An Act To Restore Revenue Sharing
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0980
Committee: Taxation
Sponsors: TEPLER, BREEN, ALLEY, BLUME, DEVIN, GILLWAY, GOODE, STANLEY, LIBBY
Amends: 30-A MRSA §5681

Legislative Document 
No. 980 
H.P. 677 
House of Representatives, March 18, 2015 
An Act To Restore Revenue Sharing 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative TEPLER of Topsham. 
Cosponsored by Senator BREEN of Cumberland and 
Representatives: ALLEY of Beals, BLUME of York, DEVIN of Newcastle, GILLWAY of 
Searsport, GOODE of Bangor, McCABE of Skowhegan, STANLEY of Medway, Senator: 
LIBBY of Androscoggin. 
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, state-municipal revenue sharing is used to stabilize the municipal property 
tax burden and to aid in financing all municipal services; and 
Whereas, transfers to municipalities are required to be made by the 20th of each 
month; for fiscal year 2015-16, the first transfer is required to be made by July 20, 2015; 
and 
Whereas, the 90-day period required for nonemergency legislation may not 
terminate until after this date; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§5-C, as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. J, §1, 
is further amended to read: 
5-C.  Transfers to General Fund.  For the months beginning on or after July 1, 
2009, $25,383,491 in fiscal year 2009-10, $38,145,323 in fiscal year 2010-11, 
$40,350,638 in fiscal year 2011-12, $44,267,343 in fiscal year 2012-13, $73,306,246 in 
fiscal year 2013-14 and, $85,949,391 in fiscal year 2014-15, $64,462,043 in fiscal year 
2015-16, $42,974,695 in fiscal year 2016-17 and $21,487,348 in fiscal year 2017-18 from 
the total transfers pursuant to subsection 5 must be transferred to General Fund 
undedicated revenue.  The amounts transferred to General Fund undedicated revenue 
each fiscal year pursuant to this subsection must be deducted from the distributions 
required by subsections 4-A and 4-B based on the percentage share of the transfers to the 
Local Government Fund pursuant to subsection 5.  The reductions in this subsection must 
be allocated to each month proportionately based on the budgeted monthly transfers to 
the Local Government Fund as determined at the beginning of the fiscal year. 
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
Currently, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, the amount transferred to 
municipalities under state-municipal revenue sharing is decreased by approximately 
$86,000,000.  This bill restores state-municipal revenue sharing by the fiscal year 
beginning July 1, 2018 by transferring from state-municipal revenue sharing each fiscal 
year for the next 3 fiscal years an increasingly lesser amount than the fiscal year 2014-15 
amount.