An Act To Amend and Clarify the Laws Governing the Brunswick Naval Air Station Job Increment Financing Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1692
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: GERZOFSKY, TUCKER, ALFOND, BAKER, CUSHING, DIAMOND, MASON, PATRICK, HERBIG, WARD
Amends: 5 MRSA §13083-S

Legislative Document 
No. 1692 
S.P. 698 
In Senate, April 1, 2016 
An Act To Amend and Clarify the Laws Governing the Brunswick 
Naval Air Station Job Increment Financing Fund 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Reference to the Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator GERZOFSKY of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative TUCKER of Brunswick and 
Senators: ALFOND of Cumberland, BAKER of Sagadahoc, CUSHING of Penobscot, 
DIAMOND of Cumberland, MASON of Androscoggin, PATRICK of Oxford, 
Representatives: HERBIG of Belfast, WARD of Dedham. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §13083-S-1, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 641, §9, is 
repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
B.  Subject to the provisions of paragraph E, payments allocated to the college must 
be used solely to fund the following costs, as long as those costs are incurred for 
educational programs or employment services directly related to support of the target 
business sectors in the base area: 
(1)  Higher education services, including, but not limited to, faculty and staff 
salaries and instruction; and 
(2)  Operations, equipment, maintenance and financing costs, including, but not 
limited to, closing costs, issuance costs and interest paid to holders of evidences 
of indebtedness issued to pay for project costs and any premium paid over the 
principal amount of that indebtedness because of the redemption of the 
obligations before maturity. 
As used in this paragraph, "target business sectors" means businesses engaged in the 
aerospace or aviation, biotechnology, composites and advanced materials, renewable 
energy or information technology industry. 
Beginning November 15, 2016, the authority and the college jointly shall provide an 
annual report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over economic development matters detailing the amounts of the payments allocated 
to the college from the fund and the manner in which those payments have been used 
during the prior fiscal year. 
SUMMARY 
Current law provides that the state income tax withholding attributable to employees 
at the Brunswick Naval Air Station is placed into a fund and distributed equally to the 
Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority and Southern Maine Community College. 
This bill clarifies that the funds distributed to Southern Maine Community College 
must be used for the support of educational programs or employment services directly 
related to target business sector businesses at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.  
This bill also requires the authority and the college jointly to report to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic development matters 
annually regarding the use of the funds allocated to the college.