An Act To Make Allocations from Maine Turnpike Authority Funds for the Maine Turnpike Authority for the Calendar Year Ending December 31, 2017
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1546
Committee: Transportation

Legislative Document 
No. 1546 
H.P. 1053 
House of Representatives, January 12, 2016 
An Act To Make Allocations from Maine Turnpike Authority Funds 
for the Maine Turnpike Authority for the Calendar Year Ending 
December 31, 2017 
Reported by Representative McLEAN of Gorham for the Maine Turnpike Authority 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1961, subsection 6. 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed pursuant to 
Joint Rule 218. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  Allocation.  Gross revenues of the Maine Turnpike Authority for the 
calendar year ending December 31, 2017 must be segregated, apportioned and disbursed 
as designated in the following schedule. 
MAINE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY 
2017
Administration 
Personal Services 
$1,192,301
All Other 
1,577,041
TOTAL 
$2,769,342
Accounts and Controls 
Personal Services 
$2,937,083
All Other 
1,308,454
TOTAL 
$4,245,537
Highway Maintenance 
Personal Services 
$4,438,021
All Other 
3,073,874
TOTAL 
$7,511,895
Equipment Maintenance 
Personal Services 
$1,180,371
All Other 
2,198,603
TOTAL 
$3,378,974
Fare Collection 
Personal Services 
$9,962,825
All Other 
3,897,096
TOTAL 
$13,859,921
Public Safety and Special Services 
Personal Services 
$502,612
All Other 
6,331,155
Sec. 2.  Transfer of allocations.  Any balance of the allocation for "General 
Contingency" made by the Legislature for the Maine Turnpike Authority may be 
transferred at any time prior to the closing of the books to any other allocation or 
subdivision of any other allocation made by the Legislature for the use of the Maine 
Turnpike Authority for the same calendar year.  Any balance of any other allocation or 
subdivision of any other allocation made by the Legislature for the Maine Turnpike 
Authority that at any time is not required for the purpose named in the allocation or 
subdivision may be transferred at any time prior to the closing of the books to any other 
allocation or subdivision of any other allocation made by the Legislature for the use of 
the Maine Turnpike Authority for the same calendar year subject to review by the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters.  
Financial statements describing the transfer, other than a transfer from "General 
Contingency," must be submitted by the Maine Turnpike Authority to the Office of Fiscal 
and Program Review 30 days before the transfer is to be implemented.  In the case of 
extraordinary emergency transfers, the 30-day prior submission requirement may be 
waived by vote of the committee.  These financial statements must include information 
specifying the accounts that are affected, amounts to be transferred, a description of the 
transfer and a detailed explanation as to why the transfer is needed. 
Sec. 3.  Encumbered balance at year-end.  At the end of each calendar year, 
encumbered balances may be carried to the next calendar year. 
Sec. 4.  Supplemental information.  As required by the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 23, section 1961, subsection 6, the following statement of the revenues in 2017 that 
are necessary for capital expenditures and reserves and to meet the requirements of any 
resolution authorizing bonds of the Maine Turnpike Authority during 2017, including 
debt service and the maintenance of reserves for debt service and reserve maintenance, is 
submitted. 
TOTAL 
$6,833,767
Building Maintenance 
Personal Services 
$561,819
All Other 
567,685
TOTAL 
$1,129,504
Subtotal of Line Items Budgeted 
$39,728,940
General Contingency - 10% of line items 
budgeted for 2017 (10% allowed) 
$3,972,894
MAINE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY 
TOTAL REVENUE FUNDS 
$43,701,834
SUMMARY 
This bill makes allocations from gross revenues of the Maine Turnpike Authority for 
the payment of the authority's operating expenses for the calendar year ending December 
31, 2017 in accordance with the requirements of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, 
section 1961, subsection 6. 
Turnpike Revenue Bond Resolution 
Adopted April 18, 1991; Issuance of Bonds 
Authorized Pursuant to the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 23, section 1968, subsection 1 
and former subsection 2 
2017
Debt Service Fund 
$33,643,865
Reserve Maintenance Fund 
36,500,000
General Reserve Fund, to be applied as 
follows: 
Capital Improvements 
20,859,681
Debt Service Fund under the General 
Special Obligation Bond Resolution 
Adopted May 15, 1996; Issuance of 
Bonds Authorized Pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, 
section 1968, subsection 2-A 
3,698,300
TOTAL 
$94,701,846