An Act To Increase Funding to Qualifying Municipalities by Sharing Adult Use Marijuana Sales and Excise Tax Revenue
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1195
Committee Amendment CA_B_SA_A_S564 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT" A "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "B" to H.P. 873, 
L.D. 1195, "An Act To Increase Funding to Qualifying Municipalities by Sharing Adult 
Use Marijuana Sales and Excise Tax Revenue" 
Amend the amendment in section 4 in § 1101 in subsection 2 by striking out all of 
paragraph C (page 3, lines 15 to 46 in amendment) and inserting the following: 
'C. Money credited to the fund may be expended by the department to provide 
reimbursement to a municipality for qualifying expenses incurred as a result of the 
municipality's opting to permit the operation of some or all adult use marijuana 
establishments within the municipality. For the purposes of this paragraph, "qualifying 
expenses" means legal fees and costs associated with the drafting and adoption of a 
warrant article or the adoption or amendment of an ordinance, including the conduct 
of a town meeting or election, by a municipality that opted to permit the operation of 
some or all marijuana establishments within the municipality. Each municipality may 
receive funds, not to exceed $20,000, only once for the reimbursement of qualifying 
expenses in accordance with this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph may be 
construed to require the department to reimburse qualifying expenses incurred by a 
municipality if the department determines there are insufficient funds available to 
provide reimbursement. Under no circumstances may a municipality submit an initial 
application for the reimbursement of qualifying expenses more than 3 years after the 
municipality adopts a warrant article or adopts or amends an ordinance to allow for the 
operation of some or all adult use marijuana establishments within the municipality. 
The department may adopt rules to implement and administer the reimbursement of 
qualifying expenses to municipalities. Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are 
routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
The 
department may not reimburse qualifying expenses under this paragraph accrued after 
July 1, 2027.' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
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This amendment amends Committee Amendment "B" by allowing a municipality to 
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seek reimbursement for qualifying expenses relating to the municipality's opting to permit 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT "A "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "B" to H.P. 873, L.D. 1195 ( S-~Y) 
marijuana stores to operate within the municipality, regardless of when the municipality 
opted to permit a marijuana store t9__operate. 
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SPONSOREDBY: 
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(Senator CHIPMAN, B.) 
COUNTY: Cumberland 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attle~ed) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/14/22 feae.. 
LD 1195 
LR 800(05) 
An Act To Increase Funding to Qualifying Municipalities by Sharing Adult Use Marijuana Sales and 
Excise Tax Revenue 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment ':,tii' to Committee Amendment "B" { ,S-Sl,ay\ 
Sponsor: Sen. Chipman of Cumberland 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
No net fiscal impact - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The amendment changes the reimbursement criteria for municipalities for certain expenses incurred related to efforts 
to opt-in to pennit the operation of adult-use marijuana establishments within that municipality. Removing certain 
criteria may allow more municipalities to qualify for reimbursement but will not increase the overall level of 
expenditures from the fund. 
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