An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 2126
Committee Amendment CA_A_H775 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §15671, 20-A MRSA §15671-A, 20-A MRSA §15683-C, 20-A MRSA §15688-A, 20-A MRSA §15689, 20-A MRSA §15689-A, 20-A MRSA §15905, 12 MRSA §8908, 5 MRSA §1986, 25 MRSA §1542-A, 36 MRSA §111, 36 MRSA §5124-C, 36 MRSA §2892, 26 MRSA §1221, 26 MRSA §1167, 10 MRSA §1100-T, 36 MRSA §5216-B

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "IJ." to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126, Bill, "An Act 
Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State 
Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law 
Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending 
June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'PART A 
Sec. A-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of General Services - Capital Construction and Improvement Reserve Fund 
0883 
Initiative: Provides funding for maintenance and repair of state facilities. Any 
unexpended or unencumbered funds from this project at the end of the fiscal year may not 
lapse but must be carried forward to be used for the same purpose. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Central Administrative Applications Z234 
Initiative: Provides funding for the human resources management system. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A,, to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Information Services 0155 
2019-20 
$1,900,000 
$1,900,000 
Initiative: Provides necessary All Other for information security enhancements. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
$1,748,821 
$1,748,821 
2019-20 
$5,648,821 
$5,648,821 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Sec. A-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to replace the 2002 FT120 butterfat, protein and 
solids analyzer to ensure a safe milk supply for the public. 
GENERAL FUND 
Capital Expenditures 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Parks - General Operations Z221 
2019-20 
$45,000 
$45,000 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase salaries for 38 Lifeguard positions and 5 
Lifeguard Supervisor positions and provides funds for the required certification training. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEEAMENDMENT"A "toH.P.1516,L.D.2126 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
I 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$45,000 
$45,000 
2020-21 
$64,687 
$64,687 
2020-21 
$64,687 
$64,687 
Sec. A-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for additional workforce development, including 
short-term training through the Maine Quality Centers, at Maine's 7 community colleges. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
Sec. A-4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Corrections 0141 
Initiative: Reduces funding for Downeast Correctional Facility positions and All Other 
costs appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part A. The facility will open in June 
2021 rather than January 2021 and the positions will start March 1, 2021 rather than 
January 1, 2021. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Correctional Medical Services Fund 0286 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
($14,537) 
($14,537) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for mandated prisoner Hepatitis C treatment. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Corrections Food Zl 77 
2019-20 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
2020-21 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
Initiative: Reduces funding for Downeast Correctional Facility positions and All Other 
costs appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part A. The facility will open in June 
2021 rather than January 2021 and the positions will start March 1, 2021 rather than 
January 1, 2021. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Downeast Correctional Facility 0542 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
($66,338) 
($66,338) 
Initiative: Reduces funding for Downeast Correctional Facility positions and All Other 
costs appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part A. The facility will open in June 
2021 rather than January 2021 and the positions will start March 1, 2021 rather than 
January 1, 2021. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Mountain View Correctional Facility 0857 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
($271,966) 
($137,518) 
($409,484) 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for increased prisoner population due to the closure 
of the Downeast Correctional Facility. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$500,000 
$500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT •t, "to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
$3,500,000 
$3,500,000 
2020-21 
$2,009,641 
$2,009,641 
Sec. A-5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Adult Education 0364 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for workforce development. These funds do not 
lapse but must be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Child Development Services 0449 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$1,200,000 
$1,200,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for increases in staff costs and health insurance related to 
collective bargaining completed in April 2019. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
$98,955 
$98,955 
2020-21 
$1,485,945 
$1,485,945 
Initiative: Provides funding for the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of 
Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
$249,600 
$249,600 
2020-21 
$249,600 
$249,600 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the number of students in school 
administrative units that are part of an education service center. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$1,238,863 
$1,238,863 
Initiative: Transfers funding from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to 
the Learning Systems Team program within the same fund for costs related to 2 Regional 
Education Representative positions transferred in Public Law 2019, chapter 343. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
($20,000) 
($20,000) 
2020-21 
($20,000) 
($20,000) 
Initiative: Continues one Public Service Coordinator I position previously established by 
Financial Order 000426 F0. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
1.000 
$112,650 
$112,650 
Initiative: Provides funding for the cost of essential programs and services to increase the 
state share percentage by 1 % from fiscal year 2019-20 levels. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$22,041,555 
$22,041,555 
Initiative: Transfers funding for the compilation and analysis of education data from the 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Systems Team program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
2019-20 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
($250,000) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
($250,000) 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
Initiative: Transfers one Management Analyst I position and one Office Specialist I 
position from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning 
Through Technology program within the same fund. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
(2,000) 
($144,566) 
($144,566) 
Initiative: Provides funding for grants to schools implementing the community school 
model that provides for counseling, mental health and other trauma-informed services 
within certain school programs. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$150,000 
$150,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the total allocation for career and technical 
education centers and career and technical education regions. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$1,600,000 
$1,600,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for music instruction and instruments for students in rural 
schools. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$50,000 
$50,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT •A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
Initiative: Provides funding to cover an increase in the system administration portion of 
state subsidy costs. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$7,859,885 
$7,859,885 
Initiative: Transfers one Public Service Manager I position and related All Other costs 
from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning Systems Team 
program within the same fund. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
(1.000) 
($109,076) 
($10,000) 
($119,076) 
Initiative: Provides funding to school administrative units to support the entrance of 
additional students into public preschool programs. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides funding for ongoing data system support and upgrades. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Leadership Team Z077 
2019-20 
$32,654 
$32,654 
2020-21 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
2020-21 
$130,615 
$130,615 
Initiative: Provides funding for costs related to legislative tasks, work groups, study 
groups, task forces, committees and other projects required of the commissioner's office. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Learning Systems Team Z081 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$68,800 
$68,800 
Initiative: Transfers funding from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to 
the Learning Systems Team program within the same fund for costs related to 2 Regional 
Education Representative positions transferred in Public Law 2019, chapter 343. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Learning Systems Team Z081 
2019-20 
$20,000 
$20,000 
2020-21 
$20,000 
$20,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for equipment upgrades at career and technical 
education schools to meet national industry standards. These funds do not lapse but must 
be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be used for the same purpose. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERALFUNDTOTAL 
Learning Systems Team Z081 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
Initiative: Transfers one Public Service Manager I position and related All Other costs 
from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Leaming Systems Team 
program within the same fund. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Learning Systems Team Z081 
2019-20 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
1.000 
$109,076 
$10,000 
$119,076 
Initiative: Transfers funding for the compilation and analysis of education data from the 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Leaming Systems Team program. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A• to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Learning Through Technology Z029 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$250,000 
$250,000 
Initiative: Transfers one Management Analyst I position and one Office Specialist I 
position from the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program to the Learning 
Through Technology program within the same fund. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
0.000 
$0 
2020-21 
2.000 
$144,566 
$0 
$144,566 
2019-20 
2020-21 
$381,209 
$42,187,913 
$381,209 
$42,187,913 
Sec. A-6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF 
State Board of Education 0614 
Initiative: Provides funding to support the activities of the Professional Standards Board. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$3,200 
$3,200 
Sec. A-7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Developmental Services - Community Z208 
Initiative: Provides funding for increased caregiver and respite services in support of 
individuals with developmental disabilities on the waiting list and their families. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "f-f' to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Developmental Services Waiver-MaineCare Z211 
2019-20 
$53,750 
$53,750 
2020-21 
$215,000 
$215,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase certain rates related to the MaineCare Benefits 
Manual, Chapter III, Section 21, Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for 
Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Section 29, 
Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism 
Spectrum Disorder. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care 
workers. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Developmental Services Waiver - Supports Z212 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$499,505 
$499,505 
Initiative: Provides funding for individuals with intellectual disabilities to receive services 
pursuant to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29, Support Services for 
Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, promoting greater 
independence, employment and community engagement. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Developmental Services Waiver- Supports Z212 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$2,605,582 
$2,605,582 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase certain rates related to the MaineCare Benefits 
Manual, Chapter III, Section 21, Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for 
Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Section 29, 
Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism 
Spectrum Disorder. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care 
workers. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$267,748 
$267,748 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 1516, L,D, 2126 
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase reimbursement rates for providers of state-funded, 
consumer-directed personal support services. 
s 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420 
2020-21 
$383,710 
$383,710 
Initiative: Provides funding for the increase in the reimbursement rate for providers of 
state-funded registered nurse services. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420 
2020-21 
$44,481 
$44,481 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase reimbursement rates for the 7 assisted living 
facilities currently under contract. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420 
2020-21 
$519,000 
$519,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to update pay rates to projected state median benchmarks for 
personal support services based upon a recent study. This funding is intended to be 
applied to the wages of direct care workers. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
Long Term Care - Office of Aging and Disability Services 0420 
2020-21 
$3,627,137 
$3,627,137 
Initiative: Provides funding for the increase of the current homemaker rate under 10-149 
Code of Maine Rules, Chapter S, Section 69, Office of Elder Services Independent 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT •J\ "to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Support Services Program. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct 
care workers. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$530,333 
$530,333 
Initiative: Reallocates the costs of 43 positions within the Health and Environmental 
Testing Laboratory. Position and allocation detail is on file with the Bureau of the 
Budget. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
2019-20 
$455,000 
$455,000 
2019-20 
($455,000) 
($12,172) 
($467,172) 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to respond to COVID-19. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$648,211 
$648,211 
Initiative: Provides funding for recruitment and retention efforts in accordance with 
established human resources processes for Public Health Nurse Supervisor positions, 
Public Health Nurse I positions, Public Health Nurse II positions, Public Health Nurse 
Consultant positions and Nursing Education Consultant positions within the Public 
Health Nursing Program established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1961 
to help ensure the State can fill these vital positions. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 1516, L.D, 2126 
' 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Maternal and Child Health 0191 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$351,789 
$351,789 
Initiative: Provides funding for recruitment and retention efforts in accordance with 
established human resources processes for Public Health Nurse Supervisor positions, 
Public Health Nurse I positions, Public Health Nurse II positions, Public Health Nurse 
Consultant positions and Nursing Education Consultant positions within the Public 
Health Nursing Program established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1961 
to help ensure the State can fill these vital positions. 
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND TOTAL 
Medicaid Services - Developmental Services Z210 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$158,026 
$4,227 
$162,253 
Initiative: Provides funding for individuals with intellectual disabilities to receive services 
pursuant to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29, Support Services for 
Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, promoting greater 
independence, employment and community engagement. 
OTHERSPECIALREVENUEFUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Medicaid Services - Developmental Services Z210 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$516,000 
$516,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase certain rates related to the MaineCare Benefits 
Manual, Chapter III, Section 21, Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for 
Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Section 29, 
Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism 
Spectrum Disorder. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care 
workers. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$152,435 
$152,435 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Medicaid Waiver for Brain Injury Residential /Community Serv Z218 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to update rates for services provided under the MaineCare 
Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 18, Allowances for Home and Community-Based 
Services for Adults with Brain Injury, and Section 20, Allowances for Home and 
Community Based Services for Adults with Other Related Conditions. This funding is 
intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Medicaid Waiver for Other Related Conditions Z217 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
($11,797) 
($11,797) 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to update rates for services provided under the MaineCare 
Benefits Manual, Chapter III, Section 18, Allowances for Home and Community-Based 
Services for Adults with Brain Injury, and Section 20, Allowances for Home and 
Community Based Services for Adults with Other Related Conditions. This funding is 
intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care-Payments to Providers 0147 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$475,409 
$475,409 
Initiative: Provides funding for individuals with intellectual disabilities to receive services 
pursuant to the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, Section 29, Support Services for 
Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, promoting greater 
independence, employment and community engagement. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$5,478,350 
$5,478,350 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in rates and change in payment method for 
multisystemic and functional family therapies and an increase in rates for trauma-focused 
cognitive behavioral therapy provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter III, 
Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, based upon a recent rate study. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$334;109 
$334;109 
2020-21 
$586,808 
$586,808 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in rates for home and community-based 
behavioral therapy services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter ID, 
Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, to reflect updated pay rate information. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care-Payments to Providers 0147 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$259;556 
$259,556 
2020-21 
$455,868 
$455,868 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the physician rate for psychiatric 
medication management services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual; 
Chapter III, Section 65; Behavioral Health Services, based upon a recent study. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$359,308 
$359,308 
2020-21 
$883,322 
$883,322 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Medical Care -Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Provides funding to update pay rates to projected state median benchmarks for 
personal support services based upon a recent study. This funding is intended to be 
applied to the wages of direct care workers. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$6,969,111 
$6,969,111 
2020-21 
$13,857,245 
$13,857,245 
2020-21 
$920,732 
$920,732 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase certain rates related to the MaineCare Benefits 
Manual, Chapter ill, Section 21, Allowances for Home and Community Benefits for 
Members with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Section 29, 
Allowances for Support Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Autism 
Spectrum Disorder. This funding is intended to be applied to the wages of direct care 
workers. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$1,620,889 
$1,620,889 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to update rates for services provided under the MaineCare 
Benefits Manual, Chapter ill, Section 18, Allowances for Home and Community-Based 
Services for Adults with Brain Injury, and Section 20, Allowances for Home and 
Community Based Services for Adults with Other Related Conditions. This funding is 
intended to be applied to the wages of direct care workers. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A1 " to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Mental Health Services - Community Z198 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$979,711 
$979,711 
2020-21 
$94,203 
$94,203 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the physician rate for psychiatric 
medication management services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, 
Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, based upon a recent study. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Mental Health Services - Community Medicaid Z201 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$279,000 
$279,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the physician rate for psychiatric 
medication management services provided under the MaineCare Benefits Manual, 
Chapter III, Section 65, Behavioral Health Services, based upon a recent study. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Office for Family Independence - District 0453 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$79,317 
$79,317 
Initiative: Continues 45 limited-period Customer Representative Associate II - Human 
Services positions previously established by Financial Order 000106 F9 and continued by 
Financial Order 000381 F0 through June 19, 2021, funded 62.1 % Other Special Revenue 
Funds and 37.9% General Fund within the same program. This initiative also continues 
one limited-period Family Independence Unit Supervisor position previously established 
by Financial Order 000680 F0 through June 19, 2021, funded 62.1 % Other Special 
Revenue Funds and 37.9% General Fund within the same program, and provides funding 
for related All Other costs for all positions. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A," to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Office for Family Independence - District 0453 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$1,156,452 
$110,774 
$1,267,226 
2020-21 
$1,894,950 
$217,301 
$2,112,251 
Initiative: Continues 45 limited-period Customer Representative Associate II - Human 
Services positions and 2 limited-period Family Independence Unit Supervisor positions 
previously established by financial order through June 19, 2021, funded 62.1 % Other 
Special Revenue Funds and 37.9% General Fund within the same program, and provides 
funding for related All Other costs to provide support at the eligibility determination call 
center. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Office for Family Independence - District 0453 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$1,255,840 
$133,396 
$1,389,236 
2020-21 
$2,057,760 
$287,963 
$2,345,723 
Initiative: Transfers and reallocates the costs of 44 7 positions and adjusts funding for 
related All Other costs to align positions with additional federal revenue for staff costs 
associated with MaineCare. Position and allocation detail is on file with the Bureau of the 
Budget. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
2019-20 
0.000 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
(236.500) 
($2,452,741) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOT AL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATNE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Office of Child and Family Services - District 0452 
$0 
($206,422) 
$0 
($2,659,163) 
2019-20 
2020-21 
0.000 
236.500 
$0 
$2,452,741 
$0 
$277,555 
$0 
$2,730,296 
Initiative: Establishes 16 Child Protective Services Caseworker positions, 2 Customer 
Representative Associate II - Human Services positions and 2 Child Protective Services 
Caseworker Supervisor positions, funded 79% General Fund and 21 % Other Special 
Revenue Funds within the same program, and provides funding for related All Other 
costs to achieve target case load levels. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Special Children's Services 0204 
2019-20 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
20.000 
$1,467,508 
$100,393 
$1,567,901 
2020-21 
$390,066 
$37,835 
$427,901 
Initiative: Provides funding for recruitment and retention efforts in accordance with 
established human resources processes for Public Health Nurse Supervisor positions, 
Public Health Nurse I positions, Public Health Nurse II positions, Public Health Nurse 
Consultant positions and Nursing Education Consultant positions within the Public 
Health Nursing Program established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1961 
to help ensure the State can fill these vital positions. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
t 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT •fr" to H.P. 1516, L,D. 2126 
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$508,750 
$0 
($467,172) 
$0 
$41,578 
2020-21 
$49,393 
$1,321 
$50,714 
2020-21 
$19,922,392 
$23,862,193 
$9,378,858 
$212,967 
$53,376,410 
Sec. A-8. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, MAINE COMMISSION ON 
Reserve for Indigent Legal Services Z258 
Initiative: Provides one-time additional funding for indigent legal services. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHERSPECIALREVENUEFUNDSTOTAL 
2019-20 
$2,036,206 
$2,036,206 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Sec. A-9. Appropriations and allocations, The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Provides funding for the increase of one Project Manager Associate position 
from 40 hours biweekly to 80 hours biweekly. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
0.500 
($15,099) 
($15,099) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
0.500 
$42,909 
$42,909 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT •A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Sec. A-10. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Labor Relations Board 0160 
Initiative: Provides funding for contracted court reporter services and reduces the hours of 
one vacant Office Specialist I position from 80 hours biweekly to 40 hours biweekly. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
2020-21 
0.000 
(0.500) 
($10,206) 
($36,055) 
$10,206 
$36,055 
$0 
$0 
Sec. A-11. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
State Police 0291 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for a comparison microscope for the firearms unit of 
the crime laboratory. 
GENERAL FUND 
Capital Expenditures 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
State Police 0291 
2019-20 
$59,800 
$59,800 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the purchase of a gas chromatograph for the 
examination of fire debris. 
GENERAL FUND 
Capital Expenditures 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
2019-20 
$48,100 
$48,100 
2019-20 
$107,900 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A 
"to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$107,900 
$0 
Sec. A-12. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Highway and Bridge Capital 0406 
Initiative: Provides funding to support highways and bridges statewide and to support 
transportation innovation initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions impacting our 
climate. These funds do not lapse but must be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be 
used for the same purpose. 
GENERAL FUND 
Capital Expenditures 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Multimodal Transportation Fund Z0l 7 
2019-20 
$8,000,000 
$8,000,000 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides funding to support highways and bridges statewide and to support 
transportation innovation initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions impacting our 
climate. These funds do not lapse but must be carried forward to the next fiscal year to be 
used for the same purpose. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
Capital Expenditures 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
$500,000 
$1,500,000 
$2,000,000 
2019-20 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Sec. A-13. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
TREASURER OF STATE, OFFICE OF 
Debt Service - Treasury 0021 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Initiative: Reduces funding for the Debt Service - Treasury program based upon the 
current debt service schedule and the decrease of anticipated issuance for fiscal year 
2019-20 from $200 million to $150 million. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
PARTB 
This Part left blank intentionally. 
PARTC 
2019-20 
($10,000,000) 
($10,000,000) 
2020-21 
($3,607,185) 
($3,607,185) 
Sec. C-1. 20-A MRSA §15671, sub-§7, ,rB, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. 
C, §1, is further amended to read: 
B. The annual targets for the state share percentage of the statewide adjusted total 
cost of the components of essential programs and services are as follows. 
(1) For fiscal year 2005-06, the target is 52.6%. 
(2) For fiscal year 2006-07, the target is 53.86%. 
(3) For fiscal year 2007-08, the target is 53.51 %. 
(4) For fiscal year 2008-09, the target is 52.52%. 
(5) For fiscal year 2009-10, the target is 48.93%. 
(6) For fiscal year 2010-11, the target is 45.84%. 
(7) For fiscal year 2011-12, the target is 46.02%. 
(8) For fiscal year 2012-13, the target is 45.87%. 
(9) For fiscal year 2013-14, the target is 47.29%. 
(10) For fiscal year 2014-15, the target is 46.80%. 
(11) For fiscal year 2015-16, the target is 47.54%. 
(12) For fiscal year 2016-17, the target is 48.14%. 
(13) For fiscal year 2017-18, the target is 49.14%. 
(14) For fiscal year 2018-19, the target is 49.58% 49.77%. 
(15) For fiscal year 2019-20, the target is 50.78%. 
(16) For fiscal year 2020-21, the target is 51. 78%. 
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Sec. C-2. 20-A MRSA §15671, sub-§7, 1C, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. 
C, §2, is further amended to read: 
C. Beginning in fiscal year 2011-12, the annual targets for the state share percentage 
of the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 including 
the cost of the components of essential programs and services plus the state 
contributions to the unfunded actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees 
Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, retired teachers' health insurance 
and retired teachers' life insurance are as follows. 
(1) For fiscal year 2011-12, the target is 49.47%. 
(2) For fiscal year 2012-13, the target is 49.35%. 
(3) For fiscal year 2013-14, the target is 50.44%. 
(4) For fiscal year 2014-15, the target is 50.13%. 
(5) For fiscal year 2015-16, the target is 50.08%. 
(6) Forfiscalyear2016-17, the target is 50.82%. 
(7) For fiscal year 2017-18, the target is 52.02%. 
(8) For fiscal year 2018-19, the target is 53.37%. 
(9) For fiscal year 2019-20, and subsequent fiscal years. the target is 55%. 
Sec. C-3. 20-A MRSA §15671-A, sub-§2, ,rB, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, 
Pt. C, §3, is further amended to read: 
B. The commissioner shall calculate the full-value education mill rate that is required 
to raise the statewide total local share. The full-value education mill rate is calculated 
for each fiscal year by dividing the applicable statewide total local share by the 
applicable statewide valuation. 
The full-value education mill rate must be applied 
according to section 15688, subsection 3-A, paragraph A to determine a 
municipality's local cost share expectation. 
(1) For the 2005 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 47.4% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2005-06, 
(2) For the 2006 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 46.14% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2006-07. 
(3) For the 2007 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 46.49% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2007-08. 
( 4) For the 2008 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 47.48% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2008-09. 
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(4-A) For the 2009 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 51.07% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2009-10. 
(4-B) For the 2010 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 54.16% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2010-11. 
(4-C) For the 2011 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 53.98% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2011-12. 
(5) For the 2012 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 54.13% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2012-13. 
(6) For the 2013 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 52. 71 % statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2013-14. 
(7) For the 2014 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 53.20% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2014-15. 
(8) For the 2015 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 52.46% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2015-16. 
(9) For the 2016 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 51.86% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2016-17. 
(10) For the 2017 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 50.86% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2017-18. 
(11) For the 2018 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 50.42% 50.23% statewide total local share in 
fiscal year 2018-19. 
(12) For the 2019 property tax year, the full-value education mill rate is the 
amount necessary to result in a 49.22% statewide total local share in fiscal year 
2019-20, 
(13) For the 2020 property tax year and subsequeHt tax years, the full-value 
education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a%% 48.22% statewide 
total local share in fiscal year 2020-21 and after. 
04) For the 2021 property tax year and subsequent tax years, the full-value 
education mill rate is the amount necessary to result in a 45% statewide total 
local share in fiscal year 2021-22 and after. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "It" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Sec. C-4. 20-A MRSA §15683-C, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 219, §7, 
is further amended to read: 
1. 
Caleulatien of edu:eatian Education service center per-pupil rate. 
Tue 
Beginning in fiscal year 2020-21. the commissioner shall calculate set a per-pupil amount 
rate for education service center administration of $94 per pupil. The per-pupil amount 
for education service eenter ad.ministration is based on the actual Gen&al Fund 
expenditures for school administrative units 'lnth. 2,500 students or more for the function:S 
of school boards, elections and central offices, as defined in the State's accounting 
handbook for local school systems for the most recent year available, excluding 
expe=eclitures for administrative tech=eology related software and less miscellaneous 
revenues from other local governments, divided by the average of October and April 
enrollment effi:H1.ts for that fiscal year and set in fiscal year 2020-21 may be annually 
adjusted by appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other comparable index. 
Sec. C-5. 20-A MRSA §15688-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. 
AAAAA, § 1, is further amended to read: 
1. Career and technical education program components. Beginning in fiscal year 
2018-19, the allocation for career and technical education centers and career and 
technical education regions is based upon a model that recognizes program components 
that have been approved by the department pursuant to chapter 313 for: 
A. Direct instruction. The direct instruction component includes personnel costs for 
teachers, education technicians for programs and clinical supervisors for health care 
programs. The allocation for direct instruction is the sum of the costs as determined 
based on the following components, which the commissioner shall determine 
annually: 
(1) A teacher salary matrix. In determining the teacher salary matrix for each 
program, the commissioner shall give consideration to the most recent available 
data regarding years of education experience and years of professional work 
experience relevant to instructional assignment; 
(2) Student-to-teacher ratios for each program; 
(3) The number of education technicians required for purposes of instructional 
support, based on student enrollment and program requirements. 
The 
commissioner shall calculate the education technician allocation by multiplying 
the number of education technicians required by the statewide average salary for 
full-time education technicians, based on the most recent available salary data, 
but shall ensure that each career and technical education center or career and 
technical education region is allocated at least one full-time education technician; 
and 
(4) The clinical supervision staffmg level necessary for each program requiring 
such staffmg, based on student enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph 
G; 
B. Central administration. The central administration component includes personnel 
costs for directors, assistant directors and clerical staff working in career and 
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technical education centers and career and technical education regions, as well as 
business managers working in career and technical education regions. The central 
administration allocation is the sum of: 
(1) Costs for personnel for each career and technical education center and career 
and technical education region, as follows: 
(a) A director, the allocation for which must be for one full-time equivalent; 
(b) An assistant director, the allocation for which must be based on student 
enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph G but may not exceed one 
full-time equivalent; 
(c) Clerical staff, the allocation for which must be for at least one full-time 
equivalent, with additional clerical staff allocations based on student 
enrollment as determined pursuant to paragraph G; 
( d) A career and technical education region business manager, the allocation 
for which must be for one full-time equivalent; and 
( e) Benefit costs for employees in central administration, which must be 
calculated pursuant to section 15678, subsection 5, paragraph B; and 
(2) Nonpersonnel costs, which the commissioner shall calculate annually based 
upon the relationship of the most recent available career and technical education 
expenditures for nonpersonnel costs to personnel costs; 
C. Supplies and other expenditures such as purchased services, dues and fees for 
instructional programs. The allocation for supplies and other expenditures is the sum 
of: 
(1) A per-program allocation for supplies, as determined by the commissioner 
based on the most recent available career and technical education expenditures 
amount, adjusted to the year prior to the allocation year; and 
(2) A per-pupil allocation for each student in each career and technical education 
center and each career and technical education region, determined by the 
commissioner based on: 
(a) The most recent available career and technical education expenditures 
amount, adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year; and 
(b) Student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G; 
D. 
Plant operation and maintenance, including all costs for operating and 
maintaining buildings and grounds. The commissioner shall determine the allocation 
for plant operation and maintenance costs for each career and technical education 
center and each career and technical education region by multiplying the square 
footage of the career and technical education center or career and technical education 
region building by an amount per square foot, as determined by the commissioner; 
E. 
Other student and staff support, which includes costs for student services 
coordination, career preparation, instructional technology, professional development, 
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"to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
student assessment and program safety. 
The other student and staff support 
allocation is the sum of the costs for: 
(1) A counselor, the allocation for which must be for one full-time equivalent, to 
collaborate with sending school guidance counselors in order to maximize 
student participation at the middle school and high school grade levels; 
(2) Career and technical education center or career and technical education 
region student services coordinators, the allocation for which must be based on 
student enrollment, as determined pursuant to paragraph G, but no less than one 
full-time equivalent; 
(3) Benefit costs for employees under this paragraph, calculated pursuant to 
section 15678, subsection 5, paragraph B; and 
( 4) Instructional technology, staff professional development, student assessment 
and program safety. The commissioner shall calculate a per-pupil allocation for 
this allocation based upon student enrollment, as determined pursuant to 
paragraph G, and the relationship of the most recent available career and 
technical education expenditures for these costs to total costs, adjusted to the year 
prior to the allocation year; 
F. Equipment provided pursuant to subsection 6; and 
G. Student enrollment, which is determined as follows. 
(1) For each program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313 that has 3 years 
of attending student counts on October 1st, student enrollment is a 3-year average 
of the attending student counts on October 1st for that program or plan. 
(2) For each program or plan approved pursuant to chapter 313 that is not 
governed by subparagraph (1 ), including a new program or plan approved 
pursuant to chapter 313, student enrollment must be based on the estimated 
attending student count submitted in accordance with the application for the 
program or plan approval. This estimated attending student count must be used 
until the program or plan has 3 consecutive years of actual attending student 
counts on October 1st. 
In fiscal year 2019-20, the total allocation for a career and technical education center or 
career and technical education region is the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E, 
except if the sum of the components in paragraphs A to E is less than the most recent 
expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, the 
career and technical education center or career and technical education region may not 
receive less than the adjusted expenditure, and if the sum of the components in 
paragraphs A to E is more than 5% greater than the most recent expenditure data, as 
adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the allocation year, then the career and technical 
education center or career and technical education region may not receive more than the 
adjusted expenditures plus 5%. 
In fiscal year 2020-21, fiscal year 2021-22 and fiscal year 2022-23, the total allocation for 
a career and technical education center or career and technical education region is the 
sum of the components in paragraphs A to E, except if the sum of the components in 
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COMMITTEE AMEND1IBNr A 
"to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
paragraphs A to Eis less than the most recent expenditure data, as adjusted for inflation 
to the year prior to the allocation year, or more than the most reeent &penditure data, as 
adjusted for inflation to the year prior to the alloeation year, the total allocation must be 
determined pursuant to subsection 1-A. If the sum of the components in paragraphs A to 
E is more than 15% greater than the most recent expenditure data. as adjusted for 
inflation to the year prior to the allocation year. the career and technical education center 
or career and technical education region may not receive more than the adjusted 
expenditures plus 15%. 
Beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, the total allocation for a career and technical education 
center or career and technical education region is the sum of components in paragraphs A 
to E. 
The commissioner shall authorize monthly payment of allocations to career and technical 
education centers and career and technical education regions in an amount equal to 1/12 
of the total allocation. Payments for satellite programs as approved pursuant to chapter 
must be made within this schedule to the responsible career and technical education 
center or career and technical education region; it is the responsibility of the career and 
technical education center or career and technical education region to provide the state 
support for the approved satellite program to the school administrative unit that operates 
the approved satellite program. 
If a school administrative unit operating a career and technical education center or career 
and technical education region has any unexpended funds at the end of the fiscal year, 
these funds must be carried forward for the purposes of career and technical education. 
Sec. C-6. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§7-A, ,rB, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 343, 
Pt. UU, §3, is amended to read: 
B. The commissioner shall allocate the funds appropriated by the Legislature in 
accordance with the following. 
(1) The amount of increased funds provided to qualifying school administrative 
units under this subsection must be the amount necessary to fund the incremental 
salary increases specified in this subsection. 
(2) The number of teachers eligible for incremental salary increases in a 
qualifying school administrative unit for a fiscal year must be based on the 
information supplied to the department pursuant to section 13407 in that fiscal 
year. 
(3) The increased funds provided under this subsection must be issued to 
qualifying school administrative units as an adjustment to the state school 
subsidy for distribution to the teachers. Qualifying school administrative units 
shall use the payments provided under this subsection to provide salary 
adjustments to those teachers eligible for incremental salary increases. The 
department shall collect the necessary data to allow the funds to be included in a 
qualifying school administrative unit's monthly subsidy payments beginning no 
later than February 1st of each fiscal year. 
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(4) Funding for incremental salary increases in fiscal year 2020-21 must be based 
on data submitted to the department and certified by school administrative units 
as of October 1, 2019. 
Sec. C-7. 20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 2, Pt. D, 
§61 and affected by §§72 and 74 and c. 12, Pt. WW, §18, is repealed. 
Sec. C-8. 20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§28 is enacted to read: 
28. Rural schools. The commissioner may pay costs to provide musical instruments 
and professional development in rural schools. 
Sec. C-9. 20-A MRSA §15905, sub-§1, ,fA, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. 
C, §56, is further amended to read: 
A. The state board may approve projects as long as no project approval will cause 
debt service costs, as defined in section 15672, subsection 2-A, paragraph A and 
pursuant to Resolve 2007, chapter 223, section 4, to exceed the maximum limits 
specified in Table 1 and Table 2 in subsequent fiscal years. 
Fiscal year 
1990 
1991 
1992 
1993 
1994 
1995 
1996 
1997 
1998 
1999 
2000 
2001 
2002 
2003 
2004 
2005 
2006 
2007 
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
2012 
2013 
Table 1 
Major Capital 
Maximum Debt Service Limit 
$ 48,000,000 
$ 57,000,000 
$ 65,000,000 
$ 67,000,000 
$ 67,000,000 
$ 67,000,000 
$ 67,000,000 
$67,000,000 
$ 67,000,000 
$ 69,000,000 
$72,000,000 
$ 74,000,000 
$ 74,000,000 
$ 80,000,000 
$ 80,000,000 
$ 84,000,000 
$ 90,000,000 
$ 96,000,000 
$100,000,000 
$104,000,000 
$108,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$116,000,000 
$116,000,000 
Integrated, Consolidated 
Secondary and Postsecondary 
Project 
Maximum Debt Service Limit 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT A" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
2014 
2015 
2016 
2017 
2018 
2019 
2020 
2021 
2022 
2023 
Fiscal year 
2024 
2025 
2026 
2027 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
$126,000,000 
Table 2 
Maximum Debt Service Limit 
$150,000,000 
$150,000,000 
$150,000,000 
$150,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000 .• 000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$20,000,000 
$20,000,000 
$20,000,000 
$20,000,000 
Sec. C-10. 20-A MRSA §15905, sub-§1, 1A-1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 1, 
Pt. E, § 1, is further amended to read: 
A-1. Beginning with the second regular session of the Legislature in fiscal year 1990 
and every other year thereafter, on or before March 1st, the commissioner shall 
recommend to the Legislature and the Legislature shall establish maximum debt 
service limits for the next 2 biennia for which debt service limits have not been set 
for majef capital projects, including major projects and integrated, consolidated 
secondary and postsecondary projects. 
Sec. C-11. Mill expectation. The mill expectation pursuant to the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15671-A for fiscal year 2020-21 is 8.18. 
Sec, C-12. Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to 
grade 12. The total cost of funding public education from kindergaiten to grade 12 for 
fiscal year 2020-21 is as follows: 
Total Operating Allocation 
Total operating allocation pursuant to the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15683 
Total adjustments to state subsidy pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689 included in subsidizable costs and total other 
subsidizable costs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15681-A 
Total Operating Allocation and Subsidizable Costs 
2020-21 
TOTAL 
$1,507,865,971 
$554,973,541 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "P( to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Total operating allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
$2,062,839,512 
15683 and total other subsidizable costs pursuant to Title 
20-A, section 15681-A 
Total Debt Service Allocation 
Total debt service allocation pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
$103,428,195 
15683-A 
Total Adjustments and Targeted Education Funds 
Adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689 
Audit adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, 
$250,000 
subsection 4 
Educating students in long-term drug treatment center 
$460,355 
adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, 
subsection 5 
Minimum teacher salary adjustment pursuant to Title 20-
$2,100,000 
A, section 15689, subsection 7-A 
Regionalization, consolidation and efficiency assistance 
$6,161,789 
adjustments pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689, 
subsection 9 
MaineCare seed payments adjustments pursuant to Title 
$1,334,776 
20-A, section 15689, subsection 14 
Special education budgetary hardship adjustment pursuant 
$1,000,000 
to Title 20-A, section 15689, subsection 15 
Total adjustments to the state share of the total allocation 
$11,306,920 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689 
Targeted education funds pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689-A 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" f'j" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Special education costs for state agency clients and state 
$33,737,998 
wards pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 
Essential programs and services components contract 
$300,000 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 3 
Data management and support services for essential 
$7,974,245 
programs and services pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15689-A, subsection 10 
Postsecondary course payments pursuant to Title 20-A, 
$4,000,000 
section 15689-A, subsection 11 
National board certification salary supplement pursuant to 
$307,551 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 12 
Learning through technology program pursuant to Title 20-
$16,114,960 
A, section 15689-A, subsection 12-A 
Jobs for Maine's Graduates including college pursuant to 
$3,545,379 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 13 
Maine School of Science and Mathematics pursuant to 
$3,615,347 
Title 20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 14 
Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of 
$8,913,765 
Hearing pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 15 
Transportation administration pursuant to Title 20-A, 
$410,111 
section 15689-A, subsection 16 
Special education for juvenile offenders pursuant to Title 
$407,036 
20-A, section 15689-A, subsection 17 
Comprehensive early college programs funding (bridge 
$1,000,000 
year program) pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 23 
Community schools pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-
$200,000 
A, subsection 25 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" It• to H.P. 1516, L,D, 2126 
Maine School for Marine Science, Technology, 
$132,316 
Transportation and Engineering pursuant to Title 20-A, 
section 15689-A, subsection 26 
Musical instruments and professional development in rural 
$50,000 
schools pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15689-A, 
subsection 28 
Total targeted education funds pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
$80,708,708 
15689-A 
Enhancing student performance and opportunity pursuant to 
Title 20-A, section 15688-A and section 15672, subsection 
1-D 
Career and technical education costs pursuant to Title 20-
$57,424,775 
A, section 15688-A, subsection 1 
Career and technical education middle school costs 
$500,000 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15672, subsection 1-D 
College transitions programs through adult education 
$450,000 
college readiness programs pursuant to Title 20-A, section 
15688-A, subsection 2 
New or expanded public preschool programs pursuant to 
$0 
Title 20-A, section 15688-A, subsection 4 
National industry standards for career and technical 
$2,000,000 
education pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A, 
subsection 6 
Regional school leadership academy pursuant to Title 20-
$0 
A, section 15688-A, subsection 9 
Total enhancing student performance and opportunity 
$60,374,775 
pursuant to Title 20-A, section 15688-A and section 15672, 
subsection 1-D 
Total Cost of Funding Public Education from Kindergarten to 
Grade 12 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COM::tv.lITTEE AMENDMENT "A' to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten 
to grade 12 for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 20-A, 
chapter 606-B, not including normal retirement costs 
Total normal cost of teacher retirement 
Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten 
to grade 12 for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 20-A, 
chapter 606-B, including normal retirement costs 
Total cost of state contribution to unfunded actuarial 
liabilities of the Maine Public Employees Retirement 
System that are attributable to teachers, retired teacher 
health insurance and retired teacher life insurance for fiscal 
year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 and 423, 
excluding the normal cost of teacher retirement 
Total cost of funding public education from kindergarten 
to grade 12, plus state contributions to the unfunded 
actuarial liabilities of the Maine Public Employees 
Retirement System that are attributable to teachers, retired 
teacher health insurance and retired teacher life insurance 
for fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 5, chapters 421 
and423 
$2,318,658,110 
$50,697,332 
$2,369,355,442 
$228,931,183 
$2,598,286,625 
Sec. C-13. Local and state contributions to total cost of funding public 
education from kindergarten to grade 12. The local contribution and the state 
contribution appropriation provided for general purpose aid for local schools for the fiscal 
year beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021 is calculated as follows: 
Local and State Contributions to the 
Total Cost of Funding Public Education 
from Kindergarten to Grade 12 
2020-21 
LOCAL 
2020-21 
STATE 
Local and state contributions to the total 
cost of funding public education from 
kindergarten to grade 12 pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, 
section 15683, subject to statewide 
distributions required by law 
$1,142,503,195 
$1,226,852,247 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT,/+,, to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
State contribution to the total cost of 
unfunded actuarial liabilities of the 
Maine Public Employees Retirement 
System that are attributable to teachers, 
teacher retirement health insurance and 
teacher retirement life insurance for 
fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 5, 
chapters 421 and 423 excluding the 
normal cost of teacher retirement 
State contribution to the total cost of 
funding public education from 
kindergarten to grade 12 plus state 
contribution to the total cost of 
unfunded actuarial liabilities of the 
Maine Public Employees Retirement 
System that are attributable to teachers, 
teacher retiremertt health insurance and 
teacher retirement life insurance for 
fiscal year 2020-21 pursuant to Title 5, 
chapters 421 and 423 
$228,931,183 
$1,455,783,430 
Sec. C-14. Authorization of payments. If the State's continued obligation for 
any individual component contained in those sections of this Part that set the total cost of 
funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 and the local and state 
contributions for that purpose exceeds the level of funding provided for that component, 
any unexpended balances occurring in other programs may be applied to avoid proration 
of payments for any individual component. Any unexpended balances from this Part may 
not lapse but must be carried forward for the same purpose. 
Sec. C-15. Limit of State's obligation. Those sections of this Part that set the 
total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 and the local and 
state contributions for that purpose may not be construed to require the State to provide 
payments that exceed the appropriation of funds for general purpose aid for local schools 
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2021. 
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Sec. 
H-1. 
Transfer from 
Liquor 
Operation Revenue 
Fund. 
Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 6054, subsection 4, or 
any other provision of law to the contrary, the Maine Municipal Bond Bank shall transfer 
$20,000,000 during fiscal year 2019-20 from the Liquor Operation Revenue Fund, 
established in Title 30-A, section 6054, subsection 1, to the unappropriated surplus of the 
General Fund. 
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PARTJ 
Sec. J-1. Transfer from General Fund unappropriated surplus; Maine 
Budget Stabilization Fund. Notwithstanding any provision oflaw to the contrary, the 
State Controller shall transfer $17,431,338 during fiscal year 2019-20 from the General 
Fund unappropriated surplus to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund established in the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1532. 
PARTK 
Sec. K-1. 12 MRSA §8908, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 28, §1 and 
amended by PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 and PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23, is further 
amended to read: 
2. Use of fund. The bureau may use the fund to pay operating expenses and to 
purchase aerial fire suppression resources, including helicopters, airplanes and spare 
parts, in accordance with the bureau's plan to diversify and modernize its aerial frre 
suppression fleet. 
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PARTS 
Sec. S-1. 5 MRSA §1986 is enacted to read: 
§1986. Criminal history record information for employees and contractors 
1. Defmitions. As used in this section. unless the context otherwise indicates. the 
following terms have the following meanings. 
A. "Federal Bureau of Investigation" means the United States Department of Justice, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
B. "State Police" means the Department of Public Safety. Bureau of State Police. 
2. Background investigation requirements. The office shall perform fingerprint-
based criminal history record checks for any person employed by the office. who may be 
offered employment by the office or who is employed by or may be offered employment 
by a contractor or subcontractor for the office to satisfy federal statutory and regulatory 
background investigation requirements. including but not limited to those established by 
the United States Internal Revenue Service's tax information security guidelines for 
federal. state and local agencies. and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Criminal 
Justice Information Services Division's information security requirements for criminal 
history record information used for noncriminal justice purposes. 
The criminal history record checks must include fingerprinting and obtaining national 
criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
3. Fingerprint-based criminal history obtained. A person employed by the office 
or a person who is employed by a contractor or subcontractor for the office shall consent 
to having and have the person's fingerprints taken. 
A person who may be offered 
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employment by the office or by a contractor or subcontractor for the office shall consent 
to having and have the person's fingerprints taken prior to being employed by the office 
or by a contractor or subcontractor for the office. The State Police shall take or cause to 
be taken the fingerprints of a person who has consented under this subsection and shall 
forward the fingerprints to the Department of Public Safety. State Bureau of 
Identification so that the bureau may conduct a state and national criminal history record 
check on the person. The bureau shall forward the results obtained to the office. The fee 
charged to the office by the State Police must be consistent with the fee charged to 
executive branch agencies receiving similar services. Except for the portion of the 
payment that constitutes the processing fee charged by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, all money received by the State Police under this subsection must be paid 
to the Treasurer of State, who shall apply the money to the expenses of administration of 
this section by the Department of Public Safety. 
4. Updates to information. The fingerprint-based criminal history record check 
under subsection 3 must be conducted at least once every 5 years as the office determines 
appropriate or as required under federal regulations. The office may request continuous 
notifications of updated criminal history record information if a service providing 
notifications of updated criminal history record information becomes available. 
5. Confidentiality. Information obtained pursuant to this section is confidential and 
may not be disseminated for purposes other than as provided in subsections 6 and 7. 
6. Use of information obtained. Criminal history record information obtained 
pursuant to this section may be used by the office for employment purposes only. The 
information may be used only for making decisions regarding the suitability of a person 
described in this section for new or continued employment with the office. The subject of 
any criminal history record check under this section may contest any negative decision 
made by the office based upon the information received pursuant to the criminal history 
record check. 
7. Person's access to information obtained. A person subject to the criminal 
history record check pursuant to subsection 3 must be notified each time a criminal 
history record check is performed on the person. A person subject to the criminal history 
record check under subsection 3 may inspect and review the criminal history record 
information pursuant to Title 16, section 709 and obtain federal information obtained 
pursuant to the criminal history record check by following the procedures outlined in 28 
Code ofFederalRegulations. Sections 16.32 and 16.33. 
8. Right of subject to remove fingerprints from record, Upon request from a 
person subject to a criminal history record check pursuant to subsection 3. the 
Department of Public Safety shall remove the person's fingerprints from the Department 
of Public Safety's records and provide written confirmation of the removal to the person. 
9. Refusal to consent. The office may not employ or permit the employment by a 
contractor or subcontractor of a person who has refused to consent to the background 
investigation requirements under this section in a position for which such background 
investigations are required under subsection 2. 
Sec. S-2. 25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§1, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
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U. Who is required to have a criminal history record check under Title 5. section 
1986. 
Sec. S-3. 25 MRSA §1542-A, sub-§3, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
T. The State Police shall take or cause to be taken the fingerprints of the person 
named in subsection 1, paragraph U. at the request of that person or the Department 
of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology, and 
upon payment of the fees as provided under Title 5, section 1986. 
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Sec. W-1. PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. HHH, §2 is amended to read: 
Sec. HHH-2. Transfer of Personal Services balances to All Other; state 
psychiatric centers. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, for fiscal 
years 2019-20 and 2020-21 only, the Department of Health and Human Services is 
authorized to transfer available balances of Personal Services appropriations and 
allocations in the Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center program, the 
Disproportionate Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center program aad,. the Riverview 
Psychiatric Center program and the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center program after all 
salary, benefit and other obligations are met to the All Other line category of those 
programs. These amounts may be transferred by financial order upon the 
recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor. These 
transfers are not considered adjustments to appropriations. 
PARTX 
Sec. X-1. 36 MRSA §111, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2019, c. 233, §1, is 
further amended to read: 
1-A. Code. "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
amendments to that Code as of December 31, :W-±-8- 2019. 
Sec. X-2. 36 MRSA §5124-C, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 474, Pt. B, §2, 
is amended to read: 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "H" to H.P. 1516, L.D. 2126 
1. Amount; before January 1, 2020. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 
2018 and before January 1, 2020, the standard deduction of a resident individual is equal 
to the standard deduction as determined in accordance with the Code, Section 63, subject 
to the phase-out under subsection 2. 
Sec. X-3. 36 MRSA §5124-C, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: 
1-A. Amount; on or after January 1, 2020. For tax years beginning on or after 
January 1, 2020, the standard deduction of a resident individual is equal to the federal 
standard deduction, subject to the phase-out under subsection 2. 
Sec. X-4. Application. That section of this Part that amends the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 36, section 111, subsection 1-A applies to tax years beginning on or after 
January 1, 2019 and to any prior tax years as specifically provided by the United States 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and amendments to that Code as of December 31, 2019. 
PARTY 
Sec. Y-1. 36 MRSA §2892, last ,r, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. EEE, §1, is 
amended to read: 
For state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2019 but before July 1, 2021, the 
hospital's taxable year is the hospital's fiscal year that ended during calendar year 2016. 
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PART BB 
Sec. BB-1. Increase to medication passes. The Department of Health and 
Human Services shall amend 10-149 C.M.R. Chapter 5, Section 63, In-home and 
Community Support Services for Elderly and Other Adults, for residents who reside in 
one of the assisted living facilities that have contracts with the department to increase the 
number of reimbursable medication passes from 3 reimbursable medication passes per 
consumer per day to 6 reimbursable medication passes per consumer per day. Rules 
adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical· rules as defined in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
PART CC 
Sec. CC-1. Transfer from General Fund; additional funds for indigent 
legal services. 
No later than June 30, 2020, the State Controller shall transfer 
$2,036,206 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine 
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COMMlTTFJl AMFNDMENT •fl" to HJ>. 1516, L.D. 2126 
Commission on Indigent Legal Services, Reserve for Indigent Legal Services program, 
Other Special Revenue Funds. Funds transferred pursuant to this section are in addition 
to funds transferred pursuant to Public Law 2019, chapter 343, Part PPPP, section 1. 
PART DD 
Sec. DD-1. Transfer; Inland Fisheries and Wildlife carrying account. 
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall transfer 
$300,000 by June 30, 2020 from the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Carrying Balances -
General Fund account within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to the 
Enforcement Operations - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife program, General Fund account 
within the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. These funds may be allotted by 
financial order upon recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the 
Governor. 
PARTEE 
Sec. EE-1. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§4-A, 1A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 352, Pt. 
A, §2, is further amended to read: 
A. The standard rate of contributions is 5.4%. A contributing employer's rate may 
not be varied from the standard rate unless the employer's experience rating record 
has been chargeable with benefits throughout the period of 24 consecutive calendar 
months ending on the computation date applicable to such a year. A contributing 
employer newly subject to this chapter shall pay contributions at a rate equal to the 
greater of the predetermined yield or 1.0% until the employer's experience rating 
record has been chargeable with benefits throughout the period of 24 consecutive 
calendar months ending on the computation date applicable to such a year. For rate 
years thereafter, the employer's contribution rate is determined in accordance with 
this subsection and subsection 3. 
Effective January 1, 2008, the contribution rate must be reduced by the Competitive 
Skills Scholarship Fund predetermined yield as defined in section 1166, subsection 1, 
paragraph C, except that a contribution rate under this paragraph may not be reduced 
below 1%. 
Effective January 1, 2021, the contribution rate must also be reduced by the 
Unemployment Program Administrative Fund predetermined yield as defined in 
section 1167, subsection 1, paragraph C, except that a contribution rate under this 
paragraph may not be reduced below 1 %. 
Sec. EE-2. 26 MRSA §1221, sub-§4-A, ,S, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. 
CCCCC, §5, is further amended to read: 
B. Subject to paragraph A, an employer's contribution rate for the 12-month period 
commencing January 1st of each year is based upon the employer's experience rating 
record and determined from the employer's reserve ratio. The employer's reserve 
ratio is the percent obtained by dividing the amount, if any, by which the employer's 
contributions, credited from the time the employer first or most recently became an 
employer, whichever date is later, up to and including June 30th of the preceding 
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year, including any part of the employer's contributions due for that year paid on or 
before July 31st of that year, exceed the employer's benefits charged during the same 
period, by the employer's average annual payroll for the period of 36 consecutive 
months ending June 30th of the preceding year. The employer's contribution rate is 
determined under subparagraphs (1) to (8). 
(1) The commissioner shall prepare a schedule listing all employers for whom a 
reserve ratio has been computed pursuant to this paragraph, in the order of their 
reserve ratios, beginning with the highest ratio. For each employer, the schedule 
must show: 
(a) The amount of the employer's reserve ratio; 
(b) The amount of the employer's annual taxable payroll; and 
( c) A cumulative total consisting of the amount of the employer's annual 
taxable payroll plus the amount of the annual taxable payrolls of all other 
employers preceding the employer on the list. 
(2) The commissioner shall segregate employers into contribution categories in 
accordance with the cumulative totals under subparagraph (1), division (c). The 
contribution category is determined by the cumulative payroll percentage limits 
in column B. 
Each contribution category is identified by the contribution 
. category number in column A that is opposite the figures in column B, which 
represent the percentage limits of each contribution category. If an employer's 
taxable payroll falls in more than one contribution category, the employer must 
be assigned to the lower-numbered contribution category, except that an 
employer may not be assigned to a higher contribution category than is assigned 
any other employer with the same reserve ratio. 
A 
B 
C 
D 
E 
Contribution % of Taxable Payrolls 
Experience Phase-in 
Phase-in 
Category 
From 
To 
Factors 
Experience Experience 
Factors 2002 Factors 2000 
and2003 
and2001 
00.00 
05.00 
.30 
,38750 
.4750 
05.01 
10.00 
.35 
.43125 
.5125 
10.01 
15.00 
.40 
.47500 
.5500 
15.01 
20.00 
.45 
.51875 
.5875 
20.01 
25.00 
.50 
.56250 
,6250 
25.01 
30.00 
.55 
,60625 
.6625 
30.01 
35.00 
.60 
.65000 
.7000 
35.01 
40.00 
.65 
.69375 
.7375 
40.01 
45.00 
.70 
.73750 
.7750 
45.01 
50.00 
.75 
.78125 
.8125 
50.01 
55.00 
.80 
.82500 
.8500 
55.01 
60.00 
.90 
.91250 
.9250 
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60.01 
65.00 
1.00 
1.00000 
1.0000 
65.01 
70.00 
1.10 
1.08750 
1.0750 
70.01 
75.00 
1.25 
1.21875 
1.1875 
75.01 
80.00 
1.40 
1.35000 
1.3000 
80.01 
85.00 
1.60 
1.52500 
1.4500 
85.01 
90.00 
1.90 
1.78750 
1.6750 
90.01 
95.00 
2.20 
2.05000 
1.9000 
95.01 
100.00 
2.60 
2.40000 
2.2000 
(3-A) Beginning January 1, 2008, the commissioner shall compute a reserve 
multiple to determine the schedule and planned yield in effect for a rate year. The 
reserve multiple is determined by dividing the fund reserve ratio by the average 
benefit cost rate. The determination date is October 31st of each calendar year. 
The schedule and planned yield that apply for the 12-month period commencing 
on January 1, 2008 and every January 1st thereafter are shown on the line of the 
following table that corresponds with the applicable reserve multiple in column 
A. 
A 
B 
C 
Reserve 
Schedule 
Planned 
Multiple 
Yield 
Over 1.58 
A 
0.6% 
1.50 - 1.57 
B 
0.7% 
1.42 -1.49 
C 
0.8% 
1.33 - 1.41 
D 
0.9% 
1.25 - 1.32 
E 
1.0% 
.50- 1.24 
F 
1.1% 
.25 - .49 
G 
1.2% 
Under .25 
H 
1.3% 
(4) The commissioner shall compute the predetermined yield by multiplying the 
ratio of total wages to taxable wages for the preceding calendar year by the 
planned yield. 
(5) The commissioner shall determine the contribution rates effective for a rate 
year by multiplying the predetermined yield by the experience factors for each 
contribution category. Contribution category 20 in the table in subparagraph (2) 
must be assigned a contribution rate of at least 5.4%. The employer's experience 
factor is the percentage shown in column C in the table in subparagraph (2) that 
corresponds with the employer's contribution category in column A, except that 
the experience factors in column E must be used to determine the contribution 
rates for rate years 2000 and 2001 and those in column D must be used for rate 
years 2002 and 2003. Beginning January 1, 2018, for rate years when schedule A 
is in effect as determined in subparagraph (3-A), the experience factor in 
subparagraph (2) for contribution category 1 is assigned an experience factor of 
0.00 in column C. 
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( 6) If, subsequent to the assignment of contribution rates for a rate year, the 
reserve ratio of an employer is recomputed and changed, the employer must be 
placed in the position on the schedule prepared pursuant to subparagraph (1) that 
the employer would have occupied had the corrected reserve ratio been shown on 
the schedule. The altered position on the schedule does not affect the position of 
any other employer. 
(7) In computing the contribution rates, only the wages reported by employers 
liable for payment of contributions into the fund and net benefits paid that are 
charged to an employer's experience rating record or to the fund are considered in 
the computation of the average benefit cost rate and the ratio of total wages to 
taxable wages. 
(8) Beginning January 1, 2008, all contribution rates must be reduced by the 
Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund predetermined yield as defined in section 
1166, subsection 1, paragraph C, except that contribution category 20 under this 
paragraph may not be reduced below 5.4%. 
(9) Beginning January 1. 2021, the contribution rate must also be reduced by the 
Unemployment Program Administrative Fund predetermined yield as defined in 
section 1167. subsection 1. paragraph C. except that a contribution rate under this 
paragraph may not be reduced below 1 %. 
PART FF 
Sec. FF-1. 26 MRSA §1167 is enacted to read: 
§1167. Unemployment Program Administrative Fund 
1. Defmitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings. 
A. 
"Unemployment Program Administrative Fund contributions" or "fund 
contributions
means the money payments required by this section to be made into 
the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund by an employer as a percentage of 
the employer's taxable payroll based on the Unemployment Program Administrative 
Fund predetermined yield in effect for the Unemployment Program Administrative 
Fund rate year. 
B. 
"Unemployment Program Administrative Fund planned yield" means the 
percentage of wages, as defined in section 1043, subsection 19, equal to .04% of the 
total wages for each contributing employer subject to this chapter. 
C. "Unemployment Program Administrative Fund predetermined yield" means the 
amount determined by multiplying the ratio of total wages to taxable wages. as 
defmed by section 1221. subsection 6. paragraph L, by the Unemployment Program 
Administrative Fund planned yield. The Unemployment Program Administrative 
Fund predetermined yield is rounded to the nearest .01 %. 
D. "Unemployment Program Administrative Fund rate year" has the same meaning 
as "rate year" under section 1221, subsection 6, paragraph F. 
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2. Established. The Unemployment Program Administrative Fund, referred to in 
this section as "the fund. 
is established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All 
receipts. including interest, fines and penalties collected from the Unemployment 
Program Administrative Fund contributions, must be paid into the fund. Income from the 
investment of the fund must be deposited to the credit of the fund. All money in the fund 
must be deposited, administered and disbursed in the same manner and under the same 
conditions and requirements as are provided by law for other special funds. 
3. Administered. The money in the fund must be administered by the commissioner 
exclusively for the purpose of administering this chapter and for the costs of 
administering the fund. 
4. Employers liable for fund contribution. Each employer, as defined in section 
1043, subsection 9, other than an employer liable for a payment in lieu of a contribution, 
shall pay a fund contribution. Beginning January 1, 2021, fund contributions are payable 
in the same manner as described under section 1221. subsection 1 and in accordance with 
section 1221, subsection 4-A. 
5. Receipts. All receipts collected from fund contributions, including interest, fines 
and penalties on fund contributions not paid when due, must be paid into the fund. 
6. Experience rating records. 
Fund contributions may not be credited to an 
employer's experience rating record as described in section 1221, subsection 3. 
7. Relationship to unemployment insurance contributions. Fund contributions 
may not be considered as part of the employer's unemployment insurance contribution 
rate pursuant to section 1221. Unemployment insurance contributions for all employers 
subject to the contribution provisions of this chapter must be reduced by a percentage 
equal to the total fund contribution assessment as in section 1221, subsection 4-A. 
Exceptions pertaining to new employer rates and contribution rate category 20 are 
described in section 1221. subsection 4-A, paragraphs A and B. 
8. Other provisions of this chapter. All provisions of this chapter and rules 
adopted under this chapter regarding payments. time limits, dates of payment, reports. 
interest and penalties on amounts not paid by employers when due, fines. liens and 
warrants that apply to the collection of contributions also apply to the collection of fund 
contributions. 
9. Maximum fund balance. The Department of Labor shall transfer any cash 
balance that exceeds 180 days working capital as of December 31, 2023, and every year 
thereafter, from the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund to the Unemployment 
Compensation Fund within 30 days. 
PARTGG 
Sec. GG-1. Money credited to State of Maine account in Unemployment 
Trust Fund under Section 903(f) of federal Social Security Act. 
Money 
credited to the account of the State of Maine in the federal Unemployment Trust Fund by 
the United States Secretary of the Treasury on July 29, 2009 pursuant to Section 903(:t) of 
the federal Social Security Act may not be requisitioned from the State's account or used 
except for the payment of benefits and for the payment of expenses incurred for the 
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administration of the State's unemployment compensation law and public employment 
offices. Money used for the payment of benefits is requisitioned as defined in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1162. Money requisitioned and used for the payment 
of expenses incurred for the administration of the State's unemployment compensation 
law and public employment offices requires a specific appropriation by the Legislature as 
provided in section 2. That use is only permissible if the expenses are incurred and the 
money is requisitioned after the effective date of a law making an appropriation and 
specifying the purposes for which the money is appropriated and the amounts 
appropriated for those purposes. Any amount that may be obligated under such an 
appropriation is limited to an amount that does not exceed the amount by which the 
aggregate of the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine pursuant to 
Section 903(f) of the federal Social Security Ac.t exceeds the aggregate of the amounts 
used by the State pursuant to this Act and charged against the amounts transferred to the 
account of the State of Maine. 
For purposes of this section, the amounts obligated under an appropriation for 
administrative purposes must be charged against transferred amounts at the exact time the 
obligation is entered into. 
The appropriation, obligation and expenditure or other 
disposition of money appropriated under this section must be accounted for in accordance 
with standards established by the United States Secretary of Labor. Money appropriated 
as provided in this Act for the payment of administration must be requisitioned as needed 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriation and, upon requisition, 
must be deposited in the Employment Security Administration Fund from which 
payments are made. Money so deposited must, until expended, remain a part of the 
unemployment fund and, if it will not be immediately expended, must be returned 
promptly to the account of the State of Maine in the federal Unemployment Trust Fund. 
Sec. GG-2. Allocation maintaining state unemployment compensation 
and public employment system. There is allocated out of funds made available to 
the State under Section 903(f) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, the sum of 
$27,534,100, in accordance with section 1, to be used under the direction of the 
Department of Labor for the purpose of maintaining and operating the State's 
unemployment compensation and public employment system. The uses include both 
personnel and nonpersonnel administrative costs required to 
administer the 
unemployment insurance program, deliver employment assistance services through the 
Department of Labor's career center system and provide labor market information 
program services for workers and employers in the State. 
The amount obligated pursuant to this Act may not exceed at any time the amount by 
which the aggregate of the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine 
pursuant to Section 903(f) of the federal Social Security Act exceeds the aggregate of the 
amounts obligated for administration and paid out for benefits and required by law to be 
charged against the amounts transferred to the account of the State of Maine. 
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PART LL 
Sec. LL-1. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ,rA, as amended by PL 2013, c. 438, §3, 
is further amended to read: 
A. For investments made in tax years beginning before January 1, 2012, a tax credit 
certificate may be issued in an amount not more than 40% of the amount of cash 
actually invested in an eligible Maine business in any calendar year or in an amount 
not more than 60% of the amount of cash actually invested in any one calendar year 
in an eligible Maine business located in a high-unemployment area, as determined by 
rule by the authority. For investments made in tax years beginning on or after 
January 1, 2012, a tax credit certificate may be issued to an investor other than a 
private venture capital fund in an amount not more than 60% of the amount of cash 
actually invested in an eligible Maine business in any calendar year. For investments 
made in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, a tax credit certificate may 
be issued to an investor other than a private venture capital fund in an amount not 
more than 50% of the amount of cash actually invested in an eligible Maine business 
in any calendar year. For investments made on or after April 1, 2020. a tax credit 
certificate may be issued to an investor other than a private venture capital fund in an 
amount not more than 40% of the . amount of cash actually invested in an eligible 
Maine business in any calendar year. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are 
routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 3 7 5, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. LL-2. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ,re, as amended by PL 2003, c. 451, Pt. 
E, §2, is further amended to read: 
C. Aggregate investment eligible for tax credits may not be more than $5,000,000 for 
any one business as of the date of issuance of a tax credit certificate. Beginning with 
investments made on or after April 1, 2020. aggregate investment eligible for tax 
credits may not be more than $3,500.000 for any one business as of the date of 
issuance of a tax credit certificate and not more than $2,000.000 for any calendar 
year. 
Sec. LL-3. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ,rl, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 642, §7 
and affected by § 12, is amended to read: 
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I. The business receiving the investment may not be in violation of the requirements 
of subsection -6 1, 
Sec. LL-4. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-A, ~' as amended by PL 2009, c. 470, 
§3, is further amended to read: 
B. As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise indicates, an "eligible 
business" means a business located in the State that: 
(1) Is a manufacturer; 
(2) Is engaged in the development or application of advanced technologies; 
(3) Provides a product or service that is sold or rendered, or is projected to be 
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sold or rendered, predominantly outside of the State; 
( 4) Brings capital into the State, as determined by the authority; or 
(5) Is certified as a visual media production company under Title 5, section 
13090-L. 
Sec. LL-5. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-C, ,fA, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 454, 
§6, is amended to read: 
A. For investments made in tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, a tax 
credit certificate may be issued to a private venture capital fund in an amount that is 
not more than 50% of the amount of cash actually invested in an eligible business. 
For investments made on or after April 1. 2020, a tax credit certificate may be issued 
to a private venture capital fund in an amount that is not more than 40% of the 
amount of cash actually invested in an eligible business. The tax credit certificate 
may be revoked and the credit recaptured pursuant to Title 36, section 5216-B, 
subsection 5 to the extent that the authority determines that the eligible business for 
which the tax credit certificate was issued moves substantially all of its operations 
and assets outside of the State during the period ending 4 years after an investment, 
except in the case of an arm's length, fair value acquisition approved by the authority. 
A private venture capital fund that received the 20% credit certificate under 
subsection 2-A, paragraph A, subparagraph (2) for an investment is not eligible for a 
tax credit certificate under this subsection for that investment. 
Sec. LL-6. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-C, ~' as amended by PL 2013, c. 438, 
§4, is further amended to read: 
B. 
As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise indicates, "eligible 
business" means a business located in the State that has certified that the amount of 
the investment is necessary to allow the business to create or retain jobs in the State 
and that, as determined by the authority: 
(1) Is a manufacturer or a value-added natural resource enterprise; 
(2) Is engaged in the development or application of advanced technologies; 
(3) Provides a product or service that is sold or rendered, or is projected to be 
sold or rendered, predominantly outside of the State; or 
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(5) Is certified as a visual media production company under Title 5, section 
13090-L. 
Sec. LL-7. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-C, 1C, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 454, 
§6, is amended to read: 
C. Aggregate investment eligible for tax credit certificates, including investments 
under this subsection and under subsection 2, may not be more than $5,000,000 for 
any one eligible business. Beginning with investments made on or after April 1. 
2020, aggregate investment eligible for tax credit certificates, including investments 
under this subsection and under subsection 2, may not be more than $3,500.000 for 
any one eligible business in total and not more than $2,000.000 for any calendar year. 
Sec. LL-8. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-C, ,rD, as amended by PL 2013, c. 438, 
§4, is further amended to read: 
D. The investment with respect to which any private venture capital fund is applying 
for a tax credit certificate may not be more than the lesser of an amount equal to 
$500,000 times the number of investors in the private venture capital fund and an 
aggregate of $4,000,000 in any one eligible business invested in by a private venture 
capital fund in any 3 consecutive calendar years, e:xeept that this. For investments 
made on or after April 1. 2020, the investment with respect to which any private 
venture capital fund is applying for a tax credit certificate may not be more than the 
lesser of an amount equal to $500,000 times the number of investors in the private 
venture capital fund and an aggregate of $3,500,000 in any one eligible business 
invested in by a private venture capital fund. This paragraph does not limit other 
investment by an applicant for which that applicant is not applying for a tax credit 
certificate. A private venture capital fund must certify to the authority that it will be 
in compliance with these limitations. The tax credit certificate issued to a private 
venture capital fund may be revoked and any credit taken recaptured pursuant to Title 
36, section 5216-B, subsection 5 if the fund is not in compliance with this paragraph. 
Sec. LL-9. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2013, c. 438, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
4. Total of credits authorized. The authority may issue tax credit certificates to 
investors eligible pursuant to subsections 2, 2-A and 2-C in an aggregate amount not to 
exceed $2,000,000 up to and including calendar year 1996, $3,000,000 up to and 
including calendar year 1997, $5,500,000 up to and including calendar year 1998, 
$8,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2001, $11,000,000 up to and including 
calendar year 2002, $14,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2003, $17,000,000 up 
to and including calendar year 2004, $20,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2005, 
$23,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2006, $26,000,000 up to and including 
calendar year 2007 and $30,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2013, in addition 
to which, the authority may issue tax credit certificates to investors eligible pursuant to 
subsections 2, 2-A and 2-C in an annual amount not to exceed $675,000 for investments 
made between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014, $4,000,000 for investments made 
in calendar year 2015 and._ $5,000,000 for investments made in calendar years 2016 to 
2019, $15,000,000 for investments made in calendar years 2020 to 2026 and $5,000,000 
each year for investments made in calendar years beginning with ~ 
2027. The 
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authority may provide that investors eligible for a tax credit under this section in a year 
when there is insufficient credit available are entitled to take the credit when it becomes 
available subject to limitations established by the authority by rule. 
Rules adopted 
pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. LL-10. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2011, c. 454, §8, is 
repealed. 
Sec. LL-11. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§7 is enacted to read: 
7. Reports. 
The following reports are reguired regarding activities under this 
section. 
A. A business eligible to have investors receive a tax credit under this section shall 
report to the authority, in a manner determined by the authority, the following 
information regarding that business's activities in the State over the calendar year in 
which the investment occurred and for each additional year for which a credit is 
claimed: 
(1) The total amount of private investment received by the eligible business from 
each investor eligible to receive a tax credit; 
(2) 
The total number of persons employed by the eligible business as of 
December 31st; 
(3) The total number and geographic location of jobs created and retained by the 
eligible business stated separately for all jobs in the State and for those jobs that 
would not have been created or retained in the absence of the credit; 
(4) 
Total annual payroll of the eligible business stated separately for all 
employees in the State and for those employees who would not have been 
employed in the absence of the credit; and 
(5) Total sales revenue of the eligible business stated separately within and 
outside the State. 
B. An investor eligible for a tax credit under this section shall notify the authority 
when a business that received an investment from that investor eligible for a credit 
under this section ceases operations and the likely reasons for the cessation of 
business. 
C. 
The authority shall report annually to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over taxation matters and to the Office of Program 
Evaluation and Government Accountability on all activity under this section during 
the prior calendar year. The authority shall identify in its report businesses receiving 
investments eligible for a credit under this section and the authority's determination 
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as to whether the investments would have been made in the absence of the credit. 
Sec. LL-12. 36 MRSA §5216-B, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 
6. Evaluation; specific public policy objective; performance measures. The 
credit provided under this section is subject to ongoing legislative review in accordance 
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with Title 3. chapter 37. 
The Office of Program Evaluation and Government 
Accountability shall submit an evaluation of the credit provided under this section to the 
joint legislative committee established to oversee program evaluation and government 
accountability matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over taxation matters. In developing evaluation parameters to perform the 
review. the office shall consider: 
A. That the specific public policy objectives of the credit provided under this section 
are: 
(1) To increase job opportunities for residents of the State in businesses that 
export products or services from the State: 
(2) 
To increase private investment in small new and existing businesses, 
especially those that experience significant difficulty in the absence of investment 
incentives in obtaining equity financing to carry the businesses from start-up 
through initial development; and 
(3) To increase municipal tax bases: and 
B. Performance measures. including, but not limited to: 
(1) The number and geographic distribution of full-time employees added or 
retained during a period being reviewed who would not have been added or 
retained in the absence of the credit: 
(2) The amount of qualified investment in eligible businesses during the period 
being reviewed: 
(3) The change in the number of businesses created or retained in the State as a 
result of the credit; 
(4) Measures of fiscal impact and overall economic impact to the State; and 
(5) The amount of the tax revenue loss for each year being reviewed divided by 
the number of jobs created or retained. 
PARTMM 
Sec. MM-1. 
Carrying balances; Department of Health and Human 
Services web portal upgrade. Notwithstanding any provision oflaw to the contrary, 
at the end of each fiscal year the State Controller shall carry forward, to be used for the 
same purposes, any unexpended balance of the $1,700,000 appropriated in Public Law 
2019, chapter 343 in the All Other line category in the Office for Family Independence -
District program, General Fund account for the purpose of upgrades to the public 
assistance web portal. 
PARTNN 
Sec. NN-1. 
Payments to State from Maine Governmental Facilities 
Authority operating account. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 
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the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority shall transfer $4,000,000 from the balance 
in the authority's operating account to the State as undedicated revenue no later than June 
30, 2020.' 
SUMMARY 
PARTA 
This Part makes appropriations and allocations. 
PARTC 
This Part does the following. 
1. It establishes the total cost of education from kindergarten to grade 12, the state 
contribution, the annual target state share percentage and the mill expectation for the local 
contribution for fiscal year 2020-21. 
2. It establishes, beginning in fiscal year 2020-21, the per-pupil rate for education 
service center administration. 
3. With respect to fiscal years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, it caps the total 
allocation for a career and technical education center or career and technical education 
region. 
4. It provides that funding for incremental salary increases in fiscal year 2020-21 
must be based on data submitted to the Department of Education and certified by school 
administrative units as of October 1, 2019. 
5. It amends the laws governing the payment of targeted education funds to remove 
authorization for the annual education research contract and to authorize the payment of 
costs to provide musical instruments and professional development in rural schools, 
6. It establishes for fiscal years 2023-24 through 2026-27 the debt service ceiling for 
capital projects, including major projects and integrated, consolidated secondary and 
postsecondary projects. 
PARTH 
This Part directs the Maine Municipal Bond Bank to transfer $20,000,000 during 
fiscal year 2019-20 from the Liquor Operation Revenue Fund to the unappropriated 
surplus of the General Fund. 
PARTJ 
This Part directs the State Controller to transfer $17,431,338 during fiscal year 2019-
from the General Fund unappropriated surplus to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund 
established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1532. 
PARTK 
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This Part authorizes the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, 
Bureau of Forestry to pay operating expenses from the Aerial Fire Suppression Fund. 
PARTS 
This Part implements criminal history record checks for certain individuals with 
access to federal tax information and other federally protected data at the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology. The criminal 
history record checks apply to all new applicants and current employees and contractors 
or subcontractors of the office to ensure compliance with federal laws and regulations 
governing access to federally protected data, including, but not limited to, the Internal 
Revenue Service's criminal history record check requirements for all employees and 
contractors with access to federal tax information and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division. 
PARTW 
This Part authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to transfer 
available balances of Personal Services appropriations and allocations in the 
Disproportionate Share - Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center program, the Disproportionate 
Share - Riverview Psychiatric Center program, the Riverview Psychiatric Center program 
and the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center program after all salary, benefit and other 
obligations are met to the All Other line category. 
PARTX 
This Part updates references to the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
contained in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36 to refer to the United States Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2019, for tax years beginning 
on or after January 1, 2019 and for any prior tax years as specifically provided by the 
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. It also provides that, for tax 
years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, the Maine standard deduction under the 
Maine income tax is equal to the federal standard deduction and is not limited by the 
federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 63. 
PARTY 
This Part clarifies that, with regard to each hospital in the State, the hospital's fiscal 
year that ended during calendar year 2016 is intended to be the hospital's taxable year for 
all state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2019 for the purpose of taxes imposed 
by Title 36, section 2892. 
PART BB 
This Part requires the Department of Health and Human Services to amend the Office 
of Elderly Services Policy Manual, 10-149 C.M.R. Chapter 5, Section 63 to increase the 
number ofreimbursable medication passes per consumer per day from 3 to 6. 
PART CC 
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This Part transfers $2,036,206 to the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services; 
this transfer is in addition to a transfer of$16,526,403 made in July 2019. 
PARTDD 
This Part transfers funds from the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Carrying Balances -
General Fund account to the Enforcement Operations - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
program, General Fund account to fund a Personal Services shortfall in fiscal year 2019-
20. 
PARTEE 
This Part reduces unemployment insurance trust fund contributions for employers by 
a percentage used to calculate the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund 
assessment except as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1221, 
subsection 4-A, paragraphs A and B pertaining to new employer rates and contribution 
rate category 20. 
PART FF 
This Part establishes the Unemployment Program Administrative Fund for the 
purpose of operating the Maine unemployment insurance program, including both 
personnel and nonpersonnel costs, and for the costs of administering the fund. 
PARTGG 
This Part authorizes the use of unemployment insurance modernization funds under 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Section 903(f) of the federal 
Social Security Act for the purposes of operating the State's unemployment compensation 
and public employment systems. 
PART LL 
This Part amends the Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program by: 
1. For investments made on or after April 1, 2020: 
A. Reducing from 50% to 40% of investment the maximum credit available to 
individual investors and private venture capital funds; 
B. Reducing from $5,000,000 to $3,500,000 the total aggregate investment eligible 
for tax credits for any one business; and 
C. 
Limiting to $2,000,000 the eligible total aggregate investment for any one 
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business in any calendar year; 
2. 
Increasing from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000 the overall annual limit on total 
authorized credits for calendar years 2020 through 2026; 
3. Expanding the definition of "eligible business" to include businesses that provide a 
product that is sold predominantly outside the State; and 
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4. Providing a structure for the required reporting of data to facilitate an evaluation 
of the effectiveness of the credit by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government 
Accountability. 
PART MM 
This Part authorizes the carry-forward of any remaining balance of the amount 
appropriated in Public Law 2019, chapter 343 in the Office for Family Independence -
District program, General Fund account within the Department of Health and Human 
Services for the purpose of upgrades to the public assistance web portal to be used for the 
same purposes in the next fiscal year. 
PARTNN 
This Part authorizes a transfer of a portion of the accumulated balance in the 
operating account of the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority to the State in fiscal 
year 2019-20. This balance has built up over the last 20 years from loan initiation fees, 
maintenance fees and related interest that exceed amounts needed to fund the actual costs 
of administering these loans and has been identified as a resource that could be 
transferred to the State. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 03/16/20 .Mac 
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LD 2126 
LR 3206(02) 
An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State 
Government, General Fund and Other Funds and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary 
to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 
2021 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment f}r11 ... 775) 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Federal Block Grant Fund 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fund Detail by Section 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
PART A, Section 1 
PART A, Section 2 
PART A, Section 3 
PART A, Section 4 
PART A, Section 5 
PART A, Section 6 
PART A, Section 7 
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
FY 2021-22 
$8,428,025 
$66,564,494 
$53,530,124 
$10,176,581 
$63,123,557 
$52,076,624 
$0 
$23,862,193 
$23,862,193 
$1,569,034 
$9,378,858 
$5,034,579 
$0 
$212,967 
$212,967 
$21,216,100 
($3,440,937) 
($1,453,500) 
($86,100) 
($134,063) 
($76,500) 
($19,467,544) 
$0 
$0 
$2,036,206 
$0 
$0 
$5,648,821 
$0 
$0 
$45,000 
$64,687 
$67,016 
$0 
$2,500,000 
$0 
$3,500,000 
$2,009,641 
$0 
$381,209 
$42,187,913 
$38,991,968 
$0 
$3,200 
$3,200 
$508,750 
$19,922,392 
$16,578,433 
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Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$53,472,582 
$52,042,832 
$23,862,193 
$5,152,367 
$212,967 
($1,429,7~0) 
($75,250) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$69,428 
$0 
$0 
$38,996,170 
$3,200 
$16,537,733 
(~ °b;.) 
Projections 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
FY2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
PART A, Section 9 
($15,099) 
$42,909 
$44,454 
$46,054 
PART A, Section 10 
$0 
$0 
($1,262) 
($2,568) 
PART A, Section 11 
$107,900 
$0 
$0 
$0 
PART A, Section 12 
$10,000,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
PART A, Section 13 
($10,000,000) 
($3,607,185) 
($3,607,185) 
($3,607,185) 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
PART A, Section 7 
$0 
$23,862,193 
$23,862,193 
$23,862,193 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
PART A, Section 7 
($467,172) 
$9,378,858 
$5,034,579 
$5,152,367 
PART A, Section 8 
$2,036,206 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Federal Block Grant Fund 
PART A, Section 7 
$0 
$212,967 
$212,967 
$212,967 
Revenue 
General Fund 
PART H, Section 1 
$20,000,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
PART X, Section 1 
($2,783,900) 
($2,141,562) 
($171,000) 
($147,250) 
PART LL, Section I 
$0 
($1,299,375) 
($1,282,500) 
($1,282,500) 
PARTNN, Section 1 
$4,000,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
PART X, Section 1 
($86,100) 
($83,438) 
($9,000) 
($7,750) 
PART LL, Section 1 
$0 
($50,625) 
($67,500) 
($67,500) 
Transfers 
General Fund 
PART J, Section 1 
($17,431,338) · 
$0 
$0 
$0 
PART CC, Section 1 
($2,036,206) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
PART CC, Section 1 
$2,036,206 
$0 
$0 
$0 
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