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-HA_A_H517 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §1849

HOUSE AMENDMENT "A "to 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 amendment in the emergency preamble by inserting before the last 
paragraph the following: 
'Whereas, road building for fiscal year 2017-18 begins July 1, 2017, and clarity with 
regard to funding for that road building needs to be provided immediately; and' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 4 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §1849, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. 
Expenditures from fund. 
Expenditures from the Public Reserved Lands 
Management Fund, including but not limited to money expended for road building and 
road maintenance, are subject to legislative approval in the same manner as 
appropriations from the General Fund. 
Money in the Public Reserved Lands 
Management Fund may not be expended in excess of or in any manner inconsistent with 
the legislative allocation of the fund by the Legislature. The joint standing committee of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over public lands matters, referred to in this subsection 
as "the jurisdictional committee." shall review all allocations or subdivisions of 
allocations from the fund. 
A. Before January 15th of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner shall submit 
to the jurisdictional committee a detailed proposed budget for expenditures from the 
fund for the budgeta1y biennium. Before January 15th of each even-numbered year, 
the commissioner shall submit to the jurisdictional committee a detailed budget for 
any proposed modifications to the legislative allocations of the fund during the 
remainder of the budgetary biennium. 
B. After receiving a budget submission pursuant to paragraph A, the jurisdictional 
committee shall review the proposed budget or budget modification and shall 
determine the appropriate allocations or modifications of existing allocations of the 
fund. 
The jurisdictional committee shall submit its recommended allocations or 
modifications to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
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over appropriations and financial affairs, which shall include those recommended 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT "A "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 201, L.D. 586 
allocations or modifications of allocations in an appropriate biennial budget or 
supplemental budget bill.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the emergency preamble to specify that road building for 
fiscal year 2017-18 begins July 1, 2017 and that clarity with regard to funding for that 
road building needs to be provided immediately. 
The amendment also makes the 
following changes to expenditures from the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund. 
1. It provides that money in the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund may not 
be expended in excess of or in any manner inconsistent with the legislative allocation of 
the fund by the Legislature. 
2. It provides that the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over public lands matters, referred to as "the jurisdictional committee," must review all 
allocations or subdivisions of allocations from the fund. 
3. 
It provides that before January 15th of each odd-numbered year, the 
Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry must submit to the 
jurisdictional committee a detailed proposed budget for expenditures from the fund for 
the budgetary biennium. 
Before January 15th of each even-numbered year, the 
commissioner must submit to the jurisdictional committee a detailed budget for any 
proposed modifications to the legislative allocations of the fund during the remainder of 
the budgetary biennium. 
4. It provides that, after receiving a budget submission, the jurisdictional committee 
must review the proposed budget or budget modification and must determine the 
appropriate allocations or modifications of existing allocations of the fund. 
The 
jurisdictional committee must submit its recommended allocations or modifications to the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and 
financial affairs, which must;1'.nclu e those recommended allocations or modifications of 
allocations in an appropriate bien al budget or sup emental budget bill. 
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SPONSORED BY: 
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(Representative BLACK) 
TOWN: Wilton 
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