An Act To Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1616
Committee Amendment CA_A_H556 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §1742, 8 MRSA §1037, 30-A MRSA §4722, 36 MRSA §191, 36 MRSA §653, 36 MRSA §4641-C, 9-B MRSA §864, 20-A MRSA §12706, 32 MRSA §18134-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"!+" to H.P. 1112, L.D. 1616, Bill, "An Act To 
Correct Errors and Inconsistencies in the Laws of Maine" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the 
following: 
'PART A' 
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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 30, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 46, 56, 57, 58, 60 
and 61. 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 64 the following: 
'PARTB 
Sec. B-1. 5 MRSA §1742, sub-§26, as corrected by RR 2011, c. 2, §2, is 
amended to read: 
26. Rental income. To credit income from the rental of facilities in Limestone to 
the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services, 
Other Special Revenue Funds account. These funds must be used for repairs, capital 
improvements and other costs of managing the facilities operated by the Maine Military 
Authority in Limestone. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except when the Governor in the case of 
an emergency pursuant to Title 37-B, section 742 or 744 needs money for disaster relief~ 
in which case the Governor may transfer no more than 10% of the balance of the rental 
income, the department also may recommend that: 
A. 
Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be 
transferred to the General Fund as undedicated revenue; 
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B. 
Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be 
transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, 
Maine National Guard Education Assistance Pilot Program, Other Special Revenue 
Funds account for tuition assistance; 
C. 
Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be 
transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, 
Maine National Guard Education Assistance Pilot Program, Other Special Revenue 
Funds account for the reimbursement of the purchase of supplemental life insurance 
as provided for in the provisions of Title 37-B, section 390-B; 
D. 
Beginning July l, 2007, part of the rental income collected by the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this 
subsection be transferred to the Depa1iment of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management for maintenance and repair of National Guard armories in the State; and 
E. Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be 
transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, 
Disaster Assistance Relief, Other Special Revenue Funds account for disaster 
assistance; and 
Sec. B-2. 8 MRSA §1037, sub-§2, ,iE, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 358, §6 and 
amended by c. 657, Pt. W, §6, is further amended to read: 
E. The amounts, reported separately, of revenue received in accordance with section 
1036, subsection 2, paragraphs B and D, and from the Stipend Fund under Title 7, 
section 86 and ffem any other source in accordance with .rules adopted under section 
263-A, subsection 1, paragraph C and Title 7, section 82, subsection 5 by the 
Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestty or the State Harness Racing 
Commission; and 
Sec. B-3. 8 MRSA §1037, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 358, §6 and 
amended by c. 657, Pt. W, §6, is further amended to read: 
3. Agricultural fair that does not conduct harness racing. The repo1i required by 
this section must include the following with regard to an agricultural fair: 
A. 
The amount spent to pay fair premiums..JQ make capital improvements to 
fairground facilities and for labor costs and operating expenses; 
B. 
The amounts, reported separately, received from slot machine revenue in 
accordance with section 1036, subsection 2, paragraph D, and from the Stipend Fund 
under Title 7, section 86 and ffem any other source in accordance with rules adopted 
under section 263-A, subsection 1, paragraph C and Title 7, section 82, subsection 5 
by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the State Harness 
Racing Commission; and 
C. An estimate of the number of people that attended the agricultural fair, including 
separate estimates of paid attendance, free-pass attendance, vendor attendance and 
attendance under a local campground pass. 
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Sec. B-4. 30-A MRSA §4722, sub-§1, ~' as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, 
§2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, 
is further amended to read: 
N. With respect to any bonds whleh that the Maine State Housing Authority is 
authorized to issue in accordance with the limitations and restrictions of this chapter, 
covenant and consent that the interest on the bonds will be includable, under the 
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Title 26, Seetion 770l(a)(29) 1986, or 
any subsequent corresponding internal revenue law of the United States, in the gross 
income of the holders of the bonds to the same extent and in the same manner that the 
interest on bills, bonds, notes or other obligations of the United States is includable in 
the gross income of the holders under the United States Internal Revenue Code or any 
subsequent law. The powers conferred by this paragraph are not subject to any 
limitations or restrictions of any law wh4eh that may limit the Maine State Housing 
Authority's power to so covenant and consent. 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, proceeds of bonds 
issued under this subsection may be used for persons other than persons of low 
income. 
(2) The income on any bonds issued by the Maine State Housing Authority 6hall 
must be included in gross income under the Maine Income Tax Law if the 
income on those bonds is includable in the gross income of the holders of the 
bonds under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 195 4, Title 26, Seetion 
770l(a)(29) 1986, or any subsequent corresponding revenue law of the United 
States; 
Sec. B-5. 36 MRSA §191, sub-§2, 1ZZ, as repealed and replaced by PL 2015, c. 
490, §3 and c. 494, Pt. A, §42, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
ZZ. The disclosure by the State Tax Assessor to a qualified Pine Tree Development 
Zone business that has filed a claim for reimbursement under section 2016 of 
information related to any insufficiency. of the claim, including records of a 
contractor or subcontractor that assigned the claim for reimbursement to the qualified 
Pine Tree Development Zone business and records of the vendors of the contractor or 
subcontractor; 
Sec. B-6. 36 MRSA §191, sub-§2, 1AAA, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 490, §4 
and c. 494, Pt. A, §43, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
AAA. The disclosure of information by the State Tax Assessor or the Associate 
Commissioner for Tax Policy to the Office of Program Evaluation and Government 
Accountability under Title 3, section 991 for the review and evaluation of tax 
expenditures pursuant to Title 3, chapter 37; 
Sec. B-7. 36 MRSA §653, sub-§1, ,i, as amended by PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. Z, is 
further amended to read: 
I. 
No property conveyed to any person for the purpose of obtaining exemption from 
taxation under this subsection may be so exempt, except property conveyed between 
l*1sbana and wife spouses, and the obtaining of exemption by means of fraudulent 
conveyance 6hall must be punished by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than 
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times the amount of the taxes evaded by the fraudulent conveyance, whichever 
amount is greater. 
Sec. B-8. 36 MRSA §4641-C, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. SSS, 
§ 1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read: 
4. Deeds between certain family members. Deeds between husband and 1t1t1ife 
spouses, parent and child or grandparent and grandchild, without actual consideration for 
the deed, and deeds between spouses in divorce proceedings; 
Sec. B-9. PL 1987, c. 735, §73, amending clause is amended to read: 
Sec. 73. P&SL 1865, c. 532, §4, sub-§3, as enacted by P&SL 1983, c. 33, §1 
and amended by PL 1985. c. 779, §§90 and 91, is repealed and the following enacted in 
its place: 
Sec. B-10. P&SL 2007, c. 22, Pt. A, §3, sub-§6 is amended to read: 
6. The district shall maintain its books and records in a manner that creates separate 
divisions for its water and wastewater operations. These divisions must maintain the 
assets, liabilities, operating revenues and expenses in a manner that allows the Public 
Utilities Commission to set rates for the district's water operations. 
The assets and 
liabilities of the Augusta Water District must be maintained in the books of the water 
division of the Greater Augusta Utilities Utility District. The assets and liabilities of the 
Augusta Sanitary District and Hallowell Water District's wastewater division must be 
maintained in the books and records of the Greater Augusta Utility District's wastewater 
division. 
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Sec. C-1. 9-B MRSA §864, sub-§2, ~' as amended by PL 1993, c. 655, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
B. 
The service corporation primarily serves credit unions and the member~hip of 
affiliated credit unions. A service corporation formed after July 31, 1994 primarily 
serves credit unions and the membership of affiliated credit unions within the 
meaning of this paragraph if at least 75% of the services provided within this State 
are to credit unions and members of credit unions; except that for a service 
corporation formed after October 1. 2017. when determining whether a service 
corporation primarily serves credit unions and the membership of affiliated credit 
unions within the meaning of this paragraph. the superintendent shall consider the 
relevant federal laws and regulations in effect at the time of formation of the service 
corporation. 
Sec. C-2. 20-A MRSA §12706, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2017, c. 179, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
9. Contracts and agreements. To enter into any contracts, leases and agreements 
and any other instruments and arrangements that are necessary, incidental or convenient 
to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter, except 
that in any such agreement other than an employment agreement that oontains the 
following provisions against the system -i& are void: 
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A. 
Any requirement that the system must waive its governmental immunity or 
limited liability; 
B. Any requirement that the system must carry insurance in addition to or in excess 
of its existing insurance; 
C. Any requirement that the 'system must defend, indemnify or hold haimless any 
other party; 
D. Any requirement that the system must submit to the law of a state other than this 
State; 
E. Any requirement that the system must waive its insurer's rights of subrogation; 
F. Any requirement that the system must pay another party's attorney's fees; and 
G. Any requirement that the agreement is subject to an automatic renewal other than 
month to month; 
Sec. C-3. 32 MRSA §18134-A, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 207, §1, is amended to 
read: 
§18134-A. Exception; bleeding of a residential home heating oil burner 
Notwithstanding sectioa 1813 4, paragraph C section 18102, a home heating oil 
delivery driver may bleed a residential home heating oil burner without direct supervision 
if the delivery driver has documentation of having completed a board-approved training 
course in bleeding oil burners. If the oil burner fails to operate after bleeding, the 
delivery driver shall refer the problem to a journeyman oil and solid fuel burning 
technician or master oil and solid fuel burning technician. 
Sec. C-4. Effective date. 
Those sections of this Part that amend the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 9-B, section 864, subsection 2, paragraph B and Title 20-A, 
section 12706, subsection 9 take effect 90 days after adjournment of the First Regular 
Session of the 128th Legislature.' 
Amend the bill in the emergency clause in the 2nd line (page 19, line 26 in L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "when approved" the following: ', except as otherwise 
indicated' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment designates the contents of the bill as Part A. Sections of the bill 
containing errors or conflicts that have been resolved by the enactment of other public 
laws or that are otherwise not needed are deleted from the bill. Sections of the bill 
containing errors or conflicts that this amendment further amends are moved to the new 
PartB. 
The amendment adds Part B, which makes technical corrections, and Part C, which 
makes corrections that are or could be interpreted as being substantive. 
Part B of the amendment does the following. 
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Section 1 corrects a clerical error in the law governing the use of income from the 
rental of facilities in Limestone. 
Sections 2 and 3 correct grammatical errors in the reporting requirements concerning 
agricultural fairs that receive slot machine revenue. 
Section 4 revises section 34 of the bill, concerning the powers and duties of the 
Maine State Housing Authority, to remove paragraph 0, which is amended in another bill 
that includes the same corrections. 
Sections 5 and 6 repeal and replace 2 exceptions from the prohibition on sharing tax 
information to resolve conflicts created by Public Law 2015, chapter 490 and Public Law 
2015, chapter 494. Section 5 repeals and replaces the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, 
section 191, subsection 2, paragraph ZZ, which addresses information concerning Pine 
Tree Development Zones. 
Section 6 repeals and replaces Title 36, section 191, 
subsection 2, paragraph AAA, which addresses sharing of information with the Office of 
Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to facilitate the review of tax 
expenditures. Section 6 also acknowledges that Public Law 2017, chapter 211 enacts a 
new subsection 2, paragraph CCC, so there is no longer a need for "and" at the end of 
paragraph AAA. 
Sections 7 and 8 change the tenn "husband and wife" to "spouses" in the tax laws 
governing property tax exemptions for veterans and the real estate transfer tax. 
Section 9 amends an amending clause in a public law chapter by adding a reference 
to a public law chapter that was erroneously omitted and that amended the composition of 
the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System. 
Section 10 amends a clerical error in the name of the Greater Augusta Utility District 
in the original private and special law. 
Part C of the amendment does the following. 
Section 1 corrects a drafting error made in Public Law 2017, chapter 143, and section 
provides that the changes are effective 90 days after the Legislature adjourns, which is 
the effective date of Public Law 2017, c. 143. 
Section 2 corrects a drafting error in Public Law 2017, chapter 179 concerning 
contracts involving the Maine Community College System. This section corrects the 
provision to provide that a contract that contains one or more of the listed prohibited 
provisions is not void, as the language in chapter 179 states, but that the provisions are 
void; the rest of the contract is not affected. Section 4 provides that the changes are 
effective 90 days after the Legislature adjourns, which is the effective date of Public Law 
2017, chapter 179. 
Section 3 amends a statute governing home heating oil delivery drivers to correct a 
cross-reference to a provision that would otherwise prohibit home heating oil delivery 
drivers from bleeding a residential home heating oil burner because they lack a license 
from the Maine Fuel Board. Section 39 of the bill incorrectly addressed this issue. 
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