An Act To Provide Supp01t Services for Military Members Transitioning to Civilian Life in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1952
Committee Amendment CA_A_H687 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 1396, L.D. 1952, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide Supp01t Services for Military Members Transitioning to Civilian Life in Maine" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project To Provide Support Services for Military 
Members Transitioning to Civilian Life in Maine' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to 
establish pilot project to conduct outreach and to provide support services 
for active duty military members who are transitioning to civilian life in the 
State. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, 
in consultation with the Director of the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services within the 
Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, shall establish a pilot 
project, commencing September 1, 2020, to conduct outreach to encourage active duty 
military members who are transitioning to civilian life to relocate to the State and to 
provide personalized and proactive support for those military members and their families, 
including assistance with securing employment and navigating transition services and 
with community reintegration. The pilot project must be administered by one or more 
nonprofit or for-profit entities selected through a competitive bidding process. 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: 
That, by January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of 
Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Director of the Maine 
Bureau of Veterans' Services within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, shall submit a written repmt of the results of the pilot project under section 
and make recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over veterans affairs. The report must include, at a minimum, information on 
the outreach conducted, the services provided, the number of military members and 
families served, the number of military members and families who successfully relocated 
to the State and the employment status of those individuals. 
The joint standing 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" !J, to H.P. 1396, L.D, 1952 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over veterans affairs may report out 
legislation based on the report to the First Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides funding in fiscal year 2020-21 for the first year of a 2-year pilot 
project for outreach and support services for active duty military members who are 
transitioning to civilian life in the State and their families. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$200,000 
$200,000 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, strikes the bill and 
replaces it with a resolve. The resolve directs the Commissioner of Economic and 
Community Development, in consultation with the Director of the Maine Bureau of 
Veterans' Services within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, to establish a 2-year pilot project to conduct outreach and to provide 
support services for active duty military members who are transitioning to civilian life in 
the State and their families. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/13/20 ;:w-ac 
LD 1952 
LR 2977(02) 
An Act To Provide Support Services for Military Members Transitioning to Civilian Life in Maine 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,~(JI ... 'g 7) 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
$0 
$200,000 
$0 
$200,000 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
$200,000 
$200,000 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $200,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 to the Administration - Economic 
and Community Development program within the Department of Economic and Community Development to fund the 
first year of a 2-year pilot project to conduct outreach to encourage active duty military members who are 
transitioning to civilian life to relocate to the state and to provide personalized and proactive support for those 
military members and their families. It is the intent of this legislation that an additional General Fund appropriation 
of $200,000 be provided in fiscal year 2021-22 for the second year of the pilot project. 
Additional costs to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management associated with the 
establishment of a pilot project can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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