An Act To Enhance Funding Opportunities for the Youth Conservation Corps
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1040
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources
Sponsors: SAVIELLO, BURNS, DAVIS, DILL, KATZ, BLACK, HILLIARD
Amends: 38 MRSA §480-I

Legislative Document 
No. 1040 
S.P. 366 
In Senate, March 24, 2015 
An Act To Enhance Funding Opportunities for the Youth 
Conservation Corps 
Reference to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered 
printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator SAVIELLO of Franklin. 
Cosponsored by Senators: BURNS of Washington, DAVIS of Piscataquis, DILL of Penobscot, 
KATZ of Kennebec, Representatives: BLACK of Wilton, HILLIARD of Belgrade. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  38 MRSA §480-II is enacted to read: 
§480-II.  Program to reduce erosion and protect lake quality 
1.  Program.  The commissioner shall implement a program to reduce shoreline 
erosion and protect lake quality and to provide informational materials to the public and 
to property owners who own property on or near the shore of a lake, pond or great pond. 
2.  Informational material to be provided.  The program established under this 
section may provide for the distribution of informational material on erosion control 
measures, including planting shrubs, bushes and other vegetation near the shoreline, 
spreading mulch on bare soil, placing rock riprap along shorelines and building 
infiltration steps and trenches to direct water into the ground or woods or away from the 
shoreline. 
3.  Program implementation.  The department shall perform necessary erosion 
control measures on or near the shoreline of a lake, pond or great pond pursuant to the 
program established under this section as determined by the department.  The department 
may use volunteer labor and may contract with a private organization to assist in the 
administration of the program. 
4.  Program funding.  The program established under this section is funded by the 
Erosion Control Fund under subsection 5. 
5.  Erosion Control Fund.  The Erosion Control Fund is established as a nonlapsing 
fund administered by the department to pay for the costs of the program established under 
this section, including the costs of the department to administer the fund. The fund 
consists of sums that are appropriated by the Legislature or transferred to the fund from 
time to time by the State Controller, interest earned from the investment of fund balances, 
private gifts or bequests, whether directed or advised, donations made to the State and 
other funds from any public or private source received for use for any of the purposes for 
which the fund has been established. 
6.  Rules.  The department may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section.  
Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 2.  Department of Environmental Protection to contract with the 
Lakes Environmental Association.  For the years 2016 and 2017, the Department of 
Environmental Protection shall contract with the Lakes Environmental Association, a 
nonprofit corporation incorporated in the State, to implement the program to reduce 
erosion and protect lake quality under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 
480-II.  The contract must require that the program be implemented with volunteer labor 
provided by the Youth Conservation Corps for an 8-week period in the summer of 2016 
and in the summer of 2017.  The scope of the program is determined by the amount of 
funds provided by an outside source directed to the State Treasurer for deposit into the 
Erosion Control Fund established in Title 38, section 480-II, subsection 5.  In the years 
2016 and 2017, the Department of Environmental Protection shall disburse $3 from the 
fund, up to $150,000, for every $2 received from the outside source prior to the 8-week 
summer period. 
Sec. 3.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Erosion Control Fund 
Initiative:  Provides funds to implement the program to reduce shoreline erosion and 
protect lake quality. 
SUMMARY 
This bill creates the program to reduce shoreline erosion and protect lake quality 
administered by the Department of Environmental Protection.  The bill directs the 
Department of Environmental Protection to contract with the Lakes Environmental 
Association for implementation of the program and use volunteer labor from the Youth 
Conservation Corps for an 8-week period in the summer of 2016 and the summer of 
2017.  The scope of the work is determined by the amount of outside funds deposited into 
the Erosion Control Fund from which the Department of Environmental Protection is 
directed to disburse $3 from the fund for every $2 received from the outside source up to 
$150,000 for each year. 
GENERAL FUND 
2015-16
2016-17
All Other 
$50,000
$50,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$50,000
$50,000