An Act To Provide Incentives To Attract Trained Firefighters to Maine and To Retain Trained Firefighters by Expanding the Provision of Live Fire Service Training
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1845
Committee Amendment CA_A_H695 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §3371, 20-A MRSA §9004

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to H.P. 1282, L.D. 1845, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide Incentives To Attract Trained Firefighters to Maine and To Retain Trained 
Firefighters by Expanding the Provision of Live Fire Service Training" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
1Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3371, sub-§8, 1,iF and G, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 731, Pt. 
AAAA, §1, are amended to read: 
F. 
Assist all governmental agencies with firefighter training and education 
responsibilities to enhance their delivery of services to fire prevention, protection and 
life safety professionals, including paid, call and volunteer fire service members; and 
G. 
Submit proposed legislation to the Legislature to implement any 
recommendations of the commission,; and 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3371, sub-§8, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
H. Make awards from the Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 9004 and direct the Maine Fire Service Institute within the Maine 
Community College System to make payments to municipalities from the fund. 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §9004 is enacted to read: 
§9004. Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund 
1. Fund established. The Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund, referred to in 
this section as 
11the fund, 
is established under the Maine Fire Service Institute within the 
Maine Community College System as a nonlapsing fund to provide funds to 
municipalities for the construction and repair or replacement of regional live fire service 
training facilities in the State. 
2. Grant program. The Maine Fire Protection Services Commission, referred to in 
this section as 11the commission" and established pursuant to Title 5, section 12004-J, 
subsection 12, shall establish criteria to award grants to municipalities from the fund. 
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including a requirement that proposals be fully designed and approved by a licensed 
professional engineer as defined in Title 32, section 1251, subsection 4. The commission 
may adopt rules to implement this subsection. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection 
are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
3. 
Procedure. 
Municipalities may apply to the commission for grants. 
The 
commission shall evaluate each application pursuant to the criteria developed in 
subsection 2 and, to the extent funds are available, shall award grants from the fund to 
support the construction and repair or replacement of regional live fire service training 
facilities. 
4. 
Payment of grants. Upon the award of a grant by the commission, the 
commission shall direct the Maine Fire Service Institute to make the payment of the grant 
award to the municipality from the fund. 
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund N278 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funding for the Maine Fire Service Institute to provide funds 
for the construction and repair or replacement of regional live fire service training 
facilities in the State awarded by the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the unanimous report of the committee, establishes the 
Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund to provide funds for the construction and repair 
or replacement of regional live fire service training facilities in the State. The Maine Fire 
Protection Services Commission is required to develop criteria, award grants to 
municipalities and direct the Maine Fire Service Institute, housed within the Maine 
Community College System, to make payments to the municipalities. The amendment 
also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/18/18 feae 
LD 1845 
LR2716(02) 
An Act To Provide Incentives To Attract Trained Firefighters to Maine and To Retain Trained 
Firefighters by Expanding the Provision of Live Fire Service Training 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'ff CH ~6:, 95 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$0 
$1,000,000 
$0 
$1,000,000 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Projections 
FY2020-21 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $1,000,000 annually beginning in fiscal year 2018-19 to a 
newly established Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund program within the Maine Community College System 
to provide grants for the construction and repair or replacement of regional live fire service training facilities in the 
State. The funds appropriated do not lapse back to the General Fund at the end of each fiscal year but must be carried 
forward to be used for the purposes established. 
Additional costs to the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission associated with establishing grant award criteria, 
evaluating grant applications and awarding grants to municipalities can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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