An Act To Help Stabilize Homeless Shelters in Maine Anlend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: An Act To Help Stabilize Homeless Shelters and Shelters for Victims of Human Trafficking in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0443
Committee Amendment CA_A_S273 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to S.P. 172, L.D. 443, Bill, "An Act To Help 
Stabilize Homeless Shelters in Maine" 
Anlend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Help Stabilize Homeless Shelters and Shelters for Victims of Human 
Trafficking in Maine' 
Amend the bill by striking out evelything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Distribution of settlement funds. Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the State Controller shall distribute $100,000 of the funds received from the 
settlement agreement reached between the United States and McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. 
and its subsidiary Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC on February 2, 2015 and 
received by the State on March 10, 2015 to the Shelter Rehabilitation for Victims of 
Human Trafficking, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Maine State 
Housing Authority for the rehabilitation and operating costs of a shelter for victims of 
human trafficking no later than September 30, 2015. This funding must supplement and 
not supplant any other funding available for this purpose. 
Sec. 2. Distribution of settlement funds in fiscal year 2015-16 and fiscal 
year 2016-17. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall 
distribute $150,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 of the 
funds received from the settlement agreement reached between the United States and 
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. and its subsidiary Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC 
on Februaly 2, 2015 and received by the State on March 10, 2015 to the Shelter 
Operations for Victinls of Human Trafficking, Other Special Revenue Funds account 
within the Department of Health and Human Services for the operating costs of a shelter 
for victinls ofhUlllan trafficking. These funds must be distributed no later than June 30th 
of the applicable fiscal year. This funding must supplement and not supplant any other 
funding available for this purpose. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMEND1\1ENT" A "to S.P. 172, L.D. 443 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DRS) 
Shelter Operations for Victims of Human Trafficking N2l2 
Initiative: Allocates funds for 2 years for the operating costs of a shelter for victims of 
human trafficking. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS) 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
Shelter Operating Subsidy 0661 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds for homeless shelters. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2015-16 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2015-16 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2015-16 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
Shelter Rehabilitation for Victims of Human Trafficking N213 
2016-17 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2016-17 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2016-17 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
Initiative: Allocates one-time funds for the rehabilitation and operating costs of a building 
to be used as a shelter for victims of human trafficking. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2015-16 
2016-17 
All Other 
$100,000 
$0 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$100,000 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
CO:M.MITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 172, L.D. 443 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
DEP~~T~mNTTOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2015-16 
$2,000,000 
$100,000 
$2,100,000 
2015-16 
$2,000,000 
$250,000 
$2,250,000 
2016-17 
$2,000,000 
$0 
$2,000,000 
2016-17 
$2,000,000 
$150,000 
$2,150,000 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. It allocates $100,000 for the 
rehabilitation and operating costs of a building to be used as a shelter for victims of 
human trafficking and it allocates $150,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and in fiscal year 
2016-17 for the operating costs of a shelter for victims of human trafficking. It also 
reduces the ongoing funding proposed in the bill for homeless shelters from $3,500,000 
to $2,000,000 per year. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06!t2/15 
fr/czc 
127th MAINE J-1EGISLATURE 
LD443 
LR 231(02) 
An Act To Help Stabilize Homeless Shelters in Maine 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "tt' (S-c2l S) 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2015-16 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
$250,000 
FY 2016-17 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
$150,000 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
$0 
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $2,000,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2015-16 to the 
Shelter Operating Subsidy program within the Maine State Housing Authority to increase funding for homeless 
shelters. 
This bill requires that, no later than August 31, 2015, the State Controller distribute $100,000 of the funds received 
from settlement agreement reached between the United States and McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and Standard & 
Poor's Financial Services LLC on February 2,2015 and received by the State on March 10,2015 to the Shelter 
Rehabilitation for Victims of Human Trafficking, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Maine State 
Housing Authority for the rehabilitation of a building to be used as a shelter for victims of human trafficking. This 
bill includes a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $100,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 to the Maine State 
Housing Authority for that purpose. 
This bill also requires that the State Controller distribute $150,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $150,000 in fiscal year 
2016-17 from the funds received from the settlement agreement reached between the United States, McGraw-Hill 
Companies, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC on February 2,2015 and received by the State on 
March 10, 2015 to the Shelter Operations for Victims of Human Trafficking account within the Department of Health 
and Human Services for the operating costs of a shelter for victims of human trafficking. This bill includes Other 
Special Revenue Funds allocations of $150,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2016-17 to the 
Department of Health and Human Services for that purpose. 
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