An Act To Sustain and Attract Skilled Workers to Maine by Improving the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1171
Committee Amendment CA_A_S151 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT «A " to S.P. 392, L.D. 1171, Bill, "An Act To 
Sustain and Attract Skilled Workers to Maine by Improving the Job Creation Through 
Educational Opportunity Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1. 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 8 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 15 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "shall" and inserting the following: 'shalt may' 
Amend the bill by adding after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE 
Educational Opportunity Tax Credit Marketing Fund Z174 
Initiative: Provides funds for a customer service position to assist individuals, businesses 
and schools interested in the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Educational Opportunity Tax Credit Marketing Fund Z174 
2017-18 
$70,000 
$70,000 
2018-19 
$70,000 
$70,000 
Initiative: Provides additional funds for the marketing of the educational opportunity tax 
credit throughout the State. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 392, L.D. 1171 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2017-18 
$30,000 
$30,000 
2017-18 
$100,000 
$100,000 
2018-19 
$30,000 
$30,000 
2018-19 
$100,000 
$100,000 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment strikes the 
section of the bill that establishes a liaison position with respect to the Job Creation 
Through Educational Opportunity Program and replaces it with a section appropriating 
$70,000 in ongoing annual funds for the Finance Authority of Maine to hire and pay a 
full-time customer service employee for the purposes of promoting the Job Creation 
Through Educational Opportunity Program and assisting interested individuals, 
businesses and schools. The amendment also provides that the Finance Authority of 
Maine is not required but may contract with a private, nonprofit corporation to help 
market the program. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/25/17 feac.. 
LD 1171 
LR 1651(02) 
An Act To Sustain and Attract Skilled Workers to Maine by Improving the Job Creation Through 
Educational Opportunity Program 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment',;_' ( S-/5 J) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
!\.ppropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$100,000 
$100,000 
$100,000 
$100,000 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$100,000 
$100,000 
Projections 
FY2020-21 
$100,000 
$100,000 
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations totaling $100,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 to 
support the Job Creation Through Educational Opportunity Program. Of this amount, $70,000 per year is provided for 
one customer service position to assist individuals, businesses and schools interested in the program. The remaining 
$30,000 per year is for increasing the funding for marketing of the program from $20,000 per year to $50,000 per 
ye·ar. 
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