An Act To Improve Public Transportation in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1248
Committee Amendment CA_A_H144 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 871, L.D. 1248, Bill, "An Act To 
Improve Public Transportation in Maine" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Requirements. The Department of Transportation shall administer funds 
in section 2 to local nonprofit volunteer driver networks that coordinate with recipients of 
the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration funds, 
seek financial assistance from municipalities and other sources, charge modest fares and 
serve the general public for the purpose of leveraging the providers' experience, mobility 
management systems and other resources. The Department of Transportation shall 
administer funds for a pilot purchase of service program funded in section 2 in selected 
regions of the State to provide vouchers to senior citizens and persons with disabilities to 
purchase their own transp01tation services. 
The Department of Transportation shall 
distribute to recipients of Federal Transit Administration funds the funding provided in 
section 2 using the same formula as current state public transportation funding is 
distributed: 50% distributed to urban areas following the Federal Transit Administration 
formula and 50% distributed to rural areas following the standards governing the Federal 
Transit Administration formula grants for rural areas under 49 United States Code, 
Section 5311, which include the number of square miles in the service area, the 
population of the service area and the percentage of low-income individuals in the service 
area. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Multimodal - Transit 0443 
Initiative: Provides funding to create a pilot purchase of service program in selected 
regions of the State to provide senior citizens and persons with disabilities vouchers to 
purchase their own transportation services. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 871, L.D. 1248 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Multimodal - Transit 0443 
2017-18 
$250,000 
$250,000 
2018-19 
$250,000 
$250,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for recipients of Federal Transit Administration funds 
throughout the State to expand their services to the general public. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Multimodal -Transit 0443 
2017-18 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
2018-19 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to support and expand local nonprofit volunteer driver 
networks. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2017-18 
$250,000 
$250,000 
2017-18 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2018-19 
$250,000 
$250,000 
2018-19 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
This amendment decreases the amounts of funding provided to the Department of 
Transportation from $500,000 to $250,000 to support and expand local nonprofit 
volunteer driver networks; from $500,000 to $250,000 to create a pilot purchase of 
service program in selected regions of the State to provide senior citizens and persons 
with disabilities vouchers to purchase their own transportation services; and from 
$13,000,000 to $1,500,000 for recipients of Federal Transit Administration funds 
throughout the State to expand their services. The amendment also provides that funding 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT"~" to H.P. 871, L.D. 1248 
provided to the Department of Transportation is appropriated from the General Fund 
rather than allocated from the Highway Fund as proposed in the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/04/17 feac:.. 
LD 1248 
LR 1541(02) 
An Act To Improve Public Transportation in Maine 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A• [ H ~/if'+\ 
Committee: Transportation 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
Projections 
FY2020-21 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Transportation of $2,000,000 beginning in fiscal 
year 2017-18 for public transportation purposes. 
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