment of the transferee to the 
parcel of land to be conveyed under subsection 1 and an increase in the scope or width of 
a transmission line easement running along the westerly boundary of the property by 
virtue of an easement granted by the State in Book 1423, Page 12 in the Penobscot 
County Registry of Deeds; and 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 678, L.D. 1904 
3. 
Sale agreement; conditions. 
Negotiate and execute a purchase and sale 
agreement upon such tenns and conditions the commissioner considers appropriate and 
draft, execute and deliver any documents necessary to effect the sale of the property. The 
property must be conveyed "as is" with no representations or warranties. Title to the 
property must be transferred by quitclaim deed without covenants and executed by the 
commissioner. 
Any sale pursuant to this section is exempt from any statutory or regulatory 
requirement that the property described in subsection 1 first be offered to the Maine State 
Housing Authority or another state or local agency. 
Any proceeds from a sale pursuant to this section must be deposited into the 
Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services capital 
repair and improvement account for capital improvements as designated by the 
commissioner. 
Sec. 6. Repeal. Section 5 is repealed one year from its effective date unless a sale 
agreement under section 5, subsection 3 has been entered into prior to that date. 
Sec. 7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Leased Space Reserve Fund Program N139 
Initiative: Provides funding to establish a baseline allocation for costs related to 
relocation and capital projects that construct, renovate or improve state facilities. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$500 
$500 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, adds to the bill 
authority for the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to convey by 
sale a piece of property including easements and other access rights that is currently part 
of the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center to the Bangor Hydro Electric Company, as long 
as the amount of land to be sold and its boundary are detennined to be in the best interests 
of the State. 
This amendment also replaces the bill's appropriations and allocations 
section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/03/12 
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LD 1904 
LR 2863(02) 
An Act To Create the Leased Space Reserve Fund and To Amend the Law Regarding the Issuance of 
Securities under the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A" S .. 5.2 '1 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Potential current biennium revenue increase - General Fund 
Potential current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
FY 2011-12 
$0 
FY 2012-13 
$500 
Projections 
FY 2013-14 
$500 
Projections 
FY 2014-15 
$500 
Authorizing the use of existing authority to issue securities under the Maine Government Facilities Authority will 
increase General Fund debt service costs, including debt service on the Sewall Street properties. The amount can not 
be determined at this time and will depend on the amount and timing of the issuance. This bill includes a $500 Other 
Special Revenue Funds allocation in fiscal year 2012-l3 to establish the Leased Space Reserve Fund Program within 
the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to be supported by one half ofthe identified leased space 
savings. This bill may also increase General Fund resources since the other half of identified savings must be 
transferred to unappropriated surplus. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services may also experience 
an increase in Other Special Revenue Funds if the Bangor property is sold to Bangor Hydro Electric Company. The 
amount cannot be estimated at this time. 
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