An Act To Expand Affordable Heating Investments with Maine's Public Resources
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1838
Committee Amendment CA_A_S480 (Senate)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §10124

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 741, L.D. 1838, Bill, "An Act To 
Expand Affordable Heating Investments with Maine's Public Resources" 
Amend the bill by striking out alI of the emergency preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 8 in 
L.D.). 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §10124 is enacted to read: 
§10124. Low-income Affordable Heating Assistance from Maine's Forests Fund 
1. Fund established. The Low-income Affordable Heating Assistance from Maine's 
Forests Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established. The fund is a 
nonlapsing fund administered by the trust in accordance with this section. Any interest 
earned on funds in the fund must be credited to the fund, and funds not spent in any fiscal 
year remain in the fund to be used in accordance with this section. The trust receives and 
deposits in the fund funds from the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund, 
established in Title 12, section 1849, subsection 2. 
2. Funding source. All money deposited in the fund must be used for investments 
in affordable measures that reduce residential heating costs for individuals eligible for the 
Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program of the United States Department of 
Health and Human Services. 
The affordable measures must be consistent with the 
measures that lowerresidential heating demand in section 10109, subsection 4, paragraph 
A. 
If the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry determines that the transfer of funds will not 
significantly impair management of public lands, the Treasurer of State shall transfer 
funds from the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund, established in Title 12, section 
1849, subsection 2, to the fund in accordance with this subsection. 
A. On September 1, 2014, the Treasurer of State shall transfer $500,000 from the 
Public Reserved Lands Management Fund to the fund. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 741, L.D. 1838 
B. On July 1, 2015 and on July 1st of each year thereafter, the Treasurer of State 
shall transfer from the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund to the fund: 
(1) If more than 170,000 cords of wood were harvested from the public reserved 
lands during the prior fiscal year, $1,250,000; or 
(2) If 170,000 cords of wood or less were harvested from the public reserved 
lands during the prior fiscal year, $1,000,000. 
For purposes of this paragraph, "cord" has the same meaning as in Title 10, section 
2302, subsection 1. 
3. 
Rulemaking. The board may adopt rules to implement this section. Rules 
adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST 
Low-income Affordable Heating Assistance from Maine's Forests Fund N180 
Initiative: Provides an allocation of $500 in fiscal year 2014-15 to establish the new Low-
income Affordable Heating Assistance from Maine's Forests Fund within the Efficiency 
Maine Trust to be used for investments in affordable measures reducing residential 
heating costs for persons eligible for the federal Low-income Home Energy Assistance 
Program. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2013-14 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
$500 
$500 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report, renames the Affordable Heating from 
Maine's Forests Fund established in the bill the Low-income Affordable Heating 
Assistance from Maine's Forests Fund. 
The amendment provides that the fund 
administered by the Efficiency Maine Trust must be used for investments in affordable 
measures that reduce residential heating costs for individuals eligible for the federal Low-
income Home Energy Assistance Program. 
The amendment also provides that the 
Treasurer of State is required to transfer funds from the Public Reserved Lands 
Management Fund to the Low-income Affordable Heating Assistance from Maine's 
Forests Fund, but only if the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the 
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry determines that the transfer of 
funds will not significantly impair management of public lands. The amendment also 
provides that the transfer of funds will begin September 1, 2014 rather than March 1, 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 741, L.D. 1838 
2014. The amendment also removes the emergency preamble and the emergency clause. 
The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/31114 
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LD 1838 
LR 2732(02) 
An Act To Expand Affordable Heating Investments with Maine's Public Resources 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" ( ~ -1 '?a) 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$500 
$500 
$500 
The bill establishes the Low-income Affordable Heating Assistance from Maine's Forests Fund within Efficiency 
Maine Trust to be used for investments in affordable measures reducing residential heating costs for persons eligible 
for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. This bill includes a $500 Other Special Revenue Funds 
allocation in fiscal year 2014-15 to establish the new fund. This fund will receive money from the Public Reserved 
Lands Management Fund within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry if the Director of the 
Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) determines that the transfer of funds will not significantly impair management of 
public lands. This new fund will receive $500,000 on September 1,2014 and either $1,000,000 or $1,250,000 on July 
1,2015, and July 1st in every subsequent year, depending on the number of cords of wood harvested from the public 
reserved lands. The transfer is not shown in the accounting because it is contingent on the BPL Director's approval. 
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