An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0586
Committee Amendment CA_A_S202 (Senate)
Amends: 12 MRSA §1849, 12 MRSA §1853

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 201, L.D. 586, Bill, "An Act To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study the Public Reserved 
Lands Management Fund" 
Amend the bill by insetiing after the title and before the enacting clause the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the expiration of the 90-day 
period in order to provide protection for funds in the Public Reserved Lands Management 
Fund as soon as possible; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the foJiowing legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in § 1808 in the first paragraph in the last line (page 1, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2018" and inse1iing the following: '2021' 
Amend the bill by inseiiing after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §1849, sub-§3, as repealed by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. LLLL, §2, 
is reenacted to read: 
3. 
Expenditures from fund. 
Expenditures from the Public Reserved Lands 
Management Fund are subject to legislative approval in the same manner as 
appropriations from the General Fund. Money may not be expended without allocation 
by the Legislature. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over appropriations and financial affairs must approve the allocations.' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in paragraph Gin the last line (page 2, line 2 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "and" 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"(\" to S.P. 201, L.D. 586 
Amend the bill in section 6 in paragraph H in the last line (page 2, line 7 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "growth." and inserting the following: 'growth; and' 
Amend the bill by inse1iing after section 6 the following: 
'Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §1853, sub-§1, ~ is enacted to read: 
I. An update on capital plans for road construction and road maintenance, including a 
list and description of roads built and roads maintained in the preceding fiscal year 
and a list and description of roads to be built and roads to be maintained in the 
succeeding fiscal year.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in § 1859 in the first line (page 2, line 9 in L.D.) by 
inseiiing after the following: "logging" the following: 'and forestry' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in § 1859 in subsection I in the 5th line (page 2, line 14 in 
L.D.) by inse1iing after the following: "new loggers" the following: 'and foresters' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in § 1859 by striking out all of subsections 2 and 3 (page 
2, lines 18 to 30 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'2. Educational grant program established; eligibility. The bureau shall establish, 
maintain and administer an educational grant program, referred to in this section as "the 
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grant program," and an application system for the grant program to allow an eligible 
public secondary program, career and technical education program and public 
postseconda1y educational program to apply for an educational grant under the grant 
program. Only an educational program at a public secondmy or public postsecondary 
educational institution or career and technical education center that is related to logging 
or forestry, referred to in this section as "an eligible educational program," is eligible to 
receive funding under the grant program. 
3. Grants; source of funds; limits. An approved eligible educational program may 
receive grants of up to $50,000, if available, from the grant program. The source of the 
funds for the grants is the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund established under 
section 1849, subsection 2. 
Total distributions from the Public Reserved Lands 
Management Fund under the grant program may not exceed $300,000 in the 2 fiscal years 
of the state budget biennium.' 
Amend the bill in section 9 in the last line (page 3, line 27 in L.D.) by inserting after 
the following: "lists." the following: 'After that meeting, the joint standing committee of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over public reserved lands matters shall rank the 
projects on the priority lists submitted by the bureau and, if funding is available, make 
recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over appropriations and financial affairs for funding projects.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 11 and inse1iing the following: 
'Sec. 11. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
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allocations are made. 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Land Management and Planning Z239 
Initiative: Provides an allocation for STA-CAP costs. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"A" to S.P. 201, L.D. 586 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Land Management and Planning Z239 
2017-18 
$3,250 
$3,250 
2018-19 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides an allocation to develop infrastructure projects to comply with the 
federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for the State's public reserved lands. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOT AL 
Land Management and Planning Z239 
2017-18 
$50,000 
$50,000 
2018-19 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides an allocation to conduct a detailed forest inventory of the State's 
public reserved lands and public nonreserved lands. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOT AL 
Land Management and Planning Z239 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$65,000 
$65,000 
Initiative: Provides allocations for educational grants to programs related to logging or 
forestry at public secondary or public postsecondary educational institutions or career and 
technical education centers. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2017-18 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2017-18 
$203,250 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2018-19 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2018-19 
$215,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 201, L.D. 586 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL- ALL FUNDS 
$203,250 
$215,000 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment: 
1. Changes the date in the bill that a detailed forest inventory of the State's public 
reserved lands and nonreserved public lands must be conducted by from March 15, 2018 
to March 15, 2021 and keeps the requirement that an inventory must be done every 5 
years thereafter; 
2. 
Reenacts a provision of law regarding expenditures from the Public Reserved 
Lands Management Fund in the statute governing revenue from public reserved lands that 
states that money may not be expended without allocation by the Legislature. The 
allocations must be approved by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs; 
3. Adds a list and description of roads built and roads maintained in the preceding 
fiscal year and a list and description of roads to be built and roads to be maintained in the 
succeeding fiscal year to the items that must be included in the annual report dealing with 
public reserved lands submitted by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands; 
4. Adds forestry to the programs eligible to receive funding under the educational 
grant program established in the bill; 
5. Adds career and technical education programs to the types of programs that are 
eligible to apply for an educational grant related to logging and forestry; 
6. Removes language specifying that educational grants are only one-time grants, 
specifies that those grants may be given to an approved eligible educational program if 
funds are available and provides that the total distributions from the Public Reserved 
Lands Management Fund under the grant program may not exceed $300,000 in the state 
budget biennium; and 
7. Requires the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
public reserved lands matters, after public input, to rank the statewide priority list of 
recreational infrastructure projects for the State's public reserved lands and the statewide 
priority list of projects under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for the 
State's public reserved lands submitted by the Depaitment of Agriculture, Conservation 
and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands and to make recommendations, if funding is 
available, to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
appropriations and financial affairs for funding projects. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 201, L.D. 586 
This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/28/17 feac 
LD 586 
LR 24(02) 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study the Public Reserved Lands 
Management Fund 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A' 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$203,250 
$215,000 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$0 
The bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) to conduct a detailed forest 
inventory of the State's public reserved lands and public nonreserved lands by March 15, 2021 and every 5 years 
thereafter, to provide educational grants to certain educational programs related to logging and to develop a statewide 
priority list of projects under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for the State's public reserved lands. 
In fiscal year 2017-18 the bill allocates Other Special Revenue Funds to the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund 
within ACF of $150,000 for educational grants, $50,000 for conducting recreational infrastructure projects related to 
the federal Ame1icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and $3,250 for other related costs. In fiscal year 2018-19 the bill 
allocates Other Special Revenue Funds to the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund within ACF of $65,000 for 
the forest invent01y and $150,000 for educational grants. The Public Reserved Lands Management Fund has sufficient 
resources to cover these expenditures. 
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