An Act To Clarify the Funding for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research · 11 Laboratory
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0808
Committee Amendment CA_B_S218 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ":i? "to S.P. 141, L.D. 808, "An Act To Clarify the 
Funding for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research 
· 11 
Laboratory" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Repeal the Pesticide Container Fee and the Tick Laboratory and Pest 
Management Fund' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inse1iing the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 7 MRSA c. 419, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA c. 725, as amended, is repealed. 
Sec. 3. PL 2019, c. 548, §3 is repealed. 
Sec. 4. 
Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to remove a line from the sales tax return. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2021-22 
$5,000 
$5,000 
2021-22 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
V 
~os 
COMMI1TEE AMENDMENT" b, to S.P. 141, L.D. 808 ( 5 -ZJ i) 
GENERAL FUND 
$5,000 
$0 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$5,000 
$0 
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 
Tick Laboratory and Pest Management Fund N330 
Initiative: Deallocates funds due to the repeal of the pesticide container fee. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
All Other 
($102,485) 
($102,485) 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS .TOTAL 
($102,485) 
($102,485) 
UM Cooperative Extension - Pesticide Education Z059 
Initiative: Deallocates funds due to the repeal of the pesticide container fee. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
All Other 
($81,000) 
($81,000) 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
($81,000) 
($81,000) 
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
($183,485) 
($183,485) 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
($183,485) 
($183,485) 
SECTION TOTALS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
GENERAL FUND 
$5,000 
$0 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
($183,485) 
($183,485) 
SECTION TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
($178,485) 
($183,485) 
Amend the bill by relettering orrenumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, strikes and replaces 
the bill, which is a concept draft. The amendment eliminates the Tick Laboratory and Pest 
Management Fund by repealing the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, chapter 419 and the 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "e:, "to S.P. 141, L.D. 808 CS· ZI <o') 
corresponding pesticide container fee in Title 36, chapter 725. The amendment also adds 
an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
Pa~e 3 - 130LR0776(03) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/31/21 fra~ 
LD808 
LR 776(03) 
An Act To Clarify the Funding for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and 
Research Laboratory 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'l)' {__s-Zl 'o') 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
$5,000 
$5,000 
($183,485) 
($226,600) 
FY2022-23 
$0 
$0 
($183,485) 
($233,400) 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$0 
$0 
($183,485), 
($233,400) 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
$0 
$0 
($183,485) 
($233,400) 
This bill includes ongoing Other Special Revenue Funds deallocations of $102,485 per year beginning in fiscal year 
2021-22 to the Tick Laboratory and Pest Management Fund program and $81,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 
2021-22 to the UM Cooperative Extension - Pesticide Education program, both within the University of Maine 
System, due to the programs no longer receiving revenue from the pesticide container fee in Title 36, chapter 725. 
The bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $5,000 to the Department of Administrative and Financial 
Services to remove a line from the sales tax return.