An Act To Support Housing for Homeless Veterans
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1062
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: GOLDEN, McCORMICK, BATES, BECK, DOORE, FECTEAU, LUCHINI, PARRY, GERZOFSKY, KATZ
Amends: 36 MRSA §4641-B

Legislative Document 
No. 1062 
H.P. 731 
House of Representatives, March 24, 2015 
An Act To Support Housing for Homeless Veterans 
Reference to the Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative GOLDEN of Lewiston. 
Cosponsored by Senator McCORMICK of Kennebec and 
Representatives: BATES of Westbrook, BECK of Waterville, DOORE of Augusta, FECTEAU 
of Biddeford, LUCHINI of Ellsworth, PARRY of Arundel, Senators: GERZOFSKY of 
Cumberland, KATZ of Kennebec. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA c. 201, sub-c. 3-C is enacted to read: 
SUBCHAPTER 3-C 
HOUSING FOR HOMELESS VETERANS 
§4765.  Homeless Veterans Housing Fund 
1.  Fund established.  The Homeless Veterans Housing Fund, referred to in this 
section as "the fund," is established.  The fund is administered by the Maine State 
Housing Authority as an interest-bearing, nonlapsing fund.  The fund may include 
appropriations, allocations and credits for inclusion in the fund, grants and gifts from 
outside sources and interest earned from investments from the fund.  The purpose of the 
fund is to provide housing for homeless veterans. 
2.  Fiscal year 2015-16 credited funds from Treasurer of State.  The Maine State 
Housing Authority shall disburse all funds received from outside sources for the fund and 
$1 of funds credited to the fund by the Treasurer of State in fiscal year 2015-16 for every 
$3 received from an outside source to a nonprofit volunteer organization planning to 
construct housing for homeless veterans on the grounds of the United States Department 
of Veterans Affairs medical center in the City of Augusta for the purpose of constructing 
the housing.  The nonprofit volunteer organization may request funds to be disbursed 
from the fund for the construction of housing for homeless veterans under this subsection 
on an as-needed basis. On June 30, 2017, the Maine State Housing Authority shall 
transfer from the fund to the General Fund an amount equal to the amount credited to the 
fund by the Treasurer of State in fiscal year 2015-16 that was not matched by funds 
received from outside sources. 
Sec. 2.  36 MRSA §4641-B, sub-§4-B, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 453, §6, is 
amended to read: 
E.  In fiscal year 2015-16 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Treasurer of State shall 
credit the revenues derived from the tax imposed pursuant to section 4641-A, 
subsection 1 in accordance with this paragraph. 
(1)  At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Maine State Housing Authority shall 
certify to the Treasurer of State the amount that is necessary and sufficient to 
meet the authority's obligations relating to bonds issued or planned to be issued 
by the authority under Title 30-A, section 4864. 
(2)  On a monthly basis the Treasurer of State shall apply 50% of the revenues in 
accordance with this subparagraph.  The Treasurer of State shall first pay 
revenues available under this subparagraph to the Maine State Housing 
Authority, which shall deposit the funds in the Maine Energy, Housing and 
Economic Recovery Fund established in Title 30-A, section 4863, until the 
amount paid equals the amount certified by the Maine State Housing Authority 
under subparagraph (1), after which, for fiscal year 2015-16, the Treasurer of 
State shall credit $1,000,000 to the Homeless Veterans Housing Fund under Title 
30-A, section 4765 and credit any remaining revenues available under this 
subparagraph to the General Fund and, for fiscal year 2016-17 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, the Treasurer of State shall credit any remaining revenues 
available under this subparagraph to the General Fund. 
(3)  On a monthly basis, the Treasurer of State shall credit 50% of the revenues to 
the Maine State Housing Authority, which shall deposit the funds in the Housing 
Opportunities for Maine Fund created in Title 30-A, section 4853. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes the Homeless Veterans Housing Fund within the Maine State 
Housing Authority to provide housing for homeless veterans and, for fiscal year 2015-16, 
directs the Treasurer of State to credit $1,000,000 derived from the real estate transfer tax 
to the Homeless Veterans Housing Fund to support, with a 3-to-1 match by outside 
sources, the construction by the Volunteers of America of housing for homeless veterans 
on the grounds of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in the 
City of Augusta.