An Act To Encourage the Purchase of Local Produce for Public Schools
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0454
Committee Amendment CA_A_S108 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 132, L.D. 454, Bill, "An Act To 
Encourage the Purchase of Local Produce for Public Schools" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
School Finance and Operations Z078 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds for one Education Specialist II position to administer 
the Local Produce Fund established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
section 6602, subsection 12. This position will also provide training to food staff and 
outreach to local farmers as well as manage the new program promoting seasonally 
available local products. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
School Finance and Operations Z078 
2019-20 
1.000 
$53,637 
$5,388 
$59,025 
2020-21 
1.000 
$91,863 
$6,383 
$98,246 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to provide a $1 match for every $3 a school 
administrative unit pays for produce or minimally processed foods purchased directly 
from a farmer, farmers' cooperative or local food hub in the State pursuant to the 
provisions established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6602, subsection 
up to a maximum of $1,000 per school administrative unit in fiscal year 2019-20 and 
$1,500 per school administrative unit in fiscal year 2020-21 and subsequent years. Funds 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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appropriated for this purpose do not lapse but must be carried forward into the next fiscal 
year to be used only to support the provisions of the Local Produce Fund as established in 
Title 20-A, section 6602, subsection 12. · 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
$215,000 
$215,000 
2019-20 
$274,025 
$274,025 
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect October 1, 2019.' 
2020-21 
$322,500 
$322,500 
2020-21 
$420,746 
$420,746 
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, establishes one Education Specialist II 
position rather than one Education Specialist III position as in the bill. The amendment 
also provides that the state match is up to a maximum of $1,000 per school administrative 
unit in state fiscal year 2019-20 and up to $1,500 per school administrative unit in state 
fiscal year 2020-21 and subsequent years. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/03/19 feaC!-
LD454 
LR 1563(02) 
An Act To Encourage the Purchase of Local Produce for Public Schools 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ff'' ( S~ID '6') 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
· 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2019-20 
FY2020-21 
$274,025 
$420,746 
$274,025 
$420,746 
Projections 
FY2021-22 
$423,961 
$423,961 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$427,289 
$427,289 
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations totaling $274,025 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $420,746 in 
fiscal year 2020-21 to the School Finance and Operations program within the Department of Education to support the 
provision of the Local Produce Fund established pursuant to Title 20-A, section 6602, subsection 12. 
Of these amounts, $59,025 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $98,246 in fiscal year 2020-21 are provided for one Education 
Specialist II position and related All Other costs to administer the fund as well as to provide training to food staff, 
outreach to local farmers and to manage a new program to promote seasonally available local products. This fiscal 
estimate assumes an October 1, 2019 effective date. Additionally, $215,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 is appropriated to 
provide a $1 match for every $3 a school administrative unit (SAU) pays for produce or minimally processed foods 
purchased directly from eligible providers up to a maximum of $1,000 per SAU and $322,000 per year is 
appropriated beginning in fiscal year 2020-21 for matching funds up to a maximum of $1,500 per SAU. This bill 
also establishes that funds appropriated for this purpose are non-lapsing funds to be canied forward into the next 
fiscal year to be used only to support the provisions of the Local Produce Fund. 
This initiative is included in LD 1001, the 2020-2021 biennial budget and provides funding for the same provisions 
that are in this bill, except that the position is funded for a full year in fiscal year 2019-20 and there is no language in 
the budget initiative to allow for the funds to be carried into the next fiscal year instead of lapsing to the 
unappropriated surplus of the General Fund at the end of each fiscal year. If this initiative is included in the final 
budget approved by the Legislature, the fiscal note for this bill will need to be amended. 
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