Resolve, To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen and Align the Services Provided to Maine's Veterans by Establishing a Pilot Project To Inform the Development of a Long-term Transportation Policy To Assist Veterans
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1602
Committee Amendment CA_A_H574 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1093, L.D. 1602, "Resolve, To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen and Align the 
Services Provided to Maine's Veterans by Establishing a Pilot Project To Inform the 
Development of a Long-term Transportation Policy To Assist Veterans" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen 
and Align the Services Provided to Maine's Veterans To Address the Transportation 
Needs of Maine's Veterans' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Veterans transportation study to determine need. Resolved: That 
the Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Defense, 
Veterans and Emergency Management, the Department of Health and Human Services 
and the Department of Labor, shall conduct a study, using available federal funds, to 
determine the need for locally available transportation services that convey veterans to 
and from employment or employment-related services, medical appointments, mental 
health services, social services and community activities; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Study purpose. Resolved: That the purpose of the study is to inform the 
development of a pilot project to be established in a location served by a regional 
transportation network to provide transportation for veterans. The goal of the study and 
the pilot project is to improve access to essential programs and services for veterans, 
including, but not limited to, employment or employment-related services, medical 
appointments, mental health services, social services and community activities, and to 
inform potential future development of a long-term transportation policy designed to 
enable the delivery of cost-effective, sustainable and veteran-focused transportation 
services to meet the current and future needs of veterans in the State; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Participants. Resolved: That the Department of Transportation shall 
invite the participation of various stakeholders in the study and in the development of the 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to H.P. 1093, L.D. 1602 
pilot project, including, but not limited to, the Public Transit Advisory Council, 
established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 4209-A; and be it further 
Sec. 4. 
Reports. Resolved: 
That by February 1, 2017 the Department of 
Transportation shall submit an initial written report on the progress of the study and by 
January 15, 2018 the Department of Transportation shall submit a final written report, 
including findings and recommendations, to the joint standing committees of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation, health and human services and labor 
matters and veterans and legal affairs. The joint standing committees may each submit a 
bill to the Second Regular Session of the 128th Legislature relating to the subject matter 
of the final report; and be it further 
Sec. 5. 
Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Multimodal - Transit 0443 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to conduct a study regarding the availability of 
transportation services to veterans. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2015-16 
$0 
$0 
2016-17 
$40,000 
$40,000 
This amendment replaces the resolve and requires the Department of Transportation, 
in conjunction with the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, 
the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor, to conduct a 
study, using available federal funds, to determine the need for locally available 
transportation services that convey veterans to and from employment or employment-
related services, medical appointments, mental health services, social services and 
community activities. The purpose of the study is to inform the development of a pilot 
project to provide transportation for veterans in order to improve access to essential 
programs and services for veterans and to inform potential future development of a long-
term transportation policy designed to enable the delivery of cost-effective, sustainable 
and veteran-focused transportation services to meet the current and future needs of 
veterans in the State. 
This amendment also provides $40,000 in one-time funding for the study. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 03/17 /16 
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LD 1602 
LR 2677(02) 
Resolve, To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Strengthen and Align the 
Services Provided to Maine's Veterans by Establishing a Pilot Project To Inform the Development of a 
Long-term Transportation Policy To Assist Veterans 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A' { ~ -574-'J 
Committee: Transportation 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2015-16 
FY 2016-17 
$0 
$40,000 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$0 
The bill includes a one-time Federal Expenditures Funds allocation to the Department of Transportation in fiscal year 
2016-17 to conduct a study regarding the availability of transportation services to veterans. Adequate federal funds 
exist to complete this study. 
Additional costs to the Depaiiments of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Services, Health and Human Services and 
Labor to participate in the study can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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