An Act To Improve Affordable Housing Options and Services To Address Homelessness
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0953
Committee Amendment CA_A_S237 (Senate)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §5222, 30-A MRSA §5225

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " A- " to S.P. 305, L.D. 953, "An Act To Improve 
Affordable Housing Options and Services To Address Homelessness" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inse1ting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5222, sub-§1-C is enacted to read: 
1-C. Affordable housing. "Affordable housing" has the same meaning as in section 
5246, subsection 1. 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§1, 1A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 101, §12, is 
fmther amended by amending subparagraph (7) to read: 
(7) Organizational costs relating to the establishment of the district, including, but 
not limited to, the costs of conducting environmental impact and other studies and 
the costs of infonning the public about the creation of development districts and 
the implementation of project plans; aB:El 
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§1, 1A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 101, § 12, is 
further amended by amending subparagraph (8) to read: 
(8) In the case of transit-oriented development districts, ongoing costs of adding 
to an existing transit system or creating a new transit service and limited strictly to 
transit operator salaries, transit vehicle fuel and transit vehicle pa1ts replacements; 
and 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§1, 1A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 101, §12, is 
further amended by enacting subparagraph (9) to read: 
(9) Costs associated with the development and operation of housing, including, 
but not limited to, authorized project costs for improvements as described in 
section 5249 even if such improvements are not made within an affordable housing 
development district as defined in section 5246, subsection 2;' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph B by striking out all of subparagraph ( 4) (page 
2, lines 36 and 37 in L.D.) and insetting the following: 
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'(4) Authorized project costs for improvements as described in section 5249 in 
support of municipal economic development activities regardless of whether such 
costs are within an affordable housing development district as defined in section 
5246, subsection 2;' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in paragraph C by striking out all of subparagraph (11) 
(page 4, lines 7 to 12 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'(11) Costs associated with the operation and financial support of: 
(a) Affordable housing in the municipality or plantation to serve ongoing 
economic development effmts, including the fmther development of the 
downtown tax increment financing districts; and 
(b) Housing programs and services to assist those who are experiencing 
homelessness in the municipality or plantation as defined in the municipality's 
or plantation's development program.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 5 and inse1ting the following: 
'Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§1, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
E. Costs associated with the development and operation of affordable housing or 
housing services for persons who are experiencing homelessness as defined in the 
municipality's or plantation's development program.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies the conditions under which costs associated with affordable 
housing may be included within a tax increment financing program. 
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