An Act To Encourage Relocation to Rural Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1406
Committee Amendment CA_A_S649 (Senate)
Amends: 5 MRSA §13056-J

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to S.P. 455, L.D. 1406, "An Act To Encourage 
Relocation to Rural Maine" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Encourage the Relocation of Persons from outside the State to Rural 
Maine' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §13056-J is enacted to read: 
§13056-J. Rural broadband assistance grant program 
The department shall establish a program under which a regional community and 
economic development organization, as described in section 13072, subsection 2, that 
serves an area located in a rural region of the State may provide a grant to cover the cost of 
obtaining broadband services for up to 5 years to an individual who has moved to a rural 
region of the State served by the regional community and economic development 
organization from a location outside of the State within the 12 months preceding the date 
of application for the grant. A grant made under this section may not exceed $1,000 per 
year. For the purposes of this section, "rural region of the State" has the same meaning as 
in section 13056-1. The department may establish routine technical rules pursuant to 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to implement this section. 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Business Development 0585 
.Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to regional community and economic development 
organizations serving rural regions of the State for the purpose of providing grants to 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" fl "to S.P. 455, L.D. 1406 { S· le 41) 
individuals who have moved to a rural region of the State from outside the State to cover 
the cost of obtaining broadband services in a rural area. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$100,000 
$100,000 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
The amendment requires the Department of 
Economic and Community Development to establish a program under which a regional 
community and economic development organization that serves an area located in a rural 
region of the State, Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset and Washington counties, may 
provide a grant to cover the cost of obtaining broadband services for up to 5 years to an 
individual who has moved to a rural region of the State served by the regional community 
and economic development organization from a location outside of the State within the 12 
months preceding application for the grant. A grant made under this program may not 
exceed $1,000 per year. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/04/22 ;t;paC!-
LD 1406 
LR 847(02) 
An Act To Encourage Relocation to Rural Maine 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'it" ( <S--&ttj 
Committee: Taxation 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
~Ppropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$100,000 
$0 
$100,000 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
$100,000 
$100,000 
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $100,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 to the 
Business Development program within the Department of Economic and Community Development to provide funds to 
regional community and economic development organizations that serve rural regions of the State for the purpose of 
providing grants ofup to $1,000 per year to individuals who have moved into a rural region of the State from outside 
of the State to cover the cost of obtaining broadband services in a rural area for up to 5 years. 
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