An Act To Ensure the Use of Environmentally Responsible Insulation Materials in Taxpayer-funded Building Projects
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1286
Committee Amendment CA_A_S386 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 461, L.D. 1286, Bill, "An Act To 
Ensure the Use of Environmentally Responsible Insulation Materials in Taxpayer-funded 
Building Projects" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the 
following: 
'Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government 
to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local 
revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to 
the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the members elected to 
each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure.' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in § 1762-B in subsection 2 in the first line (page 1, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "After October 1, 2016, the" and inserting the 
following: 'The' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in § 1762-B in subsection 2 in the 6th line (page 1, line 18 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "less." and inserting the following: 'less:' 
Amend the bill in section 1 in § 1762-B in subsection 2 by adding at the end a new 
blocked paragraph to read: 
'The provisions of this subsection apply only to new construction or substantial 
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renovations that begin on or after October 1, 2017.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment adds a 
mandate preamble. It provides that the requirement in the bill for the installation of 
insulation with a global warming potential of 10 or less for state-funded new construction 
or substantial renovations begins on October 1, 2017. 
It also provides that the 
requirement in the bill for the installation of insulation with a global warming potential of 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 461, L.D. 1286 
or less for any building constructed or substantially renovated that is leased or will be 
leased to the specific entities listed in the bill begins on October 1, 2017. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD 1286 
LR 774(02) 
An Act To Ensure the Use of Environmentally Responsible Insulation Materials in Taxpayer-funded 
Building Projects 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''A" (5r'3<i~ 
Committee: State and Local Government 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Exempted 
Potential future biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Potential future biennium cost increase - Other Funds 
Potential future biennium cost increase - Efficiency Maine Trust 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
Requires local school administrative units to install, or fund the installation of, 
insulation with a global-wanning potential of 10 or less in state-funded new 
construction or substantial renovation projects that begin on or after October 1, 
2017. 
Unit Affected 
School 
Local Cost 
Significant 
statewide 
Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the State from 
the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Requiring the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, the Maine State Housing Authority, the 
University of Maine System, Maine Maritime Academy, the Maine Community College System and the Efficiency 
Maine Trust to install insulation with a global-wanning potential of 10 or less in state-funded new construction or 
substantial renovation projects that begin on or after October 1, 2017 may increase the cost of each project. The 
additional cost to each entity cannot be detennined at this time and will depend on the price differential of the "global-
wanning potential" insulation and the insulation that would be used absent this requirement. 
LR0774(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I