Resolve, To Amend Authorization To Sell Certain PropeJ,'in Augusta
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1604
Committee Amendment CA_A_H587 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 1107, L.D. 1604, "Resolve, To Amend 
Authorization To Sell Certain PropeJ,'in Augusta" 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Resolve 2013, c. 98, §3, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2013, c. 98, 
§3 is amended to read: 
Sec. 3. Property to be sold "as is" to a nonprofit organization or public-
private partnership; master plan. 
Resolved: 
That the Commissioner of 
Administrative and Financial Services may negotiate and execute purchase and sale 
agreements upon terms the commissioner considers appropriate; however, the state 
property described in section 2 must be sold "as :is," with no representations or warranties, 
to a nonprofit organization that provides servioes and shelter to homeless veterans and 
has done so for at least the past 2 years and agrees or a public-private partnership. The 
buyer must agree to use the property exclusively for veterans for transitional housing fer 
veterans or substance abuse services. Title must be transferred by quitclaim deed without 
covenant or release deed and executed by the commissioner. This resolve constitutes a 
change to the 2001 Capitol Planning Commission master plan; and be it further 
; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Resolve 2013, c. 98, §5, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 2013, c. 98, 
§5 is amended to read: 
Sec. 5. 
Use for transitional housing or substance abuse services for 
veterans once conveyed. Resolved: That the buyer of the state property described in 
section 2, if it fails to use the property as transitiona-1 housing for veterans for transitional 
housing or substance abuse services, as required by section 3, must convey ownership of 
the property to the State; and be it further' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" /J,, to H.P. 1107, L.D. 1604 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces 1he resolve. It au1horizes 1he State to sell 1he property 1hat 
is 1he subject of the resolve to a public-private partnership. The amendment preserves 1he 
authorization in current law to sell the property to a nonprofit organization. Rather 1han 
remove restrictions on 1he use of 1he property for transitional housing for veterans as in 
the resolve, 1he amendment modifies the existing restrictions on its use. The amendment 
requires 1he property to be used for veterans for transitional housing or substance abuse 
services. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 01/29/18 fe'ac 
l28th MAINE LEGISLATURE 
LD 1604 
LR2321(02) 
Resolve, To Amend Authorization To Sell Certain Property in Augusta 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment,,,( //.5!J~ 
Committee: State and Local Gove1·nment 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Increased eligibility to purchase enhances probability of sale 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Current law'allows certain state property to be sold only to nonprofit organizations who agree to use the property for 
transitional housing for veterans. Adding public-private pa1tnerships to eligible purchasers and adding substance 
abuse for veterans to the allowable uses of the property may increase the probability of a sale and increase the 
probability that sales proceeds are credited to the Capital Construction and Improvement Reserve Fund within the 
Bureau of General Services within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. 
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