An Act To Correct Errors in Recently Enacted Legislation
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 2041
House Amendment HA_A_H1051 (House)
Amends: 17-A MRSA §1111-B, 28-B MRSA §504-A, 28-B MRSA §505

HOUSE AMENDMENT "/2" to H.P. 1544, L.D. 2041, "An Act To Correct Errors 
in Recently Enacted Legislation" 
Amend the bill in Part A by striking out all of sections 2 and 3 and inse1ting the 
following: 
'Sec, A-2. PL 2021, c, 635, Pt. 00, §1, sub-§1 is amended to read: 
1. Eligibility. For purposes of this Patt, an eligible student is: 
A. A high school graduate in the class of 2020, 2021 or 2022 who enrolls in a Maine 
community college in the fall of 2022; 
B. A high school graduate in the class of 2023 who enrolls in a Maine community 
college in the fall of 2023; 
C. A person who obtains the equivalent of a high school diploma in 2020, 2021 or 
2022 who enrolls in a Maine community college in the fall of2022; or 
D. A person who obtains the equivalent of a high school diploma in 2023 who enrolls 
in a Maine community college in the fall of2023,' 
Amend the bill by insetting after Patt B the following: 
'PARTC 
Sec. C-1. 17-A MRSA §1111-B, sub-§1, ~, as enacted by PL 2021, c, 724, § 1, 
is amended to read: 
B, "Protected person" means a person who in good faith calls for assistance for another 
person experiencing a suspected drug-related overdose aaa.,_ any person rendering aid 
at the location of the suspected drug-related overdose and any person who is 
experiencing a suspected drug-related overdose. 
Sec. C-2. 28-B MRSA §504-A, sub-§7 is enacted to read: 
7. Effective date. This section takes effect Janua1y 1, 2023. 
Sec. C-3. 28-B MRSA §505, last 1, as enacted by PL 2021, c, 735, §2, is amended 
to read: 
A Beginning Januaty 1, 2023, a marijuana store and its employees may transpo1t adult 
use marijuana products between the licensed premises of the marijuana store and the 
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location at which the marijuana store is authorized to sell adult use marijuana products 
under a permit issued under section 504-A. 
Sec. C-4, PL 2021, c. 635, Pt. L, §6 is enacted to read: 
Sec. L-6. Application to municipal general assistance program, For purposes 
of the municipal general assistance program established pursuant to the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 22, chapter 1161, relief payments are not income as defined in Title 22, 
section 43 0 L subsection 7. 
Sec. C-5. PL 2021, c, 736, §3 is repealed.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends Public Law 2021, chapter 635 to allow a person who is a high 
school graduate in the class of 2020, 2021, 2022 or 2023 to enroll for free in a Maine 
community college in any semester in 2022 or 2023, not just the fall semester of 2022 or 
2023 as enacted in Part 00. 
This amendment also adds Patt C, which: 
1. Amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, section 1111-B, subsection 1, 
paragraph B, as enacted by Public Law 2021, chapter 724, which provides protections from 
arrest, prosecution and probation violations for a person who calls for assistance for a 
person who is experiencing a suspected drug-related overdose or who is rendering aid to 
such a person. This amendment also provides those protections to the person who is 
experiencing a suspected drug-related overdose; 
2. Amends Public Law 2021, chaptel' 635 to specify that the payments made pursuant 
to the COVID Pandemic Relief Payment Program, as enacted in Part L, are not considered 
income for purposes of the municipal general assistance program; 
3. Amends Title 28-B, section 505, which allows the sale of adult use marijuana 
outside of a marijuana store at specified events under a permit issued by the Depaitment of 
Administrative and Financial Services, to delay the effective date until January 1, 2023; 
and 
4. Repeals a provision of Public Law 2021, chapter 736 that requires the Depaitment 
of Environmental Protection to adopt rules establishing procedures to ensure that persons 
in environmental justice populations and frontline communities are provided with fair and 
equitable access to the department's decision~making processes under the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 38, sections 341-D and 341-H. 
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(Representative PIERCE, T.) 
TOWN: Falmouth 
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