An Act To Establish the Maine Length of Service Award Program
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0164
Committee Amendment CA_A_H151 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,/4" to H.P. 122, L.D. 164, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish the Maine Length of Service Award Program" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3372 in subsection 10 by striking out all of the last 
paragraph (page 4, lines 21 to 25 in L.D.) 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3372 by inserting after subsection 10 the following: 
'11. Dedicated state funding; repeal. By October 1, 2015 and October 1, 2016, the 
State Controller shall transfer to the program trust fund an amount, as certified by the 
State Tax Assessor, that is equivalent to 1/2 of the revenue received from the sales tax 
imposed on the sale of consumer fireworks pursuant to Title 36, section 1811 in the prior 
fiscal year starting on the effective date of this subsection. This subsection is repealed 
September 30, 2017.' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in §3372 by renumbering the subsections to read 
consecutively. 
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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 (page 8, lines 29 to 41 and page 9, lines 
to 17 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Length of Service Award Program N163 
Initiative: Allocates funds for the Maine Length of Service Award Program. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2015-16 
$115,000 
$115,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2016-17 
$115,000 
$115,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 122, L.D. 164 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, eliminates the 10% sales tax 
on consumer fireworks proposed in the bill. The program established in the bill will 
receive dedicated funding from the State equivalent to 50% of the revenue received from 
the general sales tax currently imposed on the sale of consumer fireworks as set out in the 
bill, but the amendment limits this funding to 2 years. 
This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/30115 
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LD 164 
LR357(02) 
An Act To Establish the Maine Length of Service Award Program 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A ( H- J S'I ) 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2015-16 
$109,250 
$115,000 
($109,250) 
$109,250 
FY 2016-17 
$lO9,250 
$115,000 
($109,250) 
$109,250 
Requires the municipal fire department to submit a list of all persons who were 
eligible volunteers during a calendar year to the board for review and approval. 
Requires the fire chief to resolve any disputes related to the service credit shown. 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
U nit Affected 
Local Cost 
Municipality 
Insignificant 
statewide 
The required local activities in this bill may represent a State mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. Unless 
General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is 
amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding 
requirement, municipalities may not be required to implement these changes. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Dedicating 50% of the sales tax revenue collected from consumer fireworks sales to the Maine Length of Service 
Award Program requires transfers from the General Fund of $109,250 in both fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17 and 
transfers from Municipal Revenue Sharing of $5,750 in both fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17. The transfers will 
provide $115,000 in both fiscal years to the Maine Length of Service Award Program. The bill includes Other Special 
Revenue Funds allocations of $115,000 in both years. 
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