An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1995
Committee Amendment CA_A_HA_C_H1040 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT "C "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, 
L.D. 1995, "An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the 
Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and To Change Certain 
Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the 
Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023" 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Patt H. 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Patt P. 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Part Z. 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Patts KK and LL. 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of Patt 00. 
Amend the amendment in Patt WW by striking out all of section 2 and insetting the 
following: 
'Sec. WW-2. 
Transfer from General Fund unappropriated surplus; 
Emergency Housing Relief Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
contra1y, on or before June 30, 2023, the State Controller shall transfer $2,000,000 from 
the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine State Housing Authority, 
Emergency Housing Relief Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account to provide rental 
assistance, supplement or create other programs addressing the needs of people 
experiencing homelessness or facing other immediate housing needs, supplement other 
short-term rental assistance programs, create supportive housing for people with 
disabilities, mental health challenges or substance use disorder using an approach that 
prioritizes providing permanent housing to people experiencing homelessness and suppott 
other uses that address housing emergencies in the State.' 
Amend the amendment in Patt XX by striking out all of section 7 and insetting the 
following: 
'Sec. XX-7. Transfer to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry, Office of the Commissioner program. Notwithstanding any provision of 
law to the contrary, on or before June 30, 2023, the State Controller shall transfer 
$15,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Depa1tment of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Office of the Commissioner program, Fund To 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT" C" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, L.D. 1995 
Address PF AS Contamination, Other Special Revenue Funds account for the pmposes as 
provided under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 320-K, subsection 4.' 
Amend the amendment by insetting after Part JJJ the following: 
'PART KKK 
Sec. KKK~t. Motor vehicle fuel tax suspended. Notwithstanding any provision 
oflaw to the contrary, beginning May 1, 2022 and until December 31, 2022, the State may 
not impose an excise tax on gasoline 01· diesel motor vehicle fuel pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 36, sections 2903 and 3203. 
Sec. KKK-2. Transfer from unappropriated surplus of General Fund to 
unallocated surplus of Highway Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
contrary, on or before June 30, 2022, the State Controller shall transfer $37,450,000 from 
the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the unallocated surplus of the Highway 
Fund and, on or before June 30, 2023, the State Controller shall transfer $115,200,000 from 
the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the unallocated smplus of the Highway 
Fund. 
Sec. KKK-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Revenue Se1-vices, Bureau of 0002 
Initiative: Eliminates one Tax Examiner II position provided in Part A in Maine Revenue 
Services and removes All Other funding, 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002 
2021-22 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
(1.000) 
($72,647) 
($5,496) 
($78,143) 
Initiative: Eliminates 3 Tax Examiner II positions provided in Patt A in Maine Revenue 
Services and removes All Other funding. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
2021-22 
0,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
(3,000) 
($211,104) 
($130,306) 
($341,410) 
2022-23 
($419,553) 
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$0 
($419,553) 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393 
Initiative: Eliminates one-time funding to abate, clean up and mitigate threats or hazards 
posed by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PF AS, contamination affecting 
agricultural producers in the State and the food supply, to provide supp01t to affected farms, 
to support critical PF AS research and to allow the department to otherwise strategically 
and effectively respond to PF AS concerns and issues as they arise. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
All Other 
$0 
($3,000,000) 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$0 
($3,000,000) 
Office of the Commissioner 0401 
Initiative: Reduces funding for the fund to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
substances, or PF AS, contamination. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHERSPECIALREVENUEFUNDSTOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$0 ($40,000,000) 
$0 ($40,000,000) 
2021-22 
$0 ($43,000,000) 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0 ($43,000,000) 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
MCCS Free Community College -Two Enrollment Years Z335 
Initiative: Eliminates the one-time funding provided in Pait A for up to 2 years of free 
community college for all high school graduates in the classes of 2020, 2021, 2022 and 
2023 who enroll in a Maine community college full-time in the fall of 2022 or the fall of 
2023. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$0 
($20,000,000) 
$0 ($20,000,000) 
2022-23 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT"(:_" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, L.D. 1995 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$0 
($20,000,000) 
$0 ($20,000,000) 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Housing Opportunity Progl'am Z336 
Initiative: Eliminates funding provided in Pait A for competitive grants to regional service 
providers to support town housing ordinance development, planning board and public 
processes in each paiticipating municipality. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Housing Opportunity Program Z336 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
($1,000,000) 
($1,000,000) 
Initiative: Eliminates funding provided in Pait A for community housing implementation 
grants to individual towns to suppo1t community housing priorities. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST 
Efficiency Maine Trust Z100 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
($1,450,000) 
($1,450,000) 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$0 
($2,450,000) 
$0 
($2,450,000) 
Initiative: Eliminates one-time funding to support electric vehicle rebate programs 
including incentive programs. 
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHERSPECIALREVENUEFUNDS 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
$0 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
($3,500,000) 
($3,500,000) 
2022-23 
($3,500,000) 
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Administration - Executive - Governor's Office 0165 
$0 
{$3,500,000) 
Initiative: Reduces funding provided in Part A for the operations costs of the Govemor's 
office. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Office of Policy Innovation and the Future Z135 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
($125,000) 
($125,000) 
Initiative: Eliminates funding provided in Part A for one Public Service Coordinator II 
position within the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future and also eliminates All Other 
funding provided in Patt A to support the coordination, communications and activities of 
the Governor's cabinet on aging across state agencies and to support stakeholder 
engagement. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
Emergency Housing Relief Fund Program Z340 
2021-22 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
(1.000) 
($125,855) 
($35,000) 
($160,855) 
2022-23 
{$285,855) 
($285,855) 
Initiative: Reduces one-time funding for the Emergency Housing Relief Fund within the 
Maine State Housing Authority allocated in Patt A. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$0 ($20,000,000) 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$0 {$20,000,000) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT" C" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, L.D. 1995 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
$0 
($20,000,000) 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Eliminates funding provided in Patt A that continues 2 Law Clerk positions 
previously established by Financial Order JJ2200 F2 to suppo1t the in-depth review of debt 
buyer actions as required in the Maine Revised Statutes; Title 32, section 11019 and to 
support the backlog of cases resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. 
GENERAL FUND 
2021-22 
Personal Services 
$0 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
2022-23 
($198,738) 
($198,738) 
Initiative: Eliminates funding that was provided in Part A to establish one Human 
Resources Generalist position. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATNE COUNT 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2021-22 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
(1,000) 
($105,179) 
($105,179) 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Eliminates funding provided in Part A that establishes one Comt Management 
Analyst position funded 75% General Fund and 25% Federal Expenditures Fund within the 
same program. 
GENERAL FUND 
2021-22 
2022-23 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
0.000 
(1,000) 
Personal Services 
$0 
($83;599) 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
($83,599) 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
2021-22 
2022-23 
Personal Services 
$0 
($27,865) 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
$0 
($27,865) 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Eliminates funding provided in Patt A that continues 10 intermittent project 
Referee positions, effective April 1, 2022 through June 17; 2023, previously established by 
Financial Order JJ2201 F2 to address the backlog caused by the COVID~19 pandemic of 
nonjury, family and civil cases by providing a decision on referred cases and also eliminates 
the funding provided for related All Other costs. 
GENERALFUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
2021-22 
$0 
($238,200) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
($203,754) 
($601,036) 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT "C "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, L.D. 1995 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
($238,200) 
($804,790) 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Eliminates funding provided in Patt A that establishes 8 Court Attendant 
positions to work as jmy officers and control room technical assistants in a nonswom 
capacity suppo1ting the office of judicial marshals. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
2021-22 
0,000 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
(8,000) 
($602,072) 
($602,072) 
Initiative: Eliminates funding provided in Pait A that establishes one IT Field Technician 
position and 4 Courtroom Technician positions to provide technical suppott in comtrooms 
and assist in updating couitroom technology throughout the State. 
GENERAL FUND 
2021-22 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
0.000 
Personal Services 
$0 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
LEGISLATURE 
Study Commissions - Funding 0444 
$0 
2021-22 
($238,200) 
$0 
($238,200) 
2022-23 
(5,000) 
($495,606) 
($495,606) 
2022-23 
($2,289,984) 
($27,865) 
($2,317,849) 
Initiative: Eliminates one-time funding provided in Part A to supp01t the costs of 
contracting with an outside entity to conduct and complete an actuarial study as required 
for the Commission To Develop a Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program by 
Resolve 2021, chapter 122. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHERSPECIALREVENUEFUNDSTOTAL 
LEGISLATURE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
($300,000) 
($300,000) 
2022-23 
HOUSE AMENDMENT" C," to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, L.D. 1995 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
LIBRARY, MAINE STATE 
Imagination Library of Maine Program Z338 
$0 
($300,000) 
$0 
($300,000) 
Initiative: Eliminate the one-time funding provided in Part A for the Imagination Libra1y 
of Maine. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
LIBRARY, MAINE STATE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
($238,200) 
$0 
$0 
($238,200) 
2022-23 
($200,000) 
($200,000) 
2022-23 
($200,000) 
($200,000) 
2022-23 
($5,445,392) 
($27,865) 
($87,000,000) 
($92,473,257) 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides an 8-month suspension of the imposition of an excise tax on 
gasoline and diesel motor vehicle fuel pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, 
sections 2903 and 3203. It also does the following. 
1. It removes the provisions that change the credit for educational oppo1tunity and 
enact the student loan repayment tax credit. 
2. It removes the provision requiring the transfer of $3,000,000 to assist agricultural 
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producers in the State that have been affected by PF AS contamination, to provide support 
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to affected farms, to support critical PF AS research and to otherwise allow for the 
department to strategically and effectively respond to PFAS concerns and issues. 
3. It removes the provision that requires the transfer of $3,500,000 to supp01t electric 
vehicle rebate programs, including incentive programs. 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT "C.." to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, L.D. 1995 
4. It removes the provisions that reestablish the Commission To Develop a Paid Family 
and Medical Leave Benefits Program and that fund an actuarial study. 
5. It removes the provisions that establish and fund the Imagination Library of Maine 
Fund. 
6. 
It removes the provision requi1'ing the transfer of $20,000,000 to the Maine 
Community College System Free Community College ~ 2 Enrollment Years program. 
7. It decreases from $22,000,000 to $2,000,000 the amount required to be transferred 
from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine State Housing Authority, 
Emergency Housing Relief Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account to be used to 
provide rental assistance, supplement or create other programs addressing the needs of 
people experiencing homelessness or facing other immediate housing needs, supplement 
other shmt-term rental assistance programs, create supportive housing for people with 
disabilities, mental health challenges or substance use disorder using an approach that 
prioritizes providing permanent housing to people experiencing homelessness and support 
other uses to address housing emergencies in the State, 
8, It decreases from $55,000,000 to $15,000,000 the amount required to be transferred 
on or before June 30, 2023 to the Fund To Address PFAS Contamination within the 
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. It does not change the amount, 
$5,000,000, required to be transferred on or before May 1, 2022. 
9. It removes funding for temporary positions in the Bureau of Revenue Services; 
removes funding for competitive grants to regional service providers and community 
housing implementation grants in the Housing Opportunity Program; removes funding for 
operation costs in the Governor's Office; removes funding for positions in the Office of 
Policy Innovation and the Future; and removes funding for positions in the comts. 
10. It transfers funds from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the 
unallocated surplus of the Highway Fund to offset the reduction in Highway Fund revenue. 
SPONSOREDBY: ~l>.\o~ 
(Representative LIBBY, L.) 
TOWN: Auburn 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/19/22 .::I.Pat:!. 
LD 1995 
LR 2634(13) 
An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State 
Government, General Fund and Other Funds and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law 
Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2022 
and June 30, 2023 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment~" to Committee Amendment "A" 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Highway Fund. 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Other Sp~cial Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Sponsor: Rep. Libby of Auburn 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
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Fiscal Note 
FY2022-23 
Projections 
FY2023-24 
Projections 
FY2024-25 
$10,211,800 
$0 
($5,976,823) 
($53,554,813) 
($54,285,879) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
($238,200) 
$0 
$0 
($5,445,392) 
($27,865) 
($87,000,000) 
$0 
$55,731,431 
($3~,450,000) ($115,200,000) 
$0 
$2,933,233 
($10,450,000) 
$37,450,000 
($27,000,000) 
($55,200,000) 
$115,200,000 
($60,000,000) 
($4,822,584) 
($28,757) 
$0 
$48,732,229 
$0 
$2,564,854 
$0 
$0 
$0 
($4,885,87~) 
($29,677) 
$0 
$49,400,000 
$0 
$2,600,000 
·$0 
$0 
$0 
This amendment provides for an 8-month suspension of the excise tax on gasoline and diesel motor vehicle fuel, 
reducing Highway Fund revenue by $37,450,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $115,200,000 in fiscal year 2022-23. The 
amendment includes a transfer of funds from the unappropriated SUI])lus of the General Fund to the unallocated 
surplus of the Highway Fund to offset this reduction in Highway Fund revenue and makes numerous adjustments to 
appropriations and other provisions in the bill to offset the impact on the General Fund of the transfer to the Highw0 v 
Fund. A balanced budget is maintained. • 
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