An Act To Provide Allocations for the Distribution of State Fiscal Recovery Funds
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1733
Committee Amendment CA_A_S397 (Senate)
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733, "An Act To Provide 
Allocations for the Distribution of State Fiscal Recovery Funds" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble and inse1iing the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117-2, 
establishes the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; and 
Whereas, the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund will be used to provide funds 
to the State to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency and to its negative 
economic effects, including by providing assistance to households and small and nonprofit 
businesses, aid to affected industries, such as the tourism, travel and hospitality industries, 
and assistance to workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 pandemic; and 
Whereas, Maine's nation-leading COVID-19 vaccination rate is helping Maine turn 
the corner on this pandemic but it is crucial to suppo1i employers in getting through this 
difficult time; and 
Whereas, the economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has made investment 
in Maine's heritage industries, farming, fishing and forest products, urgent to stabilize these 
core economic engines of Maine's rural areas. By investing in these industries, the State 
can help these key economic sectors recover, develop new products and market 
oppmiunities and sustain impo1iant, good-paying jobs across the State; and 
Whereas, health insurance premiums, already a significant expense for small 
businesses in Maine, worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. From March 2017 to 
March 2020, insurance premiums in the small group market in Maine rose by nearly 33%, 
while enrollment declined by 18%, from 61,200 to 50,200. This Act provides small 
businesses shmi-term relief from rising health insurance premiums as those businesses 
recovei· from the pandemic; and 
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Whereas, Maine's investment in research and development, a key driver of economic 
growth, has ranked among the lowest in the nation. The funds in this Act are necessary to 
overcome that ranking by making strategic investments in forward-looking industries and 
economic oppo1tunities in emerging industries to grow the economy; and 
Whereas, the health care industry employs more workers than any other job sector in 
this State but critical health care worker sho1tages that existed in this State prior to the 
pandemic have been exacerbated by the pandemic. These sho1tages limit access to quality 
care, pa1ticularly in behavioral health and long-term care; increase costs; and affect Maine's 
ability to attract talented workers since quality health care is often a priority for relocation. 
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The funds provided in this Act will expand industry pa1tnerships, build career ladders, 
promote and encourage oppo1tunities in rural health care settings and suppo1t 
diversification of the workforce; and 
Whereas, although clean energy jobs are the fastest-growingjob sector in the country, 
Maine lags other New England states in its number of clean energy jobs per capita and 
Maine's overall sh01tage of skilled workers is an obstacle to filling these jobs. The clean 
energy pa1tnership established in this Act suppo1ts clean energy and energy efficiency job 
growth through workforce development programs developed in paitnership with industry 
and education leaders; and 
Whereas, Maine is 17th in the nation for demand satisfied by impo1ts, and many small 
businesses lack the necessary I'.esources to expand their customer bases, and this situation 
was exacerbated by the disruption caused by the pandemic. This Act establishes a domestic 
trade pilot program to provide small to medium-sized businesses in this State suppo1t to 
identify and access new markets by providing market data, marketing supp01t and 
consulting services; and 
Whereas, with Maine as just one of 10 locations in the United States to successfully 
attract new residents to live and work remotely during the pandemic, funding is necessary 
to fmther strengthen the attraction and integration of remote workers into Maine 
communities and is an economic growth oppo1tunity; and 
Whereas, the need for critical infrastructure improvements, such as upgrades to water 
treatment plants, storage reservoirs and pipe distribution systems, exceeds the State's 
current funding capacity. Funds provided by this Act will address a significant backlog of. 
drinking water projects and help municipalities leverage fmther federal American Rescue 
Plan Act of2021 funds; and 
Whereas, despite the appeal of state parks, as evidenced by the 3,000,000 visitors in 
2020 and 63% increase in campground reservations this year, park infrastructure is 
outdated, lacking funding to be properly maintained and, in some cases, unsafe. The 
pandemic highlighted the inadequacy of plumbing and sanitation facilities and the need for 
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structural repairs to park roads, bridges, shelters and staff housing. Funds provided by this 
Act will address capital maintenance and improvement needs and represent the first 
meaningful investment in state parks in more than a decade; and 
Whereas, in order to allow commercial fishing and aquaculture industries to recover 
from the market disruptions and economic challenges of the pandemic, this Act provides 
the Depaitment of Marine Resources funding to fulfill the depmtment's industry and 
management mandates, including upgrading equipment to suppo1t public health monitoring 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 173~ 
as it pe1tains to shellfish and water quality, with the goal of maximizing harvest 
oppo1tunities in both the aquaculture and wild shellfish sectors and increasing investment 
in and providing urgently needed one-time funds to suppo1t these impo1tant sectors of the 
economy; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inse1ting the following: 
'PART A 
Sec. A-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides funding for additional economic recovery grants for businesses and 
organizations within sectors that are struggling to recover from economic effects of the 
COVID-19 pandemic. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
$20,000,000 
$20,000,000 
$0 
$0 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for loans or loan guarantees through the Finance 
Authority of Maine for businesses having difficulty securing investment capital due to the 
COVID-19 pandemic and provides capital for rural development projects through the 
Maine Rural Development Authority. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$33,400,000 
$15,000,000 
$33,400,000 
$15,000,000 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for business assistance programs through the Finance 
Authority of Maine for organizations employing emerging financing or organizational 
models that became market trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, including 
cooperatives, B corporations and employee stock ownership plans. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PARTB 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$58,400,000 
$20,000,000 
$58,400,000 
$20,000,000 
Sec. B-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393 
Initiative: Establishes one Contract Grant Manager position through June 10, 2023 and 
provides one-time funding to support the State's farms and food processors to ensure the 
sustainability of farms and farm families, increase the supply of local food to meet state 
food consumption goals and enhance the State's agricultural exports while reducing the 
State's reliance on food imports. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEP ARTlY.IENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$101,116 
$19,792,888 
$19,894,004 
2021-22 
$19,894,004 
2022-23 
$105,996 
$0 
$105,996 
2022-23 
$105,996 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$19,894,004 
$105,996 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Office of Innovation 0995 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Initiative: Provides one-time grant funding for economic recove1y and development 
oppo1iunities in the forest products industry to address reduced demand from the economic 
disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic and other industly effects. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ECONO:MIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Policy and Management 0258 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for competitive grants for seafood processors and 
dealers to upgrade or replace aging or failing infrastructure, or reengineer and retool 
facilities, in response to product changes or safety protocols necessary as a result of the 
COVID-19 pandemic. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
$10,000,000 
$0 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
$10,000,000 
$0 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARP 
$10,000,000 
$0 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$10,000,000 
$0 
SECTION TOTALS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
$39,894,004 
$10,105,996 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTC 
$39,894,004 
$10,105,996 
Sec. C-1. Small Business Health Insurance Premium Support Program 
established. The Small Business Health Insurance Premium Suppo1i Program, refe1Ted 
to in this section as "the program," is established within the Depatiment of Professional 
and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Insurance as a temporary program to provide 
payments to small group health insurance carriers in the State to reduce insurance premium 
costs for small businesses and their employees. The program must provide for the issue of 
relief payments to small group health insurance carriers based on actual credits made 
monthly by the carriers and ensure the payments result in a reduction of small group health 
insurance premiums of $50 per employee per month for 18 months staiiing July 2021, with 
an additional reduction for family coverage. The program must ensure that the employer 
and employee share in the reduction pro rata according to their contributions to the 
premium. The bureau shall audit small group health insurance carriers for compliance and 
to ensure that the premium reductions provided through the program are not recaptured 
through premium increases in the next insurance renewal following the expiration of the 
program. 
Small group health insurance carriers shall notify their small business 
policyholders of the program, the purpose of the program and the end date of the program. 
The bureau shall adopt routine technical rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to carry out the purposes of the program. 
Sec. C-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Insurance - Bureau of 0092 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for a temporary premium relief program for small 
businesses that provide their employees with group health insurance. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PART D 
2021-22 
$19,500,000 
$19,500,000 
2022-23 
$19,500,000 
$19,500,000 
Sec. D-1. 
Transfer; Federal Expenditures Fund - ARP State Fiscal 
Recovery to Department of Labor, Unemployment Compensation Fund. 
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall transfer 
$80,000,000 from the Federal Expenditures Fund - ARP State Fiscal Recovery balance to 
the Depatiment of Labor, Unemployment Compensation Fund no later than September 30, 
2021. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Sec. E-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for a targeted supplemental grant program to suppo1t 
recovery and survival for new businesses and entrepreneurs who were unable to qualify for 
other programs because they were not in business for a sufficient time period. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for technical assistance suppo1t to new businesses 
and entrepreneurs in their recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PARTF 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2021-22 
$7,000,000 
$7,000,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Sec. F-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Purchases - Division of 0007 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to suppo1t and encourage business diversity through 
state procurement policies and outreach. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
2021-22 
$750,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$750,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
$750,000 
2021-22 
$750,000 
$750,000 
2022-23 
$750,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$750,000 
$750,000 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for technical assistance grants to support business 
diversity initiatives. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$800,000 
$800,000 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
2022-23 
$200,000 
$200,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for entrepreneurial training for underrepresented 
populations. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2021-22 
$1,300,000 
$1,300,000 
2021-22 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$200,000 
$200,000 
2022-23 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTG 
$2,050,000 
$950,000 
$2,050,000 
$950,000 
Sec. G-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Office of Innovation 0995 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to suppo1i and leverage private investments in 
research, development and innovation in the State's technology sectors. These funds, 
which must be matched by the recipient, will be awarded to Maine organizations through 
a competitive process to help them increase revenues, create and preserve jobs and grow 
market share. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$25,000,000 
$14,646,609 
$25,000,000 
$14,646,609 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$25,000,000 
$14,646,609 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$25,000,000 
$14,646,609 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Environmental Protection Fund 0421 
Initiative: Provides funding for modernizing licensing processes using contracted services 
for organizational change management and integration of information technology 
modernization with licensing regulations. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Maine Environmental Protection Fund 0421 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$500,000 • 
$500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for contracted services to conduct time-sensitive 
licensing for urgent economic development projects to support recovery and job growth. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -.ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTH 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2021-22 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
2021-22 
$27,500,000 
$27,500,000 
2022-23 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2022-23 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
2022-23 · 
$17,146,609 
$17,146,609 
Sec. H-1. Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Pilot Program. 
The Finance Authority of Maine shall establish the Maine Health Care Provider Loan 
Repayment Pilot Program, referred to in this section as "the program," for ce1iain health 
care professionals who commit to Jiving and working in Maine for at least 3 years. Under 
the program, the authority shall pay up to $25,000 per year and, in aggregate, the lesser of 
$75,000 and 50% of the recipient's outstanding loan balance. The program terminates when 
the funds allocated pursuant to this Pmi to the Maine Health Care Provider Loan 
Repayment Program Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 
12953 are fully expended or by December 31, 2024, whichever occurs first, unless other 
funding is made available to carry out the purpose of the program. Costs and expenses of 
maintaining, servicing and administering the Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment 
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Program Fund and of administering the program may be paid out of amounts in the fund. 
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The authority shall adopt routine technical rules pursuant to the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to carry out the purposes of the program, 
including application requirements and program eligibility. 
Sec. H-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Doctors For Maine's Future Scholarship Fund Z090 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program 
as established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 12103-A. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment Fund N393 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the Maine Health Care Provider Loan Repayment 
Program Fund to enable it to make loan repayments to eligible program paiiicipants to 
address critical workforce sho1iages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including 
but not limited to the behavioral health and oral care sectors. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$2,000,000 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Department of Health and Human Services Central Operations 0142 
Initiative: Establishes one limited-period Public Service Coordinator II position through 
June 17, 2023 to suppo1i curriculum design services that will look across all depaiiment 
providers to make a crosswalk of all sho1i-term ce1iifications. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$125,010 
$24,990 
$150,000 
Department of Health and Human Services Central Operations 0142 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$131,405 
$18,595 
$150,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to increase the critical health care workforce by 
providing incentives to providers to serve as preceptors and clinical sites for health care 
students who require clinical hours and related oversight. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -ALL FUNDS 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2021-22 
$650,000 
$650,000 
2022-23 
$1,100,000 
$1,100,000 
2022-23 
$1,250,000 
$1,250,000 
Initiative: Establishes 3 limited-period CareerCenter Consultant positions and one limited-
period Employment and Training Specialist III position through December 14, 2024 to 
create, track and coordinate all activities related to the tuition remission program, including 
enrollment and payment processing. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2021-22 
$315,105 
$109,895 
$425,000 
2022-23 
$328,884 
$521,116 
$850,000 
Initiative: Establishes 2 limited-period CareerCenter Consultant positions through 
December 14, 2024 to provide information on stackable credentials and prior learning 
credits and to assist out-of-state and foreign-trained health care workers to quickly 
recredential as licensed providers in the State. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
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2021-22 
$155,074 
$44,926 
$200,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$161,672 
$238,328 
$400,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding that invests in training and stackable credential 
attainment for incumbent frontline health care workers. To retain this critical workforce 
and reduce turnover, funds will be used for tuition remission for direct service health care 
workers to attain credentials and move up to the next rung on their career pathway. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2021-22 
$1,575,000 
$1,575,000 
2022-23 
$5,650,000 
$5,650,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to develop and refine health care career pathways and 
implement health care apprenticeships. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$900,000 
$900,000 
2022-23 
$1,800,000 
$1,800,000 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to contract with a media consulting firm to design and 
implement a statewide multimedia campaign that promotes direct care worker jobs as a 
career choice. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
Workforce Research Z164 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Establishes one limited-period Statistician position through December 14, 2024 
to collect and prepare data for analysis in order to ensure that services funded through the 
federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 are based on sound information and that results 
are accurately repo1ted. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$73,051 
$26,949 
$100,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$76,299 
$123,701 
$200,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PART I 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$3,700,000 
$8,900,000 
$3,700,000 
$8,900,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$6,350,000 
$11,150,000 
$6,350,000 
$11,150,000 
• Sec. I-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Governor's Energy Office Z122 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to establish the workforce development program of 
the clean energy paiinership to fund programs that advance clean energy workforce 
development and training programs, including but not limited to internships, scholarships, 
apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs and a climate corps pilot initiative through 
AmeriCorps. This initiative will also suppo1i the development of an online platform for 
attracting workers, sharing training oppo1iunities and highlighting job oppo1iunities in this 
sector and suppo1i the Governor's Energy Office in developing programs in paiinership 
with the Depa1iment of Labor, industry, education institutions and others focusing effo1is 
on supp01iing workers and business most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and related 
economic impacts. 
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FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Governor's Energy Office Z122 
2021-22 
$1,850,000 
$1,850,000 
2022-23 
$1,850,000 
$1,850,000 
Initiative: Establishes one limited-period Public Service Coordinator II position through 
June 10, 2023 to manage industry and higher education sector engagement and program 
development. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
$142,345 
$7,655 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
$148,136 
$1,864 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Governor's Energy Office Zl22 
$150,000 
$150,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to establish the clean energy innovation program of 
the clean energy paiinership to fund programs that advance innovation in the clean energy 
sector, including but not limited to providing grants in coordination with the Maine 
Technology Institute, as well as supporting pa1inerships with the private sector, education 
intuitions and others. The programs will support innovation of advanced technologies and 
services that contribute to the achievement of the State's clean energy and climate goals. 
Funding may also be used for research and analysis of clean energy finance development 
tools. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
2022-23 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
2022-23 
$3,500,000 
$3,500,000 
LABOR,DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to develop and refine career pathways within the 
industry and implement clean energy apprenticeships. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
LABOR,DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2021-22 
$500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTJ 
$500,000 
2021-22 
$3,500,000 
$3,500,000 
$1,000,000 
2022-23 
$4,500,000 
$4,500,000 
Sec. J-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Business Development 0585 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for outreach and a domestic trade pilot program 
within the Office of Business Development for the promotion of products and businesses 
in the State. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Business Development 0585 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2022-23 
$1,800,000 
$1,800,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for the management of the domestic trade pilot program within 
the Office of Business Development. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE .· 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Business Development 0585 
2021-22 
$200,000 
$200,000 
2022-23 
$400,000 
$400,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to suppo1i grant funding and contracts for project 
pa1iners for state trade promotion oppo1iunities for companies in the State. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Business Development 0585 
2021-22 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
·coMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$7,000,000 
$7,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Initiative: Provides funding for trade and market analysis oppo1tunities for companies in 
the State. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
• 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PARTK 
2021-22 
$600,000 
$600,000 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$4,800,000 
$10,200,000 
$4,800,000 
$~0,200,000 
Sec. K-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to build out a complementary talent and workforce 
attraction and retention system that gets people to the State and into the workforce. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$2,000,000 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
2022-23 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
2022-23 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
Department of Health and Human Sen,ices Central Operations 0142 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to support nursing home and hospital health care 
recruitment eff01is to address critical health care workforce sho1iages to be spent as pa1i of 
a collaborative public-private paiinership with providers. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTL 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
2022-23 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
2022-23 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
2022-23 
$4,500,000 
$4,500,000 
Sec. L-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides funding for on-the-job training for youth to explore career options, 
including funding for internships and suppo1is, such as transpo1iation, child care and 
technology. A po1iion of these funds must be distributed to the Jobs for Maine's Graduates 
program and adult education programs. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$8,000,000 
$17,000,000 
$8,000,000 
$17,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ''A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$8,000,000 
$17,000,000 
$8,000,000 
$17,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for youth preapprenticeship programs to suppmt urgent 
workforce needs and suppo1t student exploration of good-paying careers. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTM 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$9,000,000 
$9,000,000 
2022-23 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2022-23 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2022-23 
$19,000,000 
$19,000,000 
Sec. M-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
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allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
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Initiative: Provides one-time funding to build out the infrastructure and information needed 
to attract and integrate remote workers into the State's communities and economy through 
clarifying all rules and requirements for employees and employers and providing marketing 
and outreach around this infonnation; consideration of any specifics around tax 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
implications or offering any incentives longer term; and development of employer 
materials for out-of-state employers with a remote worker cadre in the State. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
2022-23 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to support coworking development. In addition to 
expanding the existing coworking development program, this funding will be used to 
leverage the spaces as a mechanism for integrating remote workers into their communities 
in the State. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PARTN 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
2022-23 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
2022-23 
$3,500,000 
$3,500,000 
Sec. N-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to suppo1i workforce development plans designed to 
meet the needs of workers and students, as well as employers and industries, especially 
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those most affected by the COVJD-19 pandemic, including the hospitality industry, 
heritage industries and health care, and skilled trades that are in demand and required for 
other economic opp01iunities, ranging from broadband expansion to affordable housing 
construction. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$15,000,000 
$20,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Learning Systems Team Z081 
$15,000,000 
$20,000,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$15,000,000 
$20,000,000 
$15,000,000 
$20,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for infrastructure and equipment grants for career and 
technical education programs with a focus on career development and training to meet the 
State's workforce needs for economic recovery, workforce development and supp01iing 
good-paying job opp01iunities for students in the State. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Learning Systems Team Z081 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for competitive grant funds for higher education 
institutions and adult education programs, with grant program criteria to be developed 
jointly by the Depaiiment of Economic and Community Development, the Depmiment of 
Labor and the Depmiment of Education based on meeting state workforce development 
plans designed to meet the needs of workers and students, as well as employers and 
industries, especially those most affected by COVID-19, and as required to supp01i state 
economic growth strategies. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$7,500,000 
$7,500,000 
$7,500,000 
$7,500,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$17,500,000 
$17,500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
I 
DEPARTMENTTOTAL-ALLFUNDS 
$17,500,000 
$17,500,000 
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 
Educational and General Activities - UMS 0031 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to support workforce development plans designed to 
meet the needs of workers and students, as well as employers and industries, especially 
those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic needs that are in demand 
and required for other economic opp01iunities. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF 
TRUSTEES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PART 0 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$15,000,000 
$20,000,000 
$15,000,000 
$20,000,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$15,000,000 
$20,000,000 
$15,000,000 
$20,000,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$47,500,000 
$57,500,000 
$47,500,000 
$57,500,000 
Sec. 0-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides funding for the promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion in the 
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State's workforce and investment in the promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion in 
plJblic and private hiring to include technical assistance to the State and businesses for 
hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
2021-22 
$500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
$500,000 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
$1,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for infrastructure investments to suppo1t diverse businesses and 
nonprofits. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$1,500,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$1,500,000 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Department of Health and Human Services Central Operations 0142 
2022-23 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
2022-23 
$3,500,000 
$3,500,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for improved data collection to suppo1t effo1ts to 
advance opp01tunities and reduce structural economic and workforce barriers for 
individuals of diverse backgrounds, cultures, races, genders and religions, as well as to 
reduce barriers for diverse businesses and nonprofits. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2022-23 
$500,000 
$500,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to assist people in underserved populations with 
addressing basic needs and seeking employment. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2022-23 
$500,000 
$500,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to expand the progressive employment program for all 
underrepresented populations and to provide technical assistance to employers. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTP 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
2022-23 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2022-23 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
Sec. P-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LABOR,DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
Initiative: Establishes 4 limited-period CareerCenter Consultant positions through June 8, 
2024 to increase individualized employment services for people who have been out of work 
during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$310,148 
$49,852 
$360,000 
2022-23 
$323,344 
$416,656 
$740,000 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
Initiative: Provides funding for apprenticeships to facilitate economic recovery for workers 
and businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2021-22 
$1,750,000 
$1,750,000 
2022-23 
$2,250,000 
$2,250,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for connecting workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic 
with jobs that match their skills, interests and geographic area, for overcoming barriers like 
transp01iation and child care and for the development of an online potial for connecting 
multiple workforce resources. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
Employment Senrices Activity 0852 
2021-22 
$1,800,000 
$1,800,000 
2022-23 
$1,900,000 
$1,900,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program to train 
disadvantaged individuals affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to assist industries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic with 
workforce development training, networking, recruitment and collaboration to raise career 
and industry awareness. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND..: ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
2021-22 
$1,700,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$2,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
$1,700,000 
$2,000,000 
Initiative: Establishes one limited-period Eligibility Specialist position through June 8, 
2024 and provides All Other for outreach and other expenses related to the worker 
opportunity tax credit program in order to create incentives for employing traditionally 
disadvantaged populations, which have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Workforce Research Z164 
2021-22 
$77,974 
$122,026 
$200,000 
2022-23 
$78,753 
$121,247 
$200,000 
Initiative: Establishes one limited-period Senior Economic Research Analyst position 
through June 8, 2024 and provides All Other for evalu.ation of workforce programs funded 
by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 through data analysis and impact 
evaluations. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PARTQ 
2021-22 
$98,833 
$151,167 
$250,000 
2021-22 
$6,560,000 
$6,560,000 
2022-23 
$103,442 
$246,558 
$350,000 
2022-23 
$8,440,000 
$8,440,000 
Sec. Q-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
8 
allocations are made. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Environmental Protection Fund 0421 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for contracted services to fully build an online 
licensing and compliance po1tal for the regulated community and citizens. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PART R 
2021-22 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
2022-23 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
Sec. R-1. 
Maine State Housing Authority expanded housing projects; 
project labor agreements; workforce diversity. The following requirements apply 
to ce1iain housing projects funded with funds allocated in this Pa1i. 
1. Maine State Housing Authority to use project labor agreement. As a condition 
of awarding $20,000,000 of the funds allocated in this Pati to the Maine State Housing 
Authority for existing financing programs to a developer to expand affordable housing 
options, the Maine State Housing Authority shall require that developer to enter into a pre-
hire, collectively bargained project labor agreement with the workers who will build the 
affordable housing. A project labor agreement must apply to all workers who build the 
affordable housing, including those employed by a contractor and all subcontractors of the 
developer. A project labor agreement must protect the collective bargaining rights of the 
workers involved in building the affordable housing. 
2. 
Requirement to make good faith effort to promote workforce diversity; 
authority to refuse to award contract based on failure to make good faith effort. A 
contractor, subcontractor, firm, corporation, patinership or any other entity working on 
housing built using funds awarded through a financing program using $20,000,000 of the 
funds allocated to the Maine State Housing Authority in this Pati shall make, at all times, 
a good faith effoti to promote workforce diversity, including diversity with regard to race 
and gender. If the authority determines that a contractor, subcontractor, firm, corporation, 
pa1inership or other entity is not making a good faith effo1i to achieve workforce diversity, 
the authority may refuse to award that entity a contract for any project funded using 
allocations provided in this Pa1i for a period of2 years. 
3. Rules. The authority shall adopt rules to implement this section. Rules adopted 
pursuant to this subsection are routine technical. rules as defined in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. R-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Early Childhood Infrastructure N394 
Initiative: Establishes one limited-period Contract Grant Specialist position through June 
8 
10, 2023 and provides funding for one contracted distinguished educator position to 
provide technical assistance and professional learning to school administrative units for 
prekindergaiien expansion. Provides funds to the Depaiiment of Education for grants to 
school administrative units to establish new or expanded public prekindergaiien programs 
to increase the number of children accessing high-quality prekindergaiien. Priority will be 
given to programs that engage in community patinerships, provide longer duration of 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·'A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
education, suppo1t inclusive programming and enroll socioeconomically disadvantaged 
students. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST 
Efficiency Maine Trust ZlOO 
2021-22 
$81,773 
$3,918,227 
$4,000,000 
2021-22 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
2022-23 
$85,615 
$5,914,385 
$6,000,000 
2022-23 
$6,000,000 
$6,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to accelerate weatherization and efficiency upgrades 
for homes in the State, especially for low-income, older residents and renters, to assist 
municipal, county, school and community organizations to secure efficiency grants by 
providing matching funds and to suppo1t incentives for industries and businesses to invest 
in energy cost-savings and efficiency measures, especially those businesses struggling to • 
recover from the COVID-19 pandemic economic downturn, including through initiatives 
to develop and supp01t climate change mitigation strategies designed to reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions at industrial facilities in the State. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$15,000,000 
$35,000,000 
$15,000,000 
$35,000,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$15,000,000 
$35,000,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$15,000,000 
$35,000,000 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Environmental Protection Fund 0421 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for a competitive grant program that matches local 
funding for the upgrade of municipal culve1is at stream crossings. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Remediation and Waste Management 0247 
2021-22 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
2022-23 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to support the treatment of drinking water, 
environmental testing and management of contaminated wastes caused by perfluoroalkyl 
and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
2021-22 
$4,000,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL- ALL FUNDS 
$4,000,000 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Child Care Services 0563 
2022-23 
$2,500,000 
$2,500,000 
2022-23 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
Initiative: Establishes one limited-period Social Services Manager I position through June 
17, 2023 and provides one-time funding for grants to renovate, expand or construct child 
care facilities to increase availability of accessible and affordable child care. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2021-22 
$101,703 
$4,898,297 
$5,000,000 
2021-22 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$106,583 
$4,893,417 
$5,000,000 
2022-23 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. sn L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
Housing Authority - State 0442 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to expand housing options that are affordable to 
workers and their families to own or rent, through existing financing programs through the 
authority, as well as new incentives in pai1nership with the Depa11ment of Economic and 
Community Development using input from stakeholders, municipalities and community 
providers. These funds may also be used to provide planning and technical assistance for 
communities, developers and builders to encourage construction or production of 
affordable, energy-efficient housing units close to services and employment centers to 
suppo11 individuals, families and state workforce needs. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
MAINE CONNECTIVITY AUTHORITY 
Maine Connectivity Authority N390 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$40,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$40,000,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$40,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$40,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the expansion of affordable high-speed broadband 
access in the State, leveraging private funding and ensuring long-term benefit for the State 
through the new Maine Connectivity Authority. The new Maine Connectivity Authority 
5 
will 
collaborate with 
organizations representing marginalized 
and 
historically 
disadvantaged groups when making determinations regarding the distribution of these 
funds. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$11,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$11,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
MAINE CONNECTIVITY AUTHORITY 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Charging Infrastructure N396 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$11,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$11,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to expand state, municipal and other publicly 
accessible electric vehicle charging stations and related infrastructure. These funds will be 
administered by the depaitment in collaboration with the Efficiency Maine Trust and will 
suppmt the continued expansion of electric vehicle charging stations at town buildings, 
school buildings, state facilities and other public facilities and at private businesses open 
to the general public. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Infrastructure Adaptation Fund N395 
2021-22 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
2022-23 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the depaitment for the municipal, regional and state 
infrastructure adaptation improvements that suppott public safety and emergency 
management and infrastructure resiliency. Funds will be administered by the depaitment 
and will be awarded by an interagency board using a competitive process. Project rating 
criteria may include the potential extent of public safety, emergency management and 
infrastructure resiliency benefits, ability to leverage federal and other funding, project-
readiness, overall benefit-cost and related economic benefits. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
7 
Multimodal - Transit 0443 
2021-22 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
2022-23 
$15,000,000 
$15,000,000 
8 
Initiative: Provides funding to suppo1t initiatives and competitive grants for local, regional 
and state workforce transpo1tation pilot projects aimed at connecting workers to 
employment oppottunities, especially in rural areas where transpmtation options are 
limited, thereby promoting economic security, workforce development and community 
benefits. This funding can be used for capital and operating costs including program stait-
up costs. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
I 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Multimodal Transportation Fund Z0l 7 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2022-23 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for the construction of a confined aquatic disposal cell within 
the Po1i of P01tland and maintenance dredging of the marine facilities of Po1iland and South 
IO 
Po1iland. Funds from this allocation may be allotted only to replace unrealized federal 
funding. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Capital Expenditures 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL- ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
PARTS 
2021-22 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
2021-22 
$20,000,000 
$20,000,000 
2021-22 
$68,000,000 
$68,000,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$23,000,000 
$23,000,000 
2022-23 
$124,000,000 
$124,000,000 
Sec. S-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Environmental Protection Fund 0421 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for municipal wastewater and infrastructure projects, 
which will leverage local federal American Rescue Plan Act of2021 funds and accelerate 
the timeline of these essential local projects that protect public health, provide community 
benefits, reduce the burden for local ratepayers and supp01i construction jobs. Funding 
will be provided directly to recipients. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEEAMENDMENT"A"to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
Maine Environmental Protection Fund 0421 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$12,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$12,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the Small Community Grant Program, which 
supports septic repair and replacement projects, supporting water quality and public health 
for communities, water bodies and fisheries. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2021-22 
$11,000,000 
2022-23 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2022-23 
$14,000,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$11,000,000 
$14,000,000 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to expand efforts to address imminent risk to public 
health through investment in public water system improvements, including mitigation of 
lead in drinking water at schools and daycares and perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 
substances, or PFAS, effects. 
Funding will also be used for upgrades to critical 
infrastructure, including but not limited to supply sources, treatment facilities, pump 
stations, distribution piping and storage tanks to ensure compliance with the federal Safe 
Drinking Water Act. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$15,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$15,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. I 733 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PARTT 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$10,000,000 
$15,000,000 
$10,000,000 
$15,000,000 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$21,000,000 
$29,000,000 
$21,000,000 
$29,000,000 
Sec. T-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Parks - General Operations Z221 
Initiative: Establishes 2 limited-period Civil Engineer II positions through June 8, 2024 and 
provides funding to supp01t urgent capital infrastructure improvements at state parks to 
accommodate the significant increased use seen during the COVID-19 pandemic and also 
to bolster the recreational and tourism opp01tunities for state parks as they suppo1t recovery 
in the State's tourism and outdoor recreation sectors. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
Capital Expenditures 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PART U 
2021-22 
$197,142 
$1,960,572 
$7,842,286 
$10,000,000 
2022-23 
$206,360 
$7,958,728 
$31,834,912 
$40,000,000 
Sec. U-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF 
Fisheries and Hatcheries Operations 0535 
Initiative: Provides funding to suppo1t the replacement of antiquated infrastructure at the 
88-year-old New Gloucester fish hatchery, create needed capacity at the Grand Lake 
Stream hatchery to manage fish disease threats and conserve an endemic population of 
landlocked Atlantic salmon and improve the quality of hatchery effluent at all 8 fish culture 
facilities, which will improve protections to receiving waters. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PARTV 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$5,000,000 
$15,000,000 
. $5,000,000 
$15,000,000 
Sec. V-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
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MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Marine Science 0027 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to support energy efficiency improvements and 
improved public access to the ocean at the depaitment's Boothbay Harbor facilities and 
improved public access at state facilities for recreational access to the ocean with rebuilt 
ramps; roadways and federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 compliant piers. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Capital Expenditures 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Bureau of Policy and Management 0258 
2021-22 
$1,065,000 
$1,065,000 
2022-23 
$500,000 
$500,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to supp01t state research and policy initiatives related to 
economic sustainability in the State's fisheries related to protection of No 1th Atlantic right 
whales, lobster fishery monitoring and development of offshore wind energy. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
Bureau of Policy and Management 0258 
2021-22 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for infrastructure projects that suppo1t fisheries 
connectivity and habitat restoration. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Bureau of Public Health Zl54 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$7,635,000 
$7,635,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
I 
Initiative: Provides funding to purchase and upgrade equipment for public health 
monitoring related to shellfish and water quality with the goal of maximizing harvest 
opp01iunities in both the aquaculture and wild shellfish sectors. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Capital Expenditures 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Marine Patrol - Bureau of 0029 
2021-22 
$475,000 
$475,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides funding for Marine Patrol infrastructure, including replacing and 
repairing failing floats and pilings at the Rockland facility; replacing failing infrastructure 
at the Boothbay Harbor and Lamoine watercraft facilities; and suppo1iing construction of 
a new Marine Patrol offshore patrol vessel focusing on lobster fishery rules enforcement 
for right whale protection and using a Tier 4 clean-burning diesel engine that would be the 
first of its kind in the State. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Capital Expenditures 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PARTW 
2021-22 
$3,325,000 
$3,325,000 
2021-22 
$7,865,000 
$7,865,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$8,135,000 
$8,135,000 
Sec. W-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Business Development 0585 
Initiative: Provides 2 years of grant funding to supp01i electricity grid upgrades that will 
7 
suppo1i economic recovery for new, struggling or growing businesses with a focus on rural 
8 
economic development projects, including areas that have been hardest hit by COVID-19 
economic effects and enabling heritage industry projects in food processing, forestry and 
other manufacturing projects. The grants will be managed in coordination with the 
Governor's Energy Office, seeking to leverage private capital and federal economic 
development funding opp01iunities. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PARTX 
2021-22 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
2022-23 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
Sec. X-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of General Services - Capital Construction and Improvement Reserve Fund 
0883 
Initiative: Provides funding for capital construction and repair to address air quality and 
energy efficiency improvements in Augusta area state-owned buildings. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Information Services 0155 
2021-22 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
2022-23 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to enhance of the delivery of digital services for citizens. This 
project aims to develop a single citizen login and begin the transition of services into a one-
stop structure for government services such that citizens of the state can find and navigate 
State Government's digital presence without a full understanding of state agency structures. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
Information Services 0155 
2021-22 
$3,000,000 
$3,000,000 
2022-23 
$7,000,000 
$7,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to modernize digital and physical technology assets, including 
the state radio network. Modernization of digital and physical technology assets are 
required to begin moving away from aging assets that represent accumulating technical 
debt and risk. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$5,000,000 
$15,000,000 
$5,000,000 
$15,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Information Services 0155 
Initiative: Provides funding to tackle the highest-risk areas identified by an external 
program review, including formalizing a business continuity plan for the State's 
information technology and setting a framework for providing leadership to state agencies 
in business continuity planning. This one-time funding for cybersecurity will augment the 
proposed General Fund appropriation request and provide the resources needed to tackle 
some of the highest-risk areas, including business continuity planning and workforce 
enhancements. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Information Services 0155 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2022-23 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase the effectiveness of remote work capability. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Information Services 0155 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2022-23 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
Initiative: Provides funding to suppo1i and maintain the State's cybersecurity program and 
investments. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PARTY 
2021-22 
$4,078,002 
$4,078,002 
2022-23 
$4,095,400 
$4,095,400 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$21,078,002 
$37,095,400 
$21,078,002 
$37,095,400 
Sec. Y-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
American Rescue Plan Audit, Controller and Program Management N397 
Initiative: Provides one-time allocations necessary to suppo1i all aspects of financial 
management oversight of funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund established in the 
federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including state discretionary and direct funds 
as well as the local pass-through funds authorized in the federal American Rescue Plan Act 
of 2021. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
PARTZ 
$9,228,561 
$12,766,569 
$9,228,561 
$12,766,569 
Sec. Z-1. 
Adjustments to allocations. 
Notwithstanding the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 37-B, section 746 or any other provision of law to the contra1y, funds 
allocated to depmiments, agencies and programs in this Act may be adjusted in fiscal year 
2021-22 either within the same depatiment or agency receiving the original allocation or, 
if for the same purpose as the original allocation, between depmiments or agencies on 
recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor. 
The 
Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services shall repo1t any adjustments to 
allocations made pursuant to this section to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs at least qumterly. 
PART AA 
Sec. AA-1. 36 MRSA §5219-KK, sub-§1, ~A-1, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 474, 
Pt. B, § 13, is amended to read: 
A-1. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, "benefit base" means prope1ty 
taxes paid by a resident individual during the tax year on the resident individual's 
homestead in this State or rent constituting propetiy taxes paid by the resident 
individual or the bureau pursuant to chapter 908 on behalf of a resident individual 
during the tax year on a homestead in the State not exceeding the following amounts: 
(1) For persons filing as single individuals, $2,050; 
(2) For persons filing as heads of households that can claim the federal child tax 
credit pursuant to the Code, Section 24 for no more than one qualifying child or 
dependent or for persons filing joint returns, $2,650; and 
(3) For persons filing as heads of households that can claim the federal child tax 
credit pursuant to the Code, Section 24 for more than one qualifying child or 
dependent or for persons filing joint returns that can claim the federal child tax 
credit pursuant to the Code, Section 24 for at least one qualifying child or 
dependent, $3,250. 
Sec. AA-2. 36 MRSA §6250, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
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2-A. Disability. "Disability" means a permanent and total impairment or condition 
that prevents an individual from being employed as determined by an agency of this State 
or of the Federal Government or pursuant to routine technical rules adopted by the State 
Tax Assessor. 
Sec. AA-3. 36 MRSA §6250, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, § 1, is 
amended to read: 
3. Homestead. "Homestead" means the owner-occupied principal dwelling, either 
real or personal property, owned by the taxpayer and up to 10 contiguous acres upon which 
it is located. If the homestead is located in a multi-unit building, the homestead is the 
po1tion of the building actually used as the principal dwelling and its percentage of the 
value of the common elements and of the value of the tax lot upon which it is built. The 
percentage is the value of the unit consisting of the homestead compared to the total value 
of the building exclusive of the common elements, if any. "Homestead" includes the 
taxpayer-occupied principal dwelling and up to 10 contiguous acres upon which it is 
located that is held in a revocable living trust for the benefit of the taxpayer. 
Sec. AA-4. 36 MRSA §6250, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: 
3-A. Liquid asset. "Liquid asset" means something of value available to an individual 
that can be conve1ted to cash in 3 months or less and includes: 
A. Bank accounts; 
B. Certificates of deposit; 
C. Money market and mutual funds; 
D. Life insurance policies; 
E. Stocks and bonds; and 
F. Lump-sum payments and inheritances. 
Sec. AA-5. 36 MRSA §6250, sub-§3-B is enacted to read: 
3-B. Municipality. "Municipality" means a city, town, plantation or the unorganized 
territory. 
Sec. AA-6. 36 MRSA §6251, as amended by PL 1993, c. 395, §31, is fu1ther 
amended to read: 
§6251. Deferral of tax on homestead; joint election; age requirement; filing claim 
1. Filing claim. Subject to section 6252, an individual or 2 or more individuals jointly 
a taxpayer may e:1-eet .@Ply to defer the prope1ty taxes on thew the taxpayer's homestead by 
filing a claim for deferral with the inunicipal assessor after January I st but no later than 
April 1st of the first year in which deferral is claimed if: 
A. The individual or each individual, in the case of 2 or more individuals taxpayer 
filing a claim jointly, is 65 years of age or older or is unable to be employed by reason 
of disability on April 1st of the year in which the claim is filed; and 
B. The individual or, in the case of 2 or more individuals filing a claim jointly, all the 
individuals together have household taxpayer has income, as defined in section 62-0+ 
5219-KK, subsection:+ 1, paragraph D, of less than $32,000 $40,000 for the calendar 
year immediately preceding the calendar year in which the claim is filed'"~ 
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C. The taxpayer, if an individual, has liquid assets of less than $50,000 or, in the case 
of 2 or more individuals filing a claim jointly, all the individuals together have liquid 
assets of less than $75,000; and 
D. The taxpayer's homestead receives a homestead exemption under chapter 105, 
subchapter 4-B. 
The municipal assessor shall forward each claim filed under this subsection to the bureau 
within 30 days of receipt and the bureau shall determine if the propetiy is eligible for 
deferral. Claims must be filed on a form approved by the State Tax Assessor and must 
include all information requested by the State Tax Assessor, including without limitation 
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the taxpayer's and the taxpayer's direct heirs' contact information. Income and liquid assets 
of all individual owners of a homestead must be included in an application for deferral. 
Claims from new applicants may not be filed pursuant to this chapter prior to January 1, 
1994. For purposes of this section, "nev,' applicants" means any person or persons that have 
not filed claims prior to April 1, 1991. 
2. Property tax deferral. 'Nhen the If a taxpayer e-leets is determined to be eligible 
to defer propetiy taxes for any year by filing a claim for deferral under subsection 1, it 4al-l 
have has the effect of: 
A. 
Deferring the payment of the property taxes levied on the homestead for the 
municipal fiscal year beginning on or after April 1st of that year; 
B. Continuing deferral of the payment by the taxpayer of any propetiy taxes deferred 
under this chapter for previous years that have not become delinquent under section 
6260; and 
C. Continuing the deferral of the payment by the taxpayer of any future propetiy taxes 
for as long as the provisions of section 6252 are met or the taxpayer withdraws from 
the deferral of future propetiy taxes under this chapter by notifying the bureau as 
provided in section 6258. 
3. Guardian, conservator and agent compliance. If a guardian ef., conservator or 
agent under a power of attorney or pursuant tO a protective arrangement or any other lawful 
order has been appointed for an individual a taxpayer otherwise qualified to obtain deferral 
of taxes under this chapter, the guardian ef_, cons~rvator or agent may act for that individual 
taxpayer in complying with this chapter. 
4. Trustee compliance. If.a A trustee of an a revocable inter vivos trust whl€lt, if that 
trust was created by and is revocable by an individual, a taxpayer who is both the trustor 
and a beneficiary of the trust and who is otherwise qualified to obtain a deferral of taxes 
under this chapter, 0 1.vns the fee simple estate under a recorded instrument of sale, the 
tffistee may act for the individual taxpayer in complying with this chapter. 
5. Spouse not required to elaim. Nothing in this section may be construed to require 
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a spouse of an individual to file a claim jointly 1n1ith the individual even though the spouse 
may be eligible to claim the deferral jointly 1Nith the individual. 
6. Appeal. Any person A taxpayer aggrieved by the denial of a claim for deferral of 
homestead propetiy taxes or disqualification from deferral of homestead propetiy taxes 
may file an appeal of the State Tax Assessor's determination, within 3 0 days of notification 
of denial or disqualification by the State Tax Assessor, with the State Board of Propetiy 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
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Tax Review as provided in chapter IO I, subchapter -I-I-A 2-A. When the State Tax Assessor 
disagrees with the municipal valuation of a property subject to deferral, the abatement and 
appeals process under chapter 105, subchapter 8 applies. 
Sec. AA-7. 36 MRSA §6252, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, §1, is 
amended to read: 
2. Fee simple estate. The~ individual claiming the 9; deferral must, solely or 
together with the person's individual's spouse, own the fee simple estate or be purchasing 
the fee simple estate under a recorded instrument of sale, or 2 or more persons individuals 
must together own or be purchasing the fee simple estate with rights of survivorship under 
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a recorded instrument of sale if all owners I ive in the homestead and if all owners apply for 
the deferral jointly. 
Sec. AA-8. 36 MRSA §6252, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. No duplicate deferral. The prope1ty is not receiving a deferral of taxes under 
chapter 908-A. 
Sec. AA-9. 36 MRSA §6252, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5. No municipal lien. The prope1iy does not have an existing municipal lien against 
it. 
Sec. AA-10. 36 MRSA §6253, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, §1, is amended 
to read: 
§6253. Claim forms; contents 
1. Administration. A taxpayer's claim for deferral under this chapter shalt must be in 
writing on a form supplied by the bureau and shalt must: 
A .. Describe the homestead; 
B. Recite facts Provide information establishing the eligibility for the deferral under 
the provisions of this chapter, including faCtS information that establish establishes that 
the household liquid assets and the income.,_ as defined in section m 
5219-KK, 
subsection+ 1, paragraph D, of the individual, or, in the case of 2 or more individuals 
claiming the deferral jointly, v,zas are less than $32,000 the limits set by section 6251, 
subsection 1 for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which 
the claim is filed; and 
C. Have attached Contain any documentary proof information required by the bureau 
to show that the requirements of section 6252 have been met. 
2. Statement verification. There shall be annexed to the The claim must contain a 
statement verified by a written declaration of the applicant taxpayer making the claim te 
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the effect that the statements contained in the claim are true. 
Sec. AA-11. 36 MRSA §6254, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2007, c. 695, Pt. A, §45, 
is fwiher amended to read: 
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1. Lien. The lien provided in section 552 must continue for purposes of protecting the 
State's deferred tax interest in tax deferred prope1ty. When it is determined that one of the 
events set out in section 6259 has occurred and that a prope1iy is no longer eligible for 
prope1iy tax deferral under this chapter, the State Tax Assessor shall send notice by 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A'' to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
ce1iified mail to the ewR& taxpayer, or the owner's taxpayer's heirs or devisees, listing the 
total amount of deferred prope1iy taxes, including accrued interest and costs of all the years 
and demanding payment on or before April 30th of the year following the tax year in which 
the circumstances causing withdrawal from the provisions of this chapter occur. 
When the circumstances listed in section 6259, subsection 4 occur, the amount of deferred 
taxes is due and payable 5 days before the date of removal of the prope1iy from the State. 
If the deferred tax liability of a prope1iy has not been satisfied by the April 30th demand 
date, the State Tax Assessor shall, within 30 days, record in the registry of deeds in the 
county where the real estate is located a tax lien ce1iificate signed by the State Tax Assessor 
or bearing the assessor's facsimile signature, setting fo1ih the total amount of deferred tax 
liability, a description of the real estate on which the tax was deferred and an allegation 
that a tax lien is claimed on the real estate to secure payment of the tax, that a demand for 
payment of the tax has been made in accordance with this section and that the tax remains 
unpaid. 
At the time of the recording of the tax lien ce1iificate in the registry of deeds, the State Tax 
Assessor shall send by ce1iified mail, return receipt requested, to each record holder of a 
m01igage on the real estate, to the holder's last known address, a true copy of the tax lien 
ce1iificate. The cost to be paid by the property owner taxpayer, or the owner's taxpayer's 
heirs or devisees, is the sum of the fees for recording and discharging of the lien as 
established by Title 33, section 751, plus $13. Upon redemption, the State Tax Assessor 
shall prepare and record a discharge of the tax 1 ien mo1igage. The lien described in section 
is the basis of this tax lien mo1igage procedure. 
The filing of the tax lien ce1iificate, provided for in this section, in the registry of deeds 
creates a mo1igage on the real estate to the State and has priority over all other mo1igages, 
liens, attachments and encumbrances of any nature and gives to the State all rights usually 
instant to a mo1igage, except that the m01igagee does not have any right of possession of 
the real estate until the right of redemption exp.ires. 
Payments accepted during the redemption period may not interrupt or extend the 
redemption period or in any way affect the foreclosure procedures. 
Sec. AA-12. 36 MRSA §6254, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. Dangerous buildings. The State Tax Assessor may request that the municipal 
officers, in the case of a municipality, or the county commissioners, in the case of the 
unorganized territory in their county, investigate any homestead subject to deferral and 
make determinations whether the homestead is a dangerous building pursuant to Title 17, 
chapter 91, subchapter 4. If eligible expenses pursuant to Title 17, section 2853 are incurred 
by a municipality or the county in the case of the unorganized territory, the State Tax 
Assessor shall reimburse those eligible expenses from funds in the Senior Prope1iy Tax 
Deferral Revolving Account under section 6266. 
Sec. AA-13. 36 MRSA §6255, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, §1, 
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is amei1ded to read: 
3. Interest. Interest shall accrue accrues on the actual amount of~ payments 
advanced to the municipality for the tax-deferred prope1iy at the rate of 6% per annum 
pursuant to section 186 reduced by one percentage point. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
Sec. AA-14. 36 MRSA §6257, as amended by PL 1991, c. 528, Pt. DD, §1 and 
affected by Pt. RRR and amended by c. 591, Pt. DD, § 1 and c. 622, Pt. CC, § 1, is fmiher 
amended to read: 
§6257. Municipal tax collector to receive Payment of amount equivalent to deferred 
taxes H'ffill by the State 
1. Payment of deferred taxes. Within 30 days of the receipt of information from a 
municipal tax collector concerning the amount of deferred prope1iy taxes in the respective 
municipality, the State Tax Assessor shall ce1iify that amount to the Treasurer of the State 
who shall make payment to the municipality on or before the 15th day of the following 
month. Payments made for deferred prope1ty taxes in the unorganized territory must be 
made to the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund established in section 
1605. 
,AL. Prorated payment of deferred taxes. The State Tax Assessor is authorized to 
prorate payments to municipalities for claims filed pursuant to this chapter if the amount 
available in the Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account established in section 
6266 in any fiscal year is insufficient to make full payments to all municipalities. If the 
applicant for deferred taxes can not pay the difference due to the municipality, the 
municipality that does not receive the full amount of deferred property taxes may cause a 
tax lien certificate to be filed in the county registry of deeds for the amount not received. 
B. 
Reimbursement to taxpayers. 
The State Tax Assessor is authorized to 
reimburse taxpayers 1Nho qualified under this chapter and who have paid property taxes 
that would have otherwise been deferred but for the prorating of benefits as allowed in 
subsection 1 A. 
2. Accounts maintained. The bureau shall maintain accounts for each deferred 
prope1iy and shall accrue interest only on the actual amount of taxes advanced to the 
municipality. 
Sec. AA-15. 36 MRSA §6258, sub-§1, 11), as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, 
§1, is amended to read: 
D. Contain any other information that the bureau considers necessary to facilitate 
administration of the homestead deferral program including, but not limited to, the right 
of the taxpayer to submit any amount of money to reduce the total amount of the 
deferred taxes and interest and the right of the taxpayer to withdraw from the deferral 
of future prope1ty taxes under this chapter by notifying the bureau by any method that 
the bureau may prescribe. 
Sec. AA-16. 36 MRSA §6261, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, §1, 
is amended to read: 
2. Continuation of deferral by spouse. A spouse who does not meet the age 
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requirements of subsection 1, paragraph A or the disability requirement of section 6251, 
subsection I, paragraph A, but is otherwise qualified to continue the prope1iy in its tax-
deferred status under subsection 1 may continue the deferral of prope1iy taxes deferred for 
previous years by filing a claim within the time and in the manner provided under section 
6251. If a spouse eligible for and continuing the deferral of taxes previously deferred under 
this subsection becomes 65 years of age or meets the disability requirement of section 6251, 
subsection 1, paragraph A prior to April 1st of any year, the spouse may elect to continue 
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the deferral of previous years' taxes deferred under this subsection and may elect to defer 
the current assessment year's taxes on the homestead by filing a claim within the time and 
in the manner provided under section 6251. Thereafter, payment of the taxes levied on the 
homestead and deferred under this subsection and payment of taxes levied on the 
homestead in the current assessment year and in future years may be deferred in the manner 
provided in and subject to this chapter. 
Sec. AA-17. 36 MRSA §6262, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, § 1, 
is amended to read: 
2. Taxes and interest. Subject to subsection 3, all or patt of the deferred taxes and 
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accrued interest may at any time be paid to the bureau by: 
A. The taxpayer or the spouse of the taxpayer; 6f 
B. The next of kin of the taxpayer, heir at law of the taxpayer, child of the taxpayer or 
any person having or claiming a legal or equitable interest in the propetty~_;____QI 
C. Any other person or organization making a payment as a gift to the taxpayer. 
Sec. AA-18. 36 MRSA §6262, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, § 1, 
is amended to read: 
3. Notice of payment. A person listed in subsection 2, paragraph B, or C may make 
the payments only if no objection is made by the taxpayer within 30 days after the bureau 
deposits in the mail notice to the taxpayer of the fact that the payment has been tendered. 
Sec. AA-19. 36 MRSA §6266, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 534, Pt. C, § I, is amended 
to read: 
§6266. Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account; sources; uses 
1. Revolving account. This section establishes in the State Treasury the Senior 
Propetty Tax Deferral Revolving Account, referred to in this section as "the revolving 
account," to be used by the bureau for the purpose of making the payments to municipal 
tax collectors and to the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund, established 
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in section 1605, of pro petty taxes deferred for tax years beginning on or after April I, --l-99G 
2022, as required by section 6257, reimbursements, as required under section 6254, 
subsection 4, and repayment of transfers pursuant to subsection 5. 
2. Advancement of funds. The funds necessary to make payments under subsection 
I SH-atl must be advanced to the bureau from time to time as necessary by the Treasurer of 
State as an appropriation from the General Fund a transfer under subsection 4. 
3. Payments credited. All sums of money received by the bureau under this chapter 
as repayments of deferred prope1ty taxes including the interest accrued under section 6255, 
subsection 3, SH-atl, upon receipt, must be credited to the revolving account and SH-atl must 
be available for the purposes of subsection 1 and subsection 5. 
4. A,ppropriation Transfer request. If there is not sufficient money in the revolving 
account to make the payments required by subsection I, the State Tax Assessor shall 
request an appropriation from the General Fund 11,rhicl-.. together 1tvith the money in the 
revolving account 1.vill provide an amount sufficient to make the required payments notify 
the Treasurer of State of the amount necessary to make the required payments and the 
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Treasurer of State shall transfer that amount from the Housing Oppo1tunities for Maine 
Fund, established in Title 30-A, section 4853, to the revolving account. 
5. Geneml Fund reimbursement Reimbursement of funds. When the bureau 
determines that funds in sufficient amounts are available in the revolving account, the 
bureau shall repay to the General Fund Housing Oppo1tunities for Maine Fund, established 
in Title 30-A, section 4853, the amounts advanced as appropriations under subsection 2, 
plus accrued interest transfers under subsection 4. 
Sec. AA-20. 36 MRSA §6267, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 707, Pt. G, §10, is 
repealed. 
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Sec. AA-21. Application. This Act applies to prope1ty taxes based on the status of 
prope1ty on or after April I, 2022. 
Sec. AA-22. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Elderly Tax Deferral Program 0650 
Initiative: Provides funding to reimburse municipalities for deferred prope1ty taxes. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002 
2021-22 
$844,370 
$844,370 
2022-23 
$2,390,889 
$2,390,889 
Initiative: Provides funding for one limited-period Prope1ty Appraiser position, computer 
programming costs and other related costs to review, approve and audit applications. This 
position will end on or before June 30, 2023. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2021-22 
$42,538 
$113,092 
$155,630 
2022-23 
$86,099 
$23,012 
$109,111 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$1,000,000 
• $2,500,000 
$1,000,000 
$2,500,000 
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PART BB 
Sec. BB-1. 22 MRSA §2602-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1991, c. 499, §3 and 
affected by §26, is further amended to read: 
2. Fees. +he Except as provided in subsection 3, the depa1tment shall charge the 
average cost of the analysis for an examination, testing or analysis of private residential 
water supplies requested under this chapter. These fees must be recalculated and deposited 
according to section 565, subsection 3 and section 568, provided except that the fee charged 
for testing a private residential water supply may not exceed $150 when: 
A. In the opinion of the depaiiment, initial testing or screening performed at the 
expense of the owner indicates the need for additional testing at a cost in excess of 
$150 to determine whether that water supply contains contaminants potentially 
hazardous to human health and that additional testing is essential to the maintenance 
of public health; or 
B. In the opinion of the depa1iment, there is reason to suspect that a private residential 
water supply may be affected by contamination potentially hazardous to human health 
and that additional testing is essential to the maintenance of public health. In making 
such a determination, the depaiiment shall consider the following: 
(1) The proximity of the private residential water supply to a lmown or suspected 
source of contamination; 
(2) The proximity of the private residential water supply to another private well or 
water supply known to be contaminated; 
(3) Information provided in writing to the depa1tment by a physician who has seen 
or treated a person and who has identified contaminated drinking water as a 
possible cause of the person's condition or symptoms; or 
( 4) Information provided by the owner or a user of the private residential water 
supply voluntarily or in response to questions asked by personnel of the 
depaitment. 
The depaiiment may shall waive all fees incurred in connection with the testing of a private 
residential water supply upon a showing of indigency .. 
Sec. BB-2. 22 MRSA §2602-A, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 
3. Well water testing for low-income residents. The depaiiment shall establish and 
maintain a program through the Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory established 
in section 565 to provide free testing for arsenic of the private residential water supplies of 
low-income residents of the State. The depa1iment may not charge any fee or recover any 
cost as otherwise permitted by this chapter for a test of a private residential water supply 
performed for a low-income resident of the State under the program established pursuant 
to this subsection. As used in this subsection, "low-income resident" means a person who 
receives assistance under the MaineCare program or the food supplement program under 
section 3104. 
Sec. BB-3. 22 MRSA §2660-U, as amended by PL2017, c. 475, Pt. C, §7, is fmther 
amended to read: 
§2660-U. Fees 
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+he Except as provided in section 2602-A, subsection 3, the Health and Environmental 
Testing Laboratory established in section 565 shall collect a fee not to exceed $10 from a 
person or entity ordering a water test for a water sample from a residential private drinking 
water well. The fees collected must be credited to the Private Well Safe Drinking Water 
Fund established in section 2660-W and used for the purpose of increasing testing of 
residential private drinking water wells. If more than one test of a water sample from the 
same residential private drinking water well is conducted, the department may waive 
payment of a fee established under this section for a one-year period. A fee collected under 
this section is in addition to any fee charged by the depattment pursuant to section 2602-A, 
subsection 2. 
Sec. BB-4. 22 MRSA §2660-W, sub-§3, ,iB, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 230, §3, 
is amended to read: 
B. For educational outreach programs consistent with section 2660-V; f¼fl:a 
Sec. BB-5. 22 MRSA §2660-W, sub-§3, ~C, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 230, §3, 
is amended to read: 
C. To defray the depa1iment's costs in administering this subchapter and in waiving 
fees under section 2602-A, subsection subsections 2-:- and 3; and 
Sec. BB-6. 22 MRSA §2660-W, sub-§3, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
D. To implement the program established pursuant to section 2602-A, subsection 3 to 
provide free testing for arsenic of private residential water supplies to low-income 
residents of the State. 
Sec. BB-7. 22 MRSA §2660-Y is enacted to read: 
§2660-Y. Landlord arsenic testing 
Beginning January 1, 2022 and every 5 years thereafter, a landlord of a residential 
building shall test for arsenic each private drinking water well used to provide water to a 
tenant of the landlord. The landlord shall conduct testing under this section through a 
laboratory ce1iified or accredited pursuant to section 567 and shall, within 10 days of 
notification of the results, provide to each of the landlord's tenants the results of any test 
conducted under this section of the private drinking water well used to provide water to the 
tenant. The landlord shall, within 10 days of notification of the results, notify any new 
tenant of the most recent results of a test conducted under this section on a private drinking 
water well that will be used to provide water to the tenant. 
Sec. BB-8. Department of Health and Human Services to amend rules. The 
Depatiment of Health and Human Services shall review recent research regarding arsenic 
toxicity and levels suitable for consumption and shall amend 10-144 C.M.R. Chapter 231, 
Rules Relating to Drinking Water, to revise the maximum contaminant level for arsenic. 
Sec. BB-9. Report on arsenic rulemaking. The Depattment of Health and 
Human Services, Maine Public Drinking Water Commission shall include in its annual 
repo1i required pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 2660-C, subsection 
4, paragraph H information about the status of adopting rules in accordance with section 8 
until the rules have been finally adopted. 
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Sec. BB-10. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention 0143 
Initiative: Provides funding to the depa1iment to establish and maintain a program through 
the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Health and Environmental Testing 
Laboratory offering free well water testing for low-income residents of the State. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PART CC 
2021-22 
$51,484 
$51,484 
2022-23 
$51,484 
$51,484 
Sec. CC-1. Definitions. As used in this Paii, unless the context otherwise indicates, 
the following terms have the following meanings. 
1. "Depaiiment" means the Depa1irnent of Health and Human Services. 
2. "Eligible family caregivers" means: 
A. Adult family members or other informal caregivers 18 years of age or older 
providing care to individuals 60 years of age or older; 
B. 
Adult family members or other informal caregivers 18 years of age or older 
providing care to individuals of any age with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; 
C. Relatives, not including parents, 55 years of age or older providing care to children 
under 18 years of age; and 
D. Relatives, including parents, 55 years of age or older providing care to adults 18 to 
years of age with disabilities. 
3. 
"Pilot program" means the Family Caregiver Grant Pilot Program established 
pursuant to section 2. 
, 
4. 
"Respite Care Fund" means the Respite Care Fund under the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 22, section 7308. 
Sec. CC-2. Department of Health and Human Services to establish Family 
Caregiver Grant Pilot Program. The depa1iment, in cooperation with area agencies 
on aging, shall establish the Family Caregiver Grant Pilot Program to increase the number 
of families served by the Respite Care Fund, alleviate costs associated with providing in-
home care of an adult, provide a family caregiver grant to increase economic security for 
family caregivers and examine the needs and preferences of the families served by the 
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Respite Care Fund and the pilot program. 
Sec. CC-3. Grant amounts. Under the pilot program, an eligible family caregiver 
who is not otherwise receiving payment for caring for the person in the caregiver's care 
may receive up to $2,000 a year. Eligible family caregivers may choose annually to receive 
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either the services specified in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 7308 or . 
services under the pilot program. 
Sec. CC-4. Stakeholder group. No later than October 1, 2021, the department 
shall convene a stakeholder group to meet periodically to assist in designing the pilot 
program, including eligibility and payment methods; implementing the pilot program; and 
developing outreach strategies to eligible family caregivers, application assistance and 
evaluation planning. 
The stakeholder group must include representatives of the 
depa1iment, area agencies on aging, family caregivers, home and community-based suppo1i 
services providers, nursing facilities, residential care services providers and advocacy 
organizations for aging adults. 
Sec. CC-5. Pilot program period; expenditures capped. The pilot program 
shall provide services or grants to eligible family caregivers from October 1, 2022 to 
September 3 0, 2024. The expenditures for the pilot program over the period of the pilot 
program are capped at $5,100,000. 
Sec. CC-6. Guidelines; rulemaking. The depa1iment and the stakeholder group 
convened pursuant to section 4 shall determine guidelines for how eligible family 
caregivers are identified to receive assistance and the amount of grants distributed pursuant 
to section 3. The department may adopt rules to implement this Pait. Rules adopted 
pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. CC-7. Evaluation; report. The depaiiment shall contract with a 3rd-patty 
organization with expe1iise in evaluating public policy programs for ongoing evaluation of 
the success of the pilot program and the services provided under the Respite Care Fund. 
The depa1iment shall submit a repo1i to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over health and human services matters no later than January 15, 2025. 
The repo1i must include the following: 
1. An unduplicated count of individuals receiving respite care, assistive technology, 
home modification and family caregiver grants under section 3; 
2. The amount of funds that were expended for respite care, assistive technology, home 
modification and family caregiver grants; 
3. The demographics of eligible family caregivers receiving services under the pilot 
program, including, but not limited to, age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, income and 
county of residence; 
4. The number of eligible family caregivers on waiting lists for services under the pilot 
program and the demographics of those family caregivers, including, but not limited to, 
age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, income and county of residence; 
5. The time between application and eligibility determination by the depaiiment or its 
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contracted designee; 
6. The time between application for and receipt of services provided under the pilot 
program; 
7. An assessment of the extent to which services provided under the pilot program kept 
individuals cared for by eligible family caregivers out of institutional care or delayed 
transfer to an institutional level of care; and 
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8. Any recommendations for changes related to the adequacy of the Respite Care Fund 
and the scope of services provided and recommendations for continuing the pilot program. 
The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and 
human services matters is authorized to repo1i out legislation related to the rep01i to the 
Sec. CC-8. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Office of Aging and Disability Services Central Office 0140 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the Respite Care Fund within the depaiiment to 
provide family caregiver grants for the pilot program. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
2021-22 
$4,500,000 
$4,500,000 
Office of Aging and Disability Services Central Office 0140 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the Respite Care Fund within the depa1iment to 
cover administrative costs of the pilot program. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$450,000 
$450,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Office of Aging and Disability Services Central Office 0140 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding to the Respite Care Fund within the depaiiment to 
contract with a 3rd paiiy for an evaluation of the pilot program. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
, 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$150,000 
$150,000 
2021-22 
$5,100,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$0 
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$5,100,000 
$0 
PART DD 
Sec. DD-1. Department of Health and Human Services to establish pilot 
program for in-home personal care services to minors. The Department of Health 
and Human Services shall establish a pilot program to allow the parent of a child who is 
eligible for in-home personal care services under the MaineCare program to register as a 
personal care agency and receive reimbursement for providing those services to the child. 
To qualify for reimbursement under this section, the parent must have made reasonable 
efforts to obtain regular in-home personal care services and have satisfied the requirements 
of the applicable background check required of providers of in-home personal care 
services. For the purposes of this section, "personal care agency" has the same meaning as 
in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1717, subsection 1, paragraph C. 
Sec. DD-2. Personal care agency requirements. In order for a parent to be 
registered as a personal care agency under section 1, another individual who is not a parent 
of the child must be designated the employer. The person designated as the employer must 
be approved by both the Depmiment of Health and Human Services and the parent to act 
in the child's interest. 
Sec. DD-3. Pilot program period; expenditures capped. Reimbursement 
provided under the pilot program established in section 1 is available through fiscal years 
2021-22 and 2022-23. The expenditures for the pilot program are capped at $465,000 over 
the entire period of the pilot program. 
Sec. DD-4. Guidelines; rulemaking. The Depmiment of Health and Human 
Services shall determine guidelines for implementing the pilot program established in 
section 1. The depmiment may adopt any rules necessary to implement the pilot program 
as long as the rules are adopted no later than January I, 2022. Rules adopted pursuant to 
this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, 
chaptei· 3 75, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. DD-5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for a pilot program for the reimbursement of a parent 
providing in-home personal care services to the parent's child by allowing the parent to 
register as a personal care agency. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PARTEE 
2021-22 
$155,000 
$155,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$310,000 
$310,000 
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Sec. EE-1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to complete the renovation of a wharf and bulkhead at 
the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Po1iland to bring the wharf back into operation for 
a fishing vessel be1ihing resource to support marine research at sea and for continued long-
term marine job development. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$2,000,000 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Child Care Services 0563 
Initiative: Provides allocations for grants for the establishment and administration of the 
Help Maine Grow System and the First 4 ME Early Care and Education Program. Funds 
from this allocation may be allotted only if child care development block grant funds are 
not available as provided in Public Law 2021, chapter 457. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
2021-22 
$1,114,916 
$1,114,916 
Department of Health and Human Services Central Operations 0142 
2022-23 
$4,121,559 
$4,121,559 
Initiative: Establishes 3 limited-period Social Services Program Specialist II positions 
through June 17, 2023 and provides funding for related All Other costs. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
2021-22 
$280,095 
$19,062 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$293,268 
$19,062 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147 
$299,157 
$312,330 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for the department to provide equal monthly 
supplemental payments from January 2022 through December 2022 to all providers of 
services under the depattment's rule Chapter 101: MaineCare Benefits Manual, Chapter II, 
Section 2, Section 17, Section 26, Section 28 and Section 65 in equal propmtion to the 
services provided by providers in the previous 12-month period. Funds from this allocation 
may be allotted only if Federal Medical Assistance Percentage matching funds are not 
available as provided in Public Law 2021, chapter 398, Pait AAAA. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
2021-22 
2022-23 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
Shelter Operating Subsidy 0661 
$3,544,552 
$3,544,552 
2021-22 
$4,958,625 
$4,958,625 
$2,413,462 
$2,413,462 
2022-23 
$6,847,351 
$6,847,351 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for grants to existing emergency homeless shelters, 
including those that assist homeless youth, to be used for operations, maintenance or capital 
improvements. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$10,000,000 
$10,000,000 
2021-22 
$10,000,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. I 733 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$10,000,000 
INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, MAINE COMMISSION ON 
Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services Z112 
$0 
Initiative: Allocates additional funds for counsel fees due to a backlog of cases caused by 
the COVID-19 pandemic. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, MAINE 
COMMISSION ON 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2021-22 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
2021-22 
$4,000,000 
$4,000,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Establishes 16 limited-period CareerCenter Consultant positions through June 
10, 2023. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOT AL 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
MARITIME ACADEMY, MAINE 
Maritime Academy - Operations 0035 
2021-22 
$1,240,592 
$9,189 
$1,249,781 
2021-22 
$1,249,781 
$1,249,781 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$1,293,376 
$9,189 
$1,302,565 
2022-23 
$1,302,565 
$1,302,565 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
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Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the renovation and restoration of state-owned 
waterfront and shoreside infrastructure in Castine. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
MARITIME ACADEMY, MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION, MAINE 
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation 0033 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2021-22 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to replace transmitter and studio components of existing 
infrastructure systems that carry the emergency ale1t system that have reached the end of 
their useful lifespans. 
FEDERALEXPENl?ITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION, 
MAINE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
2021-22 
$5,000,000 
DEPARTMENT TOT AL - ALL FUNDS 
$5,000,000 
STATUS OF RACIAL, INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL POPULATIONS, 
PERMANENT CO1\
01MISSION ON THE 
Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations N329 
2022-23 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
2022-23 
$5,000,000 
$5,000,000 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to suppo1t development of a strategy and one-time 
investments in public health infrastructure to reduce disparities in outcomes for residents 
of the State in minority groups. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 577, L.D. 1733 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
STATUS OF RACIAL, INDIGENOUS AND 
TRIBAL POPULATIONS, PERMANENT 
COMMISSION ON THE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
SECTION TOTAL- ALL FUNDS 
PART FF 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2021-22 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2021-22 
$29,708,406 
$29,708,406 
2022-23 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2022-23 
$500,000 
$500,000 
2022-23 
$13,649,916 
$13,649,916 
Sec. FF-1. 10 MRSA §1019, sub-§2, as enacted by PL2005, c. 417, §1, is amended 
to read: 
2. Criteria. For an applicant to paiticipate in the nursing education loan repayment 
program established under subsection 1, the applicant must: 
A Be a nurse; 
B. Complete Be currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral degree program in nursing 
or have completed a master's or doctoral degree in nursing; 
C. Possess an outstanding education loan relating to the master's or doctoral nursing 
degree; and 
D. Sign a statement of intent in a form acceptable to the authority to work as full-time 
nursing faculty in a nursing education program in the State for a minimum of J. 1 years 
after acceptance into the nursing education loan repayment program. 
Sec. FF-2. 10 MRSA §1019, sub-§4, as enacted by PL2005, c. 417, § 1, is amended 
to read: 
4. Administration. The nursing education loan repayment program and the nursing 
education loan repayment fund are administered by the authority. The authority shall repay 
the loan of an applicant who meets the criteria in subsection 2 in the amount of up to~ 
$20,000 for a master's degree and up to $6,-000 $40,000 for a doctoral degree. The authority 
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may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. Rules adopted pursuant to 
this subsection are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 3 75, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. FF-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE 
Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program N362 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to the nursing education loan repayment program to 
enable it to begin making loan repayments and to accommodate the increased loan 
repayment amounts. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PARTGG 
2021-22 
$1,000,000 
$1,000,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Sec. GG-1. 
Extend funding for specified civil legal aid projects. 
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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the funds allocated in this Part must 
be deposited in the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund established in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 4, section 18-A, referred to in this section as "the fund," and distributed as 
follows. The administrator of the fund shall disburse for use in calendar year 2022 and 
again for use in calendar year 2023, to each legal services provider that received an award 
from the Maine Justice Foundation under its Bank of America grant program for calendar 
year 2021, the same amount as the award made under the Bank of America grant program 
for 2021. These distributions must be separate from the competitive selection process 
unde1iaken by the Civil Legal Services Fund Commission appointed pursuant to Title 4, 
section l 8-A, subsection 6. The amounts allocated to the fund and distributed in accordance 
with this Pati may not be considered by the commission in determining its distribution of 
funds under its periodic competitive grant selection process, but the recipients of these 
amounts shall include in their regular repo1is to the commission covering calendar years 
2022 and 2023 a statement of the manner in which these disbursements have been used to 
address the effects of the pandemic related to coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, on 
persons with low incomes requiring legal assistance. 
Sec. GG-2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
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Initiative: Provides funding for civil legal services for persons unable to afford a lawyer to 
assist in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by providing additional funds to continue 
foreclosure assistance and community redevelopment legal assistance projects previously 
funded by grants from Bank of America settlement funds administered by the Maine Justice 
Foundation. These funds will be distributed by the administrator of the Maine Civil Legal 
Services Fund to the same providers in the same amounts as those expiring grants, 
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non:vithstanding and in addition to the amounts otherwise distributed pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 18-A. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PARTHH 
2021-22 
$295,504 
$295,504 
2022-23 
$295,504 
$295,504 
Sec. HH-1. Housing Navigation Pilot Program. The Housing Navigation Pilot 
Program is established as a 2-year pilot program within the Maine State Housing Authority: 
The authority shall hire individuals referred to as "housing navigators" affiliated with local 
housing authorities, general assistance programs or nonprofit organizations to assist tenants 
with locating housing and the rental application process and to provide suppo1iive services 
to promote successful landlord-tenant relationships. 
Sec. HH-2. Report. The Maine State Housing Authority shall submit a rep01i no 
later than March 31, 2023 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over housing matters detailing by county the number of households that 
receiv~d assistance from housing navigators pursuant to section 1. 
Sec. HH-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
Housing Authority - State 0442 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to hire individuals to act as "housing navigators" to 
work with local housing authorities, general assistance programs or nonprofit organizations 
to assist tenants with locating housing and completing the rental process and to provide 
mentoring services to promote successful landlord-tenant relationships. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PART II 
2021-22 
$1,500,000 
$1,500,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Sec. II-1. Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to 
establish pilot project to conduct outreach and to provide support services for 
active duty military members who are transitioning to civilian life in the State. 
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The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the 
Director of the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services within the Depaiiment of Defense, 
Veterans and Emergency Management, shall establish a pilot project, commencing October 
1, 2021, to conduct outreach to encourage active duty military members who are 
transitioning to civilian life to relocate to the State and to provide personalized and 
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proactive suppo1i for those military members and their families, including assistance with 
securing employment and navigating transition services and with community reintegration. 
The pilot project must be administered by one or more nonprofit or for-profit entities 
selected through a competitive bidding process. 
Sec. 11-2. Report. By December I, 2023, the Commissioner of Economic and 
Community Development, in consultation with the Director of the Maine Bureau of 
Veterans' Services within the Depaiiment of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, shall submit a written repo1i of the results of the pilot project under section 
and make recommendations to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
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jurisdiction over veterans affairs. The repo1i must include, at a minimum, information on 
the outreach conducted, the services provided, the number of military members and 
families served, the number of military members and families who successfully relocated 
to the State and the employment status of those individuals. The joint standing committee 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over veterans affairs may repo1i out legislation based 
on the repo1i to the Second Regular Session of the 13 I st Legislature. 
Sec. 11-3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds in fiscal year 2021-22 for the first year of a pilot project 
for outreach and suppo1i services for active duty military members who are transitioning 
to civilian life in the State and their families. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST ATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
PARTJJ 
2021-22 
$200,000 
$200,000 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
Sec. JJ-1. Public service campaign promoting direct care worker jobs. The 
Depa1iment of Labor, in coordination with the Depa1iment of Economic and Community 
Development and the Depaiiment of Health and Human Services, shall develop and 
implement a multimedia public service campaign that promotes direct care worker jobs as 
a career choice. In developing the campaign materials, the Depaiiment of Labor shall 
ensure that new residents in the State, racial and ethnic minorities, men, younger persons 
including high school students, older persons and persons with disabilities are represented. 
The Depaiiment of Labor shall also seek grants and other funds from public and private 
sources in developing the campaign. 
PARTKK 
Sec. KK-1. 5 MRSA §12004-J, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: 
1-A. 
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Agriculture 
Maine Agriculture, Food 
System and Forest Products 
Infrastructure Investment 
Advisory Board 
Expenses Only 
Sec. KK-2. 7 MRSA c. 10-C is enacted to read: 
CHAPTER 10-C 
MRSA §320-C 
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND FOREST PRODUCTS 
§320-A. Agriculture, food system and forest products infrastructure investment 
1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings. 
A. "Food system" means all processes, infrastructure and persons involved in feeding 
a population, including growing, harvesting, collecting, processing, manufacturing, 
packaging, transpo1ting, marketing, selling, consuming and disposing of food and 
food-related items in the State. 
B. 
"Infrastructure" means prope1ty, equipment, net\vorks and supp01ting services 
associated with the production, harvesting, processing, manufacturing, storage, 
packaging, transp01ting, marketing, sales and disposal of food. 
C. 
"Producer" means a person in the State that grows, manufactures, harvests or 
otherwise creates agricultural, food or forest products and value-added products, 
including a person engaged in farming, harvesting or other agricultural and forestry 
manufacturing activities. 
D. "Supply chain" means the chain of distribution by which agricultural, food and 
forest products are moved· from the producer to the consumer and may include 
intermediate entities, including aggregators of various products, manufacturers, value-
added producers, processors, packagers, warehouse operators and other storage 
entities, distributors, wholesalers and retailers. 
E. "Value-added" means changing the physical state or form of a product through 
processing or manufacturing to enhance or increase the product's value, including 
making the product suitable to generate renewable energy. 
2. Goals; investment; inclusiveness. The commissioner, in coordination with the 
Depaitment of Economic and Community Development, indust1y stakeholders, 
representatives of Indian tribes, communities of color and other underserved communities 
and populations and other relevant agencies, shall: 
A. Strengthen the State's agricultural, food and forest products economy with a priority • 
of making resulting effo1ts more inclusive of and increasing investments in historically 
marginalized, underrepresented and underserved communities, including communities 
of color, low-income communities and rural communities that typically lack access to 
capital to stait, sustain, scale and innovate businesses; 
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B. Expand infrastructure investments in the agricultural, food and forest products 
economy to increase access to new markets and oppo1iunities for producers, 
processors, small businesses and consumers in the State in the producing, processing, 
manufacturing, packaging, distribution, marketing, sale and consumption of products; 
and 
C. Collaborate with other state agencies, economic development organizations and 
other key institutional pa1iners to establish technical assistance programs to suppo1i the 
objectives of this chapter. 
3. Powers. In canying out the purposes of this chapter, the commissioner may: 
A. Hire or assign staff or contractors, including community development financial 
institutions, economic development organizations, quasi-governmental entities or other 
capital or technical assistance providers; 
B. Seek and accept funds from public and private sources; and 
C. Administer funds, grants and programs. 
§320-B. Maine Agriculture, Food and Forest Products Investment Fund 
1. Fund established. The Maine Agriculture, Food and Forest Products Investment 
Fund, referred to in this chapter as "the fund," is established and administered by the 
department to supp01i public-private paiinerships to carry out the purposes of this chapter. 
The fund consists of money appropriated to the fund or received from any other private or 
public source. Interest in investment of money of the fund is credited to the fund. 
Unexpended balances at the end of the fiscal year do not lapse but cany over into the next 
fiscal year. The Maine Agriculture, Food System and Forest Products Infrastructure 
Investment Adviso1y Board established in section 320-C shall oversee and determine 
expenditures from the fund. 
§320-C. 
Maine Agriculture, Food System and Forest Products Infrastructure 
Investment Advisory Board 
1. The Maine Agriculture, Food System and Forest Products Infrastructure 
Investment Advisory Board. The Maine Agriculture, Food System and Forest Products 
Infrastructure Investment Advisory Board established in Title 5, section 12004-J, 
subsection 1-A, referred to in this section as "the board," is created to oversee and determine 
expenditures from the Maine Agriculture, Food and Forest Products Investment Fund in 
section 320-B. 
2. Membership. The board consists of the commissioner or the commissioner's 
designee, the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or the 
commissioner's designee and 15 members appointed jointly by the commissioner and the 
Commissioner of Economic and Community Development as follows: 
A. One member of a statewide industry group representing conventional nondairy 
farming; 
B. One member of a statewide industry group representing organic nondairy farming; 
C. One member of a statewide industry group representing dairy producers; 
D. 
One member of a statewide industry group representing the forest products 
industly; 
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E. 
Two members from relevant financial institutions with experience 111 the 
agricultural and forest products industries; 
F. One manufacturer of forest products; 
G. One manufacturer of value-added agricultural products or representative of the 
value-added agricultural products industry; 
H. 
Two members representing the supply chain in processing, manufacturing or 
distribution; 
I. 
One member actively engaged in providing marketing assistance, market 
development or business and financial planning; 
J. One member from a statewide group representing the logging and trucking industry; 
K. One member who is a member of a federally recognized Indian nation, tribe or band 
in this State; and 
L. Two members who represent historically underserved racial populations in nondairy 
farming. 
Board membership must reflect a diversity of skills and experience relevant to investment 
in agricultural, food and forest products processing and manufacturing 1ndustries and 
represent the racial diversity of the food system in the State with specific representation by 
Indian tribes, communities of color and other underserved communities and populations. 
3. Terms; officers; committees; rules. Board members serve for 3-year tenns and 
may serve no more than 2 consecutive terms. The members shall elect a chair and may 
elect officers, establish one or more committees or subcommittees and adopt such 
procedural rules as the members determine necessary and appropriate to perform the 
board's work. 
4. Quorum; meeting; voting. A majority of the sitting members constitute a quorum, 
and action taken by the board may be authorized by a majority of the members present and 
voting at any regular or special meeting at which a quorum is present. The board may 
permit any or all members to pa1ticipate in a regular or special meeting by or conduct the 
meeting through the use of any means of communication, including electronic 
telecommunications or a telephone conference call, by which all members pa1ticipating 
may communicate with each other during the meeting. A member pa1ticipating in a 
meeting by means approved by the board under this subsection is deemed to be present in 
person at the meeting. 
5. Reimbursement. A member of the board is entitled to reimbursement of mileage 
and other incidental expenses, if funds are available for such purposes, pursuant to Title 5, 
chapter 379. 
6. Powers and duties of board. The board, in determining disbursements of the 
Maine Agriculture, Food and Forest Products Investment Fund, shall: 
A. Facilitate strategic investments in the State's agricultural, food and forest products 
processing and manufacturing industries, including value-added products; 
B. Foster an environment that encourages innovation, sustainable growth, equity and 
inclusion; 
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C. Implement and maintain business technical assistance programs in supp01t of the 
fund and other funds as needed; 
D. Determine and devise a process for requests for proposals to perform 3rd-party 
services in supp01t of and for the management and administration of the fund and other 
potential natural resource-related funds as needed and for technical assistance 
programs that ensure that economic development organizations, capital providers and 
community development financial institutions in any region of the State are able to 
fairly compete for disbursements from the fund to meet identified infrastructure 
investment needs and fulfill the objectives of the funding and technical assistance 
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programs; 
E. Enter into performance contracts with one or more persons in order to provide 
investment and services to agricultural, food and forest products industries, including: 
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(I) Technical assistance and product research services; 
(2) 
Marketing assistance, market development and business and financial 
planning; 
(3) Organizational, regulatory and development assistance, including feasibility 
studies of facilities or capital investments to optimize construction and other cost 
efficiencies; and 
( 4) Identification of workforce needs and programs. in order to develop training 
and incentive oppo1tunities for the agricultural, food and forest products industries 
after consulting with the Depaitment of Labor; and 
F. Oversee, analyze and evaluate programs, contractors and other recipients of funds 
disbursed by the board annually, including: 
(I) Analyzing fund and technical assistance program use; 
(2) Recommending program changes and improvements; and 
(3) Preparing a comprehensive repo1t, in collaboration with the Depaitment of 
Economic and Community Development and other appropriate agencies and 
organizational paitners, on the performance, use and sustainability of funds and 
suppo1ting programs of the Maine Agriculture, Food and Forest Products 
Investment Fund to submit to the commissioner. 
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Sec. KK-3. State agriculture, -food and forest products infrastructure 
funding assessment. The Depa1tment of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall 
unde1take, either directly or with suitable 3rd patties, an assessment to identify specific 
oppo1tunities for investment in agricultural, food and forest products industries to inform 
development and structuring of disbursements from the Maine Agriculture, Food and 
Forest Products Investment Fund under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 320-B 
and other potential natural resource industry-related funds. 
1. Assessment. The assessment must be designed and conducted in collaboration with 
the Depaitment of Economic and Community Development and other relevant state 
agencies, community and economic development organizations, industry stakeholder 
groups, financial institutions and expe1ts in related subjects. The assessment must be in 
alignment with a state l 0-year economic development strategy produced by the Depaitment 
of Economic and Community Development. The assessment must: 
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A. Identify the highest priority areas for policy interventions, including legislation, 
capital investments, technical assistance and value chain coordination in agricultural, 
food and forest products industries; 
B. Recommend how State Government may collaborate with other entities to minimize 
duplication in effotis and programs and bridge gaps in technical assistance, services, 
edl1cation, research and development; 
C. 
Recommend initiatives that improve regulation, marketing, transpo1iation or 
distribution systems that enhance market oppo1iunities for state agricultural, food and 
forest products industries; 
D. Balance the State's desire for near-term returns on investment with the State's 
commitments to redress racial and other inequities; 
E. Gather new information and leverage existing research, data and understanding 
related to current state grant and loan programs, gaps or market failures surrounding 
existing processing infrastructure, stakeholder perspectives and any other relevant 
informational resources; 
F. Determine key criteria relative to a state food system investment or fund, including 
eligibility, size, scale, type and other parameters as appropriate; 
G. Determine key criteria relative to a business technical assistance program to suppo1i 
a state food system investment fund, including eligibility, size, scale, type and other 
parameters as appropriate; and 
H. Determine how to best suppoti additional investments in the agricultural, food and 
forest products industries, including recommendations for multiple funds and a variety 
of investment tools and mechanisms. 
2. Report. No later than December 1, 2021, the Commissioner of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry shall submit a repoti relating to the assessment in subsection 1 
with findings and recommendations, including suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. 
The committee may submit 
legislation based upon the repoti to the Second Regular Session of the 130th Legislature. 
Sec. KK-4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for reimbursement of board expenses of the Maine 
Agriculture, Food System and Forest Products Infrastructure Investment Advisory Board. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393 
2021-22 
$4,800 
$4,800 
Initiat1ve: Provides one-time funds for contracted facilitation services. 
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2022-23 
$4,800 
$4,800 
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FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PART LL 
2021-22 
$72,400 
$72,400 
2021-22 
$77,200 
$77,200 
2022-23 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$4,800 
$4,800 
Sec. LL-1. 
Career advancement and navigation pilot program. 
The 
Commissioner of Education shall establish a 2-year pilot program, referred to in this Patt 
as "the pilot program," to provide educational and career guidance, suppo1t and services to 
help underemployed and unemployed individuals acquire education, skills, licensure or 
other preparation needed to pa1iicipate to their fullest potential in the workforce. 
Sec. LL-2. Administration. The office within the Depattri1ent of Education that 
coordinates adult education programs and services shall administer and fund the pilot 
program through career advancement and navigation specialists, who are persons employed 
by school administrative units to help pa1ticipants in the pilot program access education 
and training and obtain employment. The office shall designate one school administrative 
unit in each service area designated in section 4 to employ a career advancement and 
navigation specialist for a group of local education providers located within a geographic 
area specified by the Commissioner of Education. The office shall collect and analyze 
aggregate data about pilot program patiicipants, including, but not limited to, patticipant 
demographics, engagement in classes, training and other services accessed directly or by 
referral under the pilot program and employment outcomes following patiicipation. 
Sec. LL-3. Career advancement and navigation specialist duties. Career 
advancement and navigation specialists shall collaborate and patiner with public and 
private sector entities to develop and implement the pilot program and shall deliver and 
coordinate services for pilot program patiicipants in accordance with this section. Duties 
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of career advancement and navigation specialists include, but are not limited to: 
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1. Collaborating with the Depattment of Education, the office described in section 2 
and other state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Depatiment of Labor, the 
Depatiment of Professional and Financial Regulation, the Depatiment of Economic and 
Community Development and the Depatiment of Health and Human Services, to develop 
a program or set of programs to serve the needs of pilot program patticipants and carry out 
the purposes of this Patt; 
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2. Creating partnerships with private employers and industry-specific trade 
associations in the State, including, but not limited to, employers and associations in 
industries identified by the Depa1tment of Labor as paying high wages or having high 
workforce demand, and collaborating with these private sector paitners to: 
A. Identify the employer and industry-specific workforce needs and corresponding 
skills, including job skills, academic skills and English language proficiency, required 
by employers in the State; and 
B. Design appropriate training classes to address identified needs, which may include, 
but are not limited to, training in workplace culture, on-site training or other vocational 
training elements and contextualized skills or industry-specific English language 
acquisition instruction; 
3. 
Creating pa1tnerships with state and local government agencies or other 
organizations that provide employment and workforce services and supp01i to address pilot 
program pa1ticipants' needs related to occupational licensure and credentialing; 
4. Providing direct services and assistance to pilot program participants, including, but 
not limited to: 
A. Guidance and assistance accessing appropriate education and training to prepare 
for ent1y into gainful employment within 12 to 24 months of the beginning of the 
education or training. Such training may include intensive workforce preparation 
classes that cover habits of work, workplace culture and basic skills necessary to obtain, 
maintain and advance in employment; 
B. Assessment, career planning and case management services, including services to 
assess pilot program pa1ticipants' education and training levels, qualifications, skill 
sets, credentials, work experience, work-readiness and English language proficiency; 
and 
C. 
Assistance for pilot program paiticipants who have limited English language 
proficiency or who are foreign-educated, foreign-trained or foreign-experienced 
workers to facilitate: 
(1) Enrollment in English language acquisition instruction, including industry-
specific English language and vocabulary classes to meet the needs both of pilot 
program paiticipants and of employers; and 
(2) Obtaining English translations and equivalency evaluations of educational 
credentials, references and other evidence of skills, training and experience 
acquired abroad; and 
5. Referring pilot program paiticipants to legal aid services to address any legal issues 
that pose barriers to workforce pa1ticipation and employment, when appropriate. 
Sec. LL-4. Service areas. During the pilot program a career advancement and 
navigation specialist shall serve paiticipants and adult education programs within the 
following geographic areas: 
1. Kennebec County; 
2. Androscoggin County and Oxford County; 
3. Lincoln County, Knox County, Sagadahoc County and Waldo County; and 
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4. York County. 
Sec. LL-5. Report. The Commissioner of Education shall prepare and submit a 
repo1i to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education 
and cultural affairs no later than November 4, 2022 regarding the pilot program. The rep01i 
must include, but is not limited to, information regarding the services, training and referrals 
provided by career advancement. and navigation specialists employed by school 
administrative units; aggregate data regarding pilot program patiicipants, paiiicipating 
employers, employment opp01iunities and employment placements of pilot program 
paiiicipants; and an evaluation of programs and services most effective in carrying out the 
purposes of the pilot program. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs may repo1i out a bill to the First Regular 
Session of the 131 st Legislature to expand or amend the pilot program based upon the 
rep01i. 
Sec. LL-6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Adult Education 0364 
Initiative: Establishes one limited-period Regional Education Representative position and 
provides funding for related All Other costs to implement and administer the career 
advancement and navigation pilot program effective October 1, 2021. The position will end 
on June 8, 2024. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP STA TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Adult Education 0364 
2021-22 
$67,869 
$3,880 
$71,749 
2022-23 
$107,737 
$3,880 
$111,617 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for local school administrative units to hire 4 limited-
period career advancement and navigation specialists to suppo1i the career advancement 
and navigation pilot program effective October 1, 2021. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND -ARP STATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
Learning Systems Team Z081 
2021-22 • 
$253,851 
$253,851 
2022-23 
$338,468 
$338,468 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for technology costs to implement and administer the 
career advancement and navigation pilot program beginning October 1, 2021. 
FEDERALEXPENDITURESFUND-ARPSTATE 
FISCAL RECOVERY 
2021-22 
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All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND - ARP ST A TE 
FISCAL RECOVERY TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND-ARP 
STATE FISCAL RECOVERY 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PART MM 
$2,503 
$2,503 
2021-22 
$328,103 
$328,103 
$2,503 
$2,503 
2022-23 
$452,588 
$452,588 
Sec. MM-1. Report. No later than October 31, 2021 and thereafter upon request of 
the chairs of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
appropriations and financial affairs, the Depaiiment of Administrative and Financial 
Services shall submit to the joint standing committee a repo1i on the progress of initiatives 
created or funded in this Act. The repo1i must include the identification of any initiatives 
or funding determined to be an ineligible use of funds from the Coronavirus State Fiscal 
Recovery Fund established in the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 
117-2.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pait letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment makes allocations from the funds provided to the State from the 
federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund, or 
ARP State Fiscal Recovery Fund. 
PART A 
This Pait provides new and renewed suppo1i for Maine businesses, paiiicularly small 
businesses, to ensure their doors stay open, their workers are safe and on the job and the 
Maine economy is secure in the sho1i term by providing one-time funding to the 
Depaiiment of Economic and Community Development for loans or loan guarantees 
through the Finance Authority of Maine for businesses having difficulty securing 
investment capital due to the COVID-19 pandemic and provides capital for rural 
development projects through the Maine Rural Development Authority. 
PARTB 
This Pait provides one-time funds to: 
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1. Supp01i Maine's farms and food processors to ensure the sustainability of farms and 
farm families, increase the supply of local food to meet state food consumption goals and 
enhance Maine's agricultural expo1is while reducing Maine's reliance on food imp01ts; 
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2. Provide economic recovery and development oppo1tunities in the forest products 
industry to address reduced demand from the economic disruption of the COVID-19 
pandemic and other industry impacts; and 
3. Establish competitive grants for seafood processors and dealers to upgrade or 
replace aging or failing infrastructure, or reengineer and retool facilities, in response to 
product changes or safety protocols necessary as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
PART C 
This Pait requires the Depaitment of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of 
Insurance to establish the Small Business Health Insurance Premium Suppo1t Program to 
provide small businesses sho1t-term relief from rising health insurance premiums as they 
recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will provide $39,000,000 to small 
group health insurance carriers in Maine to reduce insurance premium costs for small 
businesses and their employees to provide financial flexibility to small businesses and help 
employees keep healthy and working. Small group health insurance premiums will be 
reduced by $50 per employee per month for 18 months sta1ting July 2021, with an 
additional reduction for family coverage. The employer and employee will share the 
reduction pro rata according to their contributions to the premium. The bureau will issue 
relief payments to the health carriers based on actual credits made monthly by the carriers. 
The bureau will audit small group health insurance carriers for compliance and to make 
sure there is no recapture of discounts through premium increases. Carriers are required to 
notify their small group business policyholders of the program, its purpose and when it will 
end. 
PARTD 
This Pait requires the State Controller to transfer $80,000,000 of the ARP State Fiscal 
Recove1y Fund to the Depaitment of Labor, Unemployment Compensation Fund. 
PARTE 
This Pait provides funds to supp01t new businesses, along with entrepreneurs who 
recently acquired Maine businesses, and help them survive the COVID-19 pandemic and 
set a strong foundation for future growth. 
PARTF 
This Pait provides funds to suppo1t technical assistance, outreach, training, marketing 
and access-to-capital progr_ams for business owners from underrepresented backgrounds, 
build upon successful suppo1t programs to scale them more broadly and explore how the 
State could encourage business diversity through state procurement. 
PART G 
This Pait provides funds to expand public sector business suppo1t through increased 
research and development spending, investments in innovation and public-private 
paitnerships to generate new economic activity in Maine. 
PARTH 
This Pait provides funds to expand industry pa1tnerships, build career ladders, such as 
from a ce1tified nursing assistant to a registered nurse, promote and incentivize 
oppo1tunities in rural health care settings and suppo1t diversification of the workforce. The 
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funds will also create one-time dedicated pools of funding in a public-private pa1inership 
model for hospitals and for nursing homes to help recruit and retain workers in critical 
areas. 
PARTI 
This Pmi establishes the clean energy pa1inership to suppo1i clean energy and energy 
efficiency job growth through workforce development programs developed in pminership 
with industry and education leaders. This sector-focused initiative will establish clear 
training pathways for clean energy careers, supp01i internships and apprenticeship 
programs and create an online platform for attracting workers, sharing training 
oppo1iunities and highlighting job oppo1iunities. The pa1inership will also target 
investments to encourage innovative clean energy companies in Maine through the Maine 
Technology Institute. 
PART J 
This Pmi establishes a domestic trade pilot program to provide small to medium-sized 
businesses in Maine suppo1i to identify and access new markets by providing market data, 
marketing suppo1i and consulting services. 
PARTK 
This Pmi provides funding to suppo1i worker attraction and relocation programs that 
encourage long-term residency in Maine, which are imp01iant to help solve economic and 
workforce challenges that have increased in urgency due to an evolving and unaffordable 
housing market, tourism and other businesses seeking to recover and a shotiage of available 
· workers. 
PARTL 
This Pmi provides funding to expand the Maine career exploration program, pa1i of the 
State's 10-year economic strategy. To help students explore career oppo1iunities geared to 
their interests, the program will provide students one paid internship between their junior 
year of high school and one year after graduation. To provide accessible and affordable 
education and training for working adults, the program will also offer incentives and 
assistance to workers and employers to access training and skills development 
oppo1iunities. 
PARTM 
This Pmi provides funds to suppo1i outreach to potential remote workers and their 
employers; grants for com~1rnnities to welcome and integrate remote workers and their 
families; and funding for collaborative workspaces to help remote workers engage in local 
communities and economies. This Pmi will also allow an expansion of the Working 
Communities Challenge in patinership with Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. 
PARTN 
This Pmi provides funding to meet workforce development needs in emerging 
economic sectors, in alignment with the 10-year economic development strategy. These 
funds will suppo1i infrastructure and equipment upgrades for Maine's career and technical 
education centers that advance programs and curricula for high school students, new 
University of Maine System and Maine Community College System targeted workforce 
programs and competitive grants available to. all higher education institutions in Maine. 
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PARTO 
This Pait provides funding to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in Maine's 
workforce. 
These funds will suppoit engagement with Maine's racial and ethnic 
communities, tribal communities, the State's Permanent Commission on the Status of 
Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations and other underrepresented and 
marginalized communities to reduce economic and employment barriers and advance 
oppoitunity for Maine people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, races, genders and 
religions. 
PARTP 
This Pait provides funding to help the State's 10-year economic strategy move forward 
by enhancing coordination eff01ts in the labor market. There are gaps between the types 
of skills needed and existing and available workers and communication gaps for workers 
to match with available jobs. This Patt offers an oppoitunity to build new infrastructure 
and stait pilot programs to supp01t skill advancement and outreach and build the bridge 
that connects workers to open opp01tunities, establish services for emerging industries, 
expand suppoits for employers and workers and enhance program outreach and evaluation. 
PARTQ 
This Pait provides funds to supp01t making licensing easier and faster for businesses 
and more transparent and accessible to the public through the launch of an online licensing 
system for environmental and other state licenses. This Patt is intended to result in a 
contract with a software company for the licensing system, to put funds into the economy 
quickly and multiply it through savings for businesses and the State. 
PARTR 
This Pait provides $50,000,000 to the Maine State Housing Authority to expand 
housing options that are affordable to workers and their families to own or rent, through 
existing financing programs through the authority. These funds may also be used to 
provide planning and technical assistance for communities, developers and builders to 
encourage construction or production of affordable, energy-efficient housing units close to 
services and· employment centers to suppoit individuals, families and state workforce 
needs. This Pait requires the authority to require the execution of a project labor agreement 
by any entity engaging in the construction of housing units for which the authority provides 
funds from $20,000,000 of the $50,000,000 allocated for the expansion of existing 
financing programs. This Patt also requires an entity awarded a contract for an affordable 
housing project to make a good faith eff01t to promote racial diversity in the entity's 
workforce used to build the project and authorizes the Maine State Housing Authority to 
refuse to award an entity a contract for projects using $20,000,000 of the $50,000,000 
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allocation if the authority determines that the entity is not making a good faith effoit to 
promote workforce diversity, including with regard to race and gender. 
This Patt also provides funding: 
1. For expansion of affordable high-speed broadband access in the State; 
2. For financing programs through the Maine State Housing Authority for affordable 
housing options; 
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3. 
For acceleration of weatherization and efficiency upgrades for Maine homes, 
especially for low-income, older Maine residents and renters; assisting municipal, county, 
school and community organizations to secure efficiency grants by providing matching 
funds; and supporting incentives for industries and businesses to invest in energy cost 
savings and efficiency measures; 
4. For grants to renovate, expand or construct child care facilities to increase 
availability of accessible and affordable child care; 
5. To the Depa1tment of Education for grants to school administrative units to establish 
new or expanded public prekinderga1ten programs to increase the number of children 
accessing high-quality prekindergaiten with priority given to programs that engage in 
community pa1tnerships, provide longer duration of education, suppo1t inclusive 
programming and enroll socioeconomically disadvantaged students; 
6. On a one-time basis, to the Depa1tment of Transp01tation for the municipal, regional 
and state infrastructure adaptation improvements that suppo1t public safety and emergency 
management and infrastructure resiliency; 
7. For suppo1t of initiatives or competitive grants for local, regional or state workforce 
transportation pilot projects aimed at connecting workers to employment opp01tunities, 
especially in rural Maine areas where transp01tation options are limited, thereby promoting 
economic security, workforce development and community benefits. This funding can be 
used for capital and operating costs including program stait-up costs; and 
8. On a one-time basis, to expand state, municipal and other publicly accessible electric 
vehicle charging stations and related infrastructure. These funds will be administered by 
the Depaitment of Transp01tation in collaboration with the Efficiency Maine Trust, will 
suppo1t the continued expansion of electric vehicle charging stations at town buildings, 
school buildings, state facilities, other public facilities and private businesses open to the 
general public. 
PARTS 
This Pait provides, through the Depaitment of Health and Human Services, Maine 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention's drinking water program, funds to address the 
significant backlog of drinking water projects and help municipalities leverage frnther 
federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds. This Pait provides $22,000,000 for 
municipal wastewater and infrastructure projects, helps leverage local American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 funds and accelerates the timeline of essential local projects that protect 
public health, provide community benefits, reduce the burden for local ratepayers and 
suppo1t construction jobs. Additionally, this Pait provides $3,000,000 for the Small 
Commrn'lity Grant Program, which supp01ts septic repair and replacement projects, 
suppo1ting water quality and public health for communities, water bodies and fisheries. 
PARTT 
This Pait provides funds to address $50,000,000 in capital maintenance and 
improvement needs at state parks for park infrastructure that is outdated, lacking funding 
to be properly maintained and, in some cases, unsafe. 
PARTU 
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This Pait provides funding to suppo1i the replacement of antiquated infrastructure at 
the 88-year-old New Gloucester fish hatchery, create needed capacity at Grand Lake 
Stream hatchery to manage fish disease threats and conserve an endemic population of 
landlocked Atlantic salmon and improve the quality of hatchery effluent at all 8 fish culture 
facilities, which will improve protections to receiving waters. 
PARTY 
This Pait, in order to allow commercial fishing and aquaculture industries to recover 
from the market disruptions and economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, 
provides the Depaiiment of Marine Resources funds to fulfill the depatiment's industry and 
management mandates. These funds will upgrade equipment to suppo1i public health 
monitoring as it pe1iains to shellfish and water quality with the goal of maximizing harvest 
oppo1iunities in both the aquaculture and wild shellfish sectors. 
PARTW 
This Pait provides funds to establish a matching grant program to suppo1i electricity 
grid upgrades that will reduce barriers for economic development by new or struggling 
businesses, especially those in heritage industries in rural areas of the State. 
PARTX 
This Pait provides funding to address the need for accessible, safe and efficient state 
government services and programs, especially those that can be managed online or through 
remote programs. This Pait provides funds for targeted upgrades to make state systems 
more user-friendly and for the cybersecurity needed to ensure safe state operations. These 
funds will also be used for required heating, ventilation and efficiency upgrades to promote 
healthy working environments and long-term operational savings. 
PARTY 
This Pait provides funds for financial oversight of federal American Rescue Plan Act 
of 2021 funds, including state discretionary and direct funds, as well local pass-through 
funds. 
Oversight includes coordination, processing, tracking, repo1ting, reconciling, 
compliance, auditing and program guidance monitoring and summarizing. In order to meet 
federal requirements, significant repo1iing is needed, as well as consistent, transparent 
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updates for the Legislature and Maine citizens. These funds may be used for limited-period 
positions, project management, contractors and consultant supp01i. 
PART Z 
This Pait allows the adjustment of allocations made by this Act but only within the 
same depa1iment or agency that received the original allocation or, if for the same purpose 
as the original allocation, between depaiiments or agencies during fiscal year 2021-22 and 
only on the recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Governor. 
The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services is required to repo1i these 
adjustments at least quaiierly to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs. 
PART AA 
This Pait reinstates the State's propetiy tax deferral program, which was in effect for 
applications filed before April 1, 1991, with the following modifications. 
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1. Households with at least one individual who is 65 years of age or older or who is 
unable to continue employment due to disability and surviving spouses who are unable to 
continue employment due to disability are included. 
2. The maximum income level is changed from $32,000 to $40,000. 
3. The rate of accrual of interest on payments advanced to a municipality on tax-
deferred prope1ty is changed from 6% to the standard rate of interest assessed by the State 
for nonpayment of taxes, reduced by one percentage point. 
4. A maximum liquid asset standard for eligibility of property owners is added as well 
as the exclusion of prope1iy from eligibility if that prope1ty is subject to deferral under both 
the state deferral program and a municipal deferral program. 
5. The administration of the deferral of prope1ty taxes for seniors and ce1iain persons 
with disabilities, including expanding the types of guardians to include an agent under a 
power of attorney or pursuant to a protective arrangement or any other lawful order, is 
facilitated. 
6. In the event that there are not sufficient funds to pay for the prope1ty tax deferral 
program, transfers from the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund are required; repayment 
of those funds is also required as soon as there are sufficient funds available to make that 
reimbursement. 
PART BB 
This Pa1i requires the Depatiment of Health and Human Services to waive fees incurred 
in connection with the testing of private residential water supplies upon a showing of 
indigency. The Pati directs the depaiiment to establish a program, through the Health and 
Environmental Testing Laborato1y, to provide free testing for arsenic of the private 
residential water supplies of low-income residents of the State. The Pmi requires that, 
beginning on January 1, 2022 and every 5 years thereafter, landlords of residential 
buildings test for arsenic each private drinking water well used to provide water to a tenant 
of the landlord. The Pa1i also requires the depa1iment to review recent research regarding 
arsenic toxicity and levels suitable for consumption, to amend its rules to revise the 
maximum contaminant'level for arsenic and requires the Maine Public Drinking Water 
Commission within the depmiment to include information about the status of this review 
and rules adoption in its annual rep01i under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 
2660-C, subsection 4, paragraph H until such rules are finally adopted. 
PART CC 
This Paii directs the Depa1iment of Health and Human Services to establish the Family 
Caregiver Grant Pilot Program to expand the number of families that can be served under 
the Respite Care Fund. The pilot program may provide grants to eligible family caregivers 
of up to $2,000 a year and lasts for 2 years, from October 2022 to September 2024. The 
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depmiment is required to convene a stakeholder group to design and implement the pilot 
program and plan for its evaluation. The pilot program is limited to total expenditures of 
$5,100,000 over the period of the pilot program. The depmiment is required to submit a 
rep01i to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and 
human services matters no later than January 15, 2025. 
PART DD 
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This Pa1i establishes a pilot program to allow the parent of a child who is eligible for 
in-home personal care services under the MaineCare program to register as a personal care 
agency and receive reimbursement for providing those services to the child. The parent 
must have made reasonable effo1is to obtain regular in-home personal care services and 
passed a background check. An individual who is not a parent of the child must be 
designated as the employer and must be approved as the employer by both the parent and 
the Depa1iment of Health and Human Services. The pilot program is established for fiscal 
years 2021-22 and 2022-23 and the amount of expenditures is capped at $465,000. 
PARTEE 
This Paii provides funds to: 
1. 
The Depaiiment of Economic and Community Development to complete the 
renovation of a wharf and bulkhead at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute; 
2. The Depaiiment of Health and Human Services for: 
A. Grants for the establishment and administration of the Help Maine Grow System 
and the First 4 ME Early Child Care and Education Program; 
B. Three limited-period Social Services Program Specialist II positions; and 
C. Monthly supplemental payments for 2022 for ce1iain MaineCare service providers 
if federal matching funds are not available; 
3. The Maine State Housing Authority for grants to existing emergency homeless 
shelters for operations, maintenance or capital improvements; 
4. The Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services for counsel fees to ease the 
backlog of cases caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; 
5. The Depaiiment of Labor to establish 16 limited-period CareerCenter Consultant 
positions; 
6. The Maine Maritime Academy for the renovation and restoration of state-owned 
waterfront and shoreside infrastructure in Castine; 
7. The Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation to replace equipment used to carry the 
emergency ale1i system; and 
8. The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal 
Populations to suppo1i development of a strategy and investment in public health 
infrasfructure to reduce disparities in outcomes for residents of the State in minority groups. 
PART FF 
This Paii amends the nursing education loan repayment program as follows. 
1. It extends eligibility to apply to individuals who are enrolled in master's or doctoral 
degree programs in nursing. 
2. It specifies that applicants must indicate an intention to work as full-time nursing 
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faculty in a nursing education program in the State, and increases that required commitment 
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from 3 years to 5 years after acceptance into the nursing education loan repayment program. 
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3. It increases the maximum amount of loans eligible for repayment under the program 
from $4,500 to $20,000 for a master's degree and from $6,000 to $40,000 for a doctoral 
degree. 
PARTGG 
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This Part provides a continuation of funding for legal aid projects funded by grants 
expiring in 20il that are essential to suppoti economic recovery from the COVID-19 
pandemic. 
The funding temporarily supplements existing suppo1i for legal services 
providers through the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund, independent of the Civil Legal 
Services Fund Commission's ongoing, biennial competitive process for distributing other 
funds deposited in the Maine Civil Legal Services Fund. 
PARTHH 
Pati HH establishes the Housing Navigation Pilot Program, a 2-year pilot program 
within the Maine State Housing Authority, to hire housing navigators to provide tenants 
with assistance locating housing, assistance applying for rentals and suppo1iive services to 
promote successful landlord-tenant relationships. The Pati also requires the authority to 
submit a repo1i no later than March 31, 2023 on the number of households that received 
assistance under the pilot program to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over housing matters. 
PART II 
This Pati directs the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in 
consultation with the Director of the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services within the 
Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, to establish a pilot project 
to conduct outreach and to provide supp01i services for active duty military members who 
are transitioning to civilian life in the State and their families. 
PART JJ 
This Pati directs the Depatiment of Labor, in coordination with the Depatiment of 
Economic and Community Development and the Department of Health and Human 
Services, to develop and implement a multimedia public service campaign that promotes 
direct care worker jobs as a career choice. 
PARTKK 
This Patt: 
1. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forest1y to work with 
the Depatiment of Economic and Community Development and other relev,mt state 
agencies, industry stakeholders and community organizations to carry out the following 
duties: 
A. Strengthen the State's agricultural, food and forest products economy with a priority 
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of making resulting eff01is more inclusive of and increasing investments in historically 
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marginalized, underrepresented and underserved communities; and 
B .. Improve investment in agricultural, food and forest products industries to increase 
access to new markets and oppmiunities for producers, processors, small businesses 
and consumers in the production, processing, packaging, distribution, marketing, sale 
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and consumption of products in ways that balance the desire for sh01t-term returns on 
investment with the State's commitment to redress racial and other inequities; 
2. Establishes the Maine Agriculture, Food and Forest Products Investment Fund to 
facilitate strategic investments in the State's agricultural, food and forest products 
processing and manufacturing industries, including value-added products; and 
3. Establishes the Maine Agriculture, Food System and Forest Products Infrastructure 
Investment Advisory Board, representing a diversity of skills and experience relevant to 
investment in agricultural, food and forest products industries and the racial diversity of 
the food system in the State with specific representation by Indian tribes, communities of 
color and other underserved communities and populations, to determine disbursements 
from and oversee the Maine Agriculture, Food and Forest Products Investment Fund, to 
devise a process for requests for proposals and enter into 3 rd-paiiy contracts to carry out 
the purposes of the fund and related technical assistance programs and to provide regular 
repo1ting and evaluation related to performance and sustainability. 
PART LL 
This Pait establishes a career advancement and navigation pilot program to provide 
educational and career guidance, suppo1t and services to help underemployed and 
unemployed individuals acquire additional education, skills, licensure or other preparation 
needed to paiticipate to their fullest potential in the workforce. The Pait requires the 
Depaitment of Education to administer and fund the pilot program through career 
advancement and navigation specialists employed by school administrative units. The Pait 
also requires the Commissioner of Education to submit a repo1t to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs no later 
than November 4, 2022 regarding the pilot program. 
PART MM 
This Pait requires the Depaitment of Administrative and Financial Services to submit 
to the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs by October 31, 
2021 a repo1t on the progress of initiatives created or funded in this legislation. The repo1t 
must include the identification of any initiatives or funding determined to be an ineligible 
use of funds from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund established in the federal 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 117-2. The depaitment is required to 
submit subsequent repo1ts upon the request of the chairs of the joint standing committee of 
the Legislature havingjurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 07/16/21 frac 
LD 1733 
LR 2086(02) 
An Act To Provide Allocations for the Distribution of State Fiscal Recovery Funds 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund - ARP 
State Fiscal Recovery 
Transfers 
Federal Expenditures Fund - ARP 
State Fiscal Recovery 
Employment Security Trust Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
$429,141,264 
$483,753,866 
($80,000,000) 
$0 
$80,000,000 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$1,320,314 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
$302,151 
$0 
$0 
This C01mnittee Amendment provides Federal Expenditures Fund - ARP State Fiscal Recovery allocations totaling 
$429,141,264 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $483,753,866 in fiscal year 2022-23. The amendment also authorizes a 
transfer of $80,000,000 from the Federal Expenditures Fund - ARP State Fiscal Recovery to the Employment 
Securities Trust Fund in fiscal year 2021-22. The projected costs for fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25 are related to 
limited-period positions with end-dates beyond the cunent biennium. The Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services has indicated that these costs will be funded by planned All Other balances to be carried over from 
fiscal year 2022-23. 
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