An Act Related to the Report of the Tax Expenditure Review Task Force
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1762
House Amendment HA_C_H604 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT "l!" to H.P. 1264, L.D. 1762, Bill, "An Act Related to the 
Report of the Tax Expenditure Review Task Force" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. S, §9 is repealed.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 4 and 5 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. Transmission and distribution assessments to General Fund for 
fiscal year 2014-15. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, sections 
10110 and 10111, for fiscal year 2014-15 only, assessments collected from transmission 
and distribution utilities and gas utilities pursuant to sections 10110 and 10111, 
respectively, must be deposited in the General Fund. 
Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST 
Efficiency Maine Trust Z100 
Initiative: Deallocates all funding in fiscal year 2014-15 only as a result of transferring 
assessments from the Public Utilities Commission to the General Fund rather than to the 
Efficiency Maine Trust. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2013-14 
2014-15 
$0 
($169,464) 
$0 ($14,404,090) 
$0 ($14,573,554) 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT ,.v, to H.P. 1264, L.D. 1762 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes the transfers in the bill from the Tax Relief Fund for Maine 
Residents and the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund. It repeals the provision in Public 
Law 2013, chapter 368, Part S that provided for a fiscal year 2013-14 year-end transfer 
from the General Fund to the Local Government Fund. It adds a provision that, for fiscal 
year 2014-15, assessments by the Public Utilities Commission on transmission and 
distribution utilities and gas utilities must be deposited in the General Fund. 
The 
amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
SPONSOREDBY: __ ~~~ 
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(Representative CRA Y) 
TOWN: Palmyra 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02110114 
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LD 1762 
LR 2721(13) 
An Act Related to the Report of the Tax Expenditure Review Task Force 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment ~ 
to Original Bill 
Sponsor: Rep. Cray of Palmyra 
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 
... ppropriations/ Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$10,426,446 
$0 
($14,573,554) 
$0 
$14,573,554 
$0 
($14,573,554) 
$0 
($25,000,000) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This amendment increases the General Fund cost of the bill by $10,426,446 in fiscal year 2014-15. It eliminates the 
transfers from the Tax Relief and Maine Budget Stabilization Funds from the bill, which increases the General Fund 
cost of the bill by $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2014-15. That cost is partially offset by the transfer of the various 
assessments for the Efficiency Maine Trust to the General Fund in fiscal year 2014-15 only. Those assessments are 
estimated to be $14,573,554 in fiscal year 2014-15. 
The amendment replaces the changes in the bill that modified the distribution of the General Fund unappropriated 
surplus at the close of fiscal year 2013-14, also known as the "Cascade," and instead eliminates the fourth priority 
transfer of up to $40,000,000 to municipal revenue sharing. 
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