An Act To Change the Schedule for the Beginning of the Biennial Budget Cycle
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0080
Committee Amendment CA_A_H200 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 58, L.D. 80, Bill, "An Act To Change 
the Schedule for the Beginning of the Biennial Budget Cycle" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 5 to 7 (page 2, lines 26 to 34 in L.D.) 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 5. Application; single-year budget 2017-18. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2017, the budget of the State 
must provide for a complete financial plan for only that one fiscal year. 
Sec. 6. Submit legislation. 
The joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs shall submit a bill to the 
Maine Revised Statutes to the "biennial budget" and to make any additional technical 
changes necessary to implement this Act. 
Sec. 7. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Information Services 0155 
Initiative: Provides funds for the Bureau of the Budget's information system changes 
required to accommodate the change to the budget biennium. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2013-14 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2014-15 
$245,975 
$245,975 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 58, L.D. 80 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
LEGISLATURE 
Legislature 0081 
2013-14 
2014-15 
$0 
$245,975 
$0 
$245,975 
Initiative: Provides funding for the Legislature to contract for assistance to reprogram the 
Legislature's budget and fiscal note system to accommodate the change to the budget 
biennium. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
LEGISLATURE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2013-14 
$60,000 
$60,000 
2013-14 
$60,000 
$60,000 
2013-14 
$60,000 
$60,000 
2014-15 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
$245,975 
$245,975 
Sec. 8. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 5, section 1665, subsections 1 and 7; Title 5, section 1666, first paragraph; 
and Title 5, section 1 666-A take effect July 1,2017.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee and shifts the start of the 
fiscal biennium for the state budget from the first regular session of the Legislature to the 
July 1,2018, instead of July 1,2016 as proposed in the bill. It also provides that the state 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A, to H.P. 58, L.D. 80 
budget beginning July 1, 2017, instead of July 1, 2015 as proposed in the bill, is a one-
year budget. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the 
bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/09/13 Mac 
LD80 
LR280(02) 
An Act To Change the Schedule for the Beginning of the Biennial Budget Cycle 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A' (H -~OO 
) 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$60,000 
$60,000 
$245,975 
$670,981 
$0 
$245,975 
$670,981 
$0 
This bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $245,975 in fiscal year 2014-15 for the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services for the information system changes required to accomodate the change in the 
budget biennium. The estimated cost in fiscal year 2015-16 is $670,981, resulting in a total project cost of $916,956. 
This bill also includes a General Fund appropriation of $60,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 for the Legislature to contract 
for assistance to reprogram the Legislature's budget and fiscal note system to accomodate the change to the budget 
biennium. 
The Legislature will also incur other additional costs depending on how the Legislature decides to react to the change 
in the timing of the biennial budget. At a minimum, it is likely that additional committee meetings will be held before 
the start of the Second Regular Session in order to complete work on the biennial budget within the statutory 
deadlines for budget enactment. The estimated cost for each interim committee meeting is $1,625 per committee per 
day. The total estimated cost beginning in fiscal year 2016-17 could be as much as $100,000, depending on the 
number of committees meeting for joint hearings prior to the start of the Second Regular Session. 
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