An Act To Establish the High-efficiency Biomass Pellet Boiler Rebate Program and the Home Heating Conversion Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1468
Committee Amendment CA_A_S253 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .'It" to S.P. 542, L.D. 1468, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish the High-efficiency Biomass Pellet Boiler Rebate Program and the Home 
Heating Conversion Fund" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act Regarding the Use of Revenue Generated from Public Reserved Lands' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRS A §1849, sub-§l-A is enacted to read: 
I-A. Goals. The Legislature establishes the following goals for the use of revenue 
received by the division under subsection 1: 
A. 
To the extent practicable, to support the harvest of timber from the public 
reserved lands up to the sustainable yield on a year-to-year basis in accordance with 
the requirements of this subchapter; 
B. To support land management and public access to public reserved lands; and 
C. To support the public purposes identified in this section. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRS A §1849, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13, is amended 
to read: 
2. Fund established. All income received by the director from the public reserved 
lands, except income provided for in section 1855, must be deposited with the Treasurer 
of State to be credited to the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund, which is 
established as a nonlapsing fund. The purpose of the fund is to support the development 
of infrastructure to accomplish the goals established in subsection I-A, paragraphs A and 
B. Any interest earned on this money must also be credited to the fund. 
A. Beginning in fiscal year 2015-16, and biennially thereafter, the director shall 
determine the amount of funds needed for the purposes of the fund. For fiscal year 
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2015-16, that amount must include $450,000 to fund the building of infrastructure for 
land management and public access opportunities. 
B. 
Any funds in excess of the amount determined under paragraph A must be 
identified by the department in the estimates provided pursuant to Title 5, section 
1665 as available to be allocated to the Efficiency Maine Trust for the purposes of 
Title 35-A, section 10123. Annually, beginning in 2016, by February 1st the director 
also shall provide a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and the joint standing committee 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over the Efficiency Maine Trust identifying the 
excess funds that may be allocated to the Efficiency Maine Trust for the purposes of 
Title 35-A, section 10123. 
Sec. 3. 3S-A MRSA §10123 is enacted to read: 
§10123. Affordable residential heating options 
The trust shall establish a program to expand affordable residential heating options 
using funds allocated to the trust from the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund 
established in Title 12, section 1849. The program must provide funding assistance for 
new heating system installations and improvements that will significantly reduce 
residential energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the trust. 
Consistent with the purposes of the program, the program must provide funding 
assistance to systems on a technology-neutral basis. In providing assistance under the 
program, the trust shall consider tax or grant subsidies from the Federal Government. 
The trust may develop specific programs for regions of the State where options for home 
heating have the highest cost. 
Sec. 4. 
Temporary energy program. 
The Commissioner of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry shall develop a program to provide funding assistance in fiscal 
years 2013-14 and 2014-15 to the owners or occupants of residential buildings in this 
State to install high-efficiency, biomass-fueled, central heating systems or boilers as a 
primary heating source or to replace outdoor wood boilers that do not meet air quality 
standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 
The 
commissioner shall use funds allocated by the Legislature from the Public Reserved 
Lands Management Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 
1849 to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry for this purpose. The 
commissioner shall develop appropriate application procedures and eligibility standards .. 
Eligible systems under the program must have an efficiency rating of at least 80%. 
Sec. S. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Land Management and Planning 0239 
Initiative: Provides funding assistance to the owners or occupants of residential buildings 
in the State to install high-efficiency, biomass-fueled central heating systems or boilers as 
a primary heating source or to replace outdoor wood boilers that do not meet air quality 
standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Land Management and PlaIlining 0239 
2013-14 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2014-15 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding DJr the building of infrastructure for land management and 
public access opportunities. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
Capital Expenditures 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
AGRICUL TURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL .. ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. This amendment: 
2013-14 
$50,000 
$150,000 
$200,000 
2013-14 
$700,000 
$700,000 
2014-15 
$100,000 
$245,000 
$345,000 
2014-15 
$1,345,000 
$1,345,000 
1. Establishes 3 goals relating to the use of revenue from the State's public reserved 
lands: to SUpp011 the harvest of timber from the public reserved lands up to the 
sustainable yield on a year-to-year basis, to support land management and public access 
to public reserved lands and to support certain heating system programs; 
2. In fiscal year 2013-14 allocates $200,000 and in fiscal year 2014-15 allocates 
$345,000 from the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund to the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Division of Parks and Public Lands to fund the 
building of infrastructure for land management and public access opportunities; 
3. In fiscal year 2013-14 allocates $500,000 and in fiscal year 2014-15 allocates 
$1,000,000 from the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund to the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to fund a program, to be developed by the 
department, to provide funding assistance to the owners or occupants of residential 
buildings in this State to install high-efficiency, biomass-fueled, central heating systems 
or boilers as a plimary heating source or to replace outdoor wood boilers that do not meet 
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air quality standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 
Eligible systems under the program must have an efficiency rating of at least 80%; 
4. Directs the Efficiency Maine Trust to establish a program to expand affordable 
residential heating options using funds allocated to the trust from the Public Reserved 
Lands Management Fund. The program must provide funding assistance for new heating 
system installations and improvements that will significantly reduce residential energy 
costs and greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the trust. Consistent with the 
purposes of the program, the program must provide funding assistance to systems on a 
technology-neutral basis. 
In providing assistance under the program, the trust must 
consider tax or grant subsidies from the Federal Government. The trust may develop 
specific programs for regions of the State where options for home heating have the 
highest costs; and 
5. Beginning in fiscal year 2015-16 and biennially thereafter requires the Director of 
the Division of Parks and Public Lands within the Department of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry to detennine the amount of funds needed to support the 
harvest of timber from the public reserved lands up to the sustainable yield on a year-to-
year basis and to support land management and public access to public reserved lands. In 
fiscal year 2015-16, that amount must include $450,000 to fund the building of 
infrastructure for land management and public access opportunities. Any funds in excess 
of that amount must be identified by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry in the revenue estimated as available to be allocated to the Efficiency Maine 
Trust. The director also is directed to provide an annual report to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs 
and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over the 
Efficiency Maine Trust identifying the excess funds that may be allocated to the 
Efficiency Maine Trust. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/02/13 A'ac 
LD 1468 
LR 1219(02) 
An Act To Establish the High-efficiency Biomass Pellet Boiler Rebate Program and the Home Heating 
Conversion Fund 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment It (s -J-5'3 ) 
Committee: I~nergy, Utilities and Technology 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fisc:al Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
$700,000 
$1,345,000 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry of $200,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $345,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 for the building of infrastructure for 
land management and public access opportunities. Funds from timber harvesting exist within the account to fund the 
allocation. It also includes an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the department of $500,000 in fiscal year 
2013-14 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 to provide funding assistance to the owners or occupants of residential 
buildings in the state to install high-efficiency, biomass-fueled central heating systems or boilers as a primary heating 
source or to replace outdoor wood boilers that do not meet air quality standards established by the federal 
Environmental Protection Agency. A revenue transfer in the same amount has been made between Other Special 
Revenue Funds accounts to fund this allocation. 
The bill allocates any excess funds from the revenue collected in the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry, Public Reserved Lands Management Fund to the Efficiency Maine Trust to establish a program expanding 
affordable residential system installation and improvement projects beginning in FY 2015-16. Any excess revenue to 
be allocated to Efficiency Maine Trust as propose:d in this bill cannot be determined at this time. 
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