An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0450
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: KATZ, LANGLEY, LIBBY, SAVIELLO, WHITTEMORE, DEVIN, MAREAN, PICCHIOTTI
Amends: 30-A MRSA §5681, 30-A MRSA §6201, 30-A MRSA §6202, 30-A MRSA §6204

Legislative Document 
No. 450 
S.P. 179 
In Senate, February 24, 2015 
An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Fund for the Efficient 
Delivery of Local and Regional Services 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator KATZ of Kennebec. 
Cosponsored by Senators: LANGLEY of Hancock, LIBBY of Androscoggin, SAVIELLO of 
Franklin, WHITTEMORE of Somerset, Representatives: DEVIN of Newcastle, MAREAN of 
Hollis, PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. S, §3 
and affected by §16, is further amended to read: 
3.  Revenue-sharing funds.  To strengthen the state-municipal fiscal relationship 
pursuant to the findings and objectives of subsection 1, there is established the Local 
Government Fund.  To provide additional support for municipalities experiencing a 
higher-than-average property tax burden, there is established the Disproportionate Tax 
Burden Fund.  To assist those municipalities that collaborate with other municipalities, 
counties or state agencies to obtain savings in the cost of delivering local and regional 
governmental services, there is established the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local 
and Regional Services, which is administered pursuant to chapter 231. 
Sec. 2.  30-A MRSA §5681, sub-§5-D is enacted to read: 
5-D.  Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services.  For the 
months beginning on or after October 1, 2015 and before the distributions required by 
subsections 4-A and 4-B, 2% of all receipts transferred each month pursuant to subsection 
must be deposited in the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional 
Services, as established in subsection 3, and distributed to those municipalities that can 
demonstrate significant and sustainable savings as determined by the Commissioner of 
Administrative and Financial Services in the cost of delivering local and regional 
governmental services through collaborative approaches to service delivery, enhanced 
regional delivery systems, the consolidation of administrative services, the creation of 
broad-based purchasing alliances or the execution of interlocal agreements.  Any amounts 
transferred to the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional Services in 
excess of $500,000 in any fiscal year must be transferred to General Fund undedicated 
revenue. 
Sec. 3.  30-A MRSA §6201, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. S, §7 
and affected by §16, is further amended to read: 
6.  Fund.  "Fund" means the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional 
Services established by section 6202 5681, subsection 3. 
Sec. 4.  30-A MRSA §6202, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. S, §8 and affected 
by §16, is further amended to read: 
§6202.  Fund source; nonlapsing; dedicated, special revenue account 
There is established the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and Regional 
Services to assist those municipalities that collaborate with other municipalities, counties 
or state agencies to obtain savings in the cost of delivering local and regional 
governmental services.  The fund consists of revenues transferred from the General Local 
Government Fund pursuant to section 5681, subsection 5-D and any funds received as 
contributions from private and public sources. Eligible investment earnings credited to 
the assets of the fund become part of the assets of the fund. Any balance remaining in the 
fund at the end of any fiscal year must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.  The 
fund is a dedicated, special revenue account. 
Sec. 5.  30-A MRSA §6204, first ¶, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. S, §9 and 
affected by §16, is further amended to read: 
Except as otherwise provided by this section and section 5681, subsection 3, the fund 
is available solely for grants for qualifying projects. The department may use the fund to 
cover its costs of administration, including contracting for services to administer the 
grants. 
SUMMARY 
This bill changes the funding for the Fund for the Efficient Delivery of Local and 
Regional Services from General Fund appropriations to monthly transfers of 2% of all 
receipts transferred to the Local Government Fund before the distributions to 
municipalities.