An Act To Increase Access to Transportation for Workforce and Other Essential Transportation Needs
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1258
Committee Amendment CA_A_H453 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "f}" to H.P. 919, L.D. 1258, Bill, "An Act To 
Increase Access to Transportation for Workforce and Other Essential Transportation 
Needs" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Requirements. The Department of Transportation shall encourage local 
volunteer driver networks funded in section 2 to work with regional transportation 
providers to leverage the providers' experience, mobility management systems, vehicles 
and other resources; seek financial assistance from municipalities and other sources; 
charge modest fares; and serve all interested residents. The Department of Transportation 
shall distribute the funding for regional transportation providers in section 2 using the 
same formula as that by which cun·ent state public transportation funding is distributed, 
with 50% distributed to urban areas according to the United States Department of 
Transportation, Federal Transit Administration formula and 50% distributed to rural areas 
according to the standards governing the Federal Transit Administration formula grants 
for rural areas under 49 United States Code, Section 5311, which include the number of 
square miles in the service area, the population of the service area and the percentage of 
low-income individuals in the service area. Regional transportation providers shall give 
preference to needs in their region in allocating funding. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Multimodal - Transit 0443 
Initiative: Provides funding for regional transportation providers throughout the State to 
expand their services. Funding must be split evenly between rural and urban areas. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT,.;/" to H.P. 919, L.D. 1258 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Multimodal - Transit 0443 
2019-20 
$9,500,000 
$9,500,000 
2020-21 
$9,500,000 
$9,500,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to support and expand local volunteer driver networks. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2019-20 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
2020-21 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2020-21 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides funding to the Department of Transportation from the 
General Fund instead of the Highway Fund to support and expand local volunteer driver 
networks and for regional transportation providers through the State to expand their 
services. Resources must be distributed evenly between urban and rural areas. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/29/19 feac.. 
LD 1258 
LR 1609(02) 
An Act To Increase Access to Transportation for Workforce and Other Essential Transportation 
Needs 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment f},( J/-</S V 
Committee: Transportation 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
;tppropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
The bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations to the Department of Transportation of $10,000,000 beginning 
in fiscal year 2019-20 to support and expand local volunteer driver networks and for regional transportation providers 
throughout the State to expand their services. 
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