An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and To Change Ce1tain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Govemment for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1995
Committee Amendment CA_A_HA_B_H1039 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT" '/5 '' to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, 
L.D. 1995, "An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the 
Expenditures of State Government, General Fund and Other Funds and To Change Ce1tain 
Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Govemment for the 
Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023" 
Amend the amendment in Part L by striking out all of section 2 and insetting the 
following: 
'Sec. L-2. Transfer from General Fund unappropriated surplus; COVID 
Pandemic Relief Payment Program Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of law to 
the contrary, on or before June 30, 2022, the State Controller shall transfer $629,300,000 
from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Department of Administrative 
and Financial Services, COVID Pandemic Relief Payment Program Fund Other Special 
Revenue Funds account for the purpose of providing payments to help eligible residents of 
the State to recover from economic effects of the pandemic related to coronavirns disease 
2019, referred to in this Part as "the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the close of fiscal year 
2023-24, amounts remaining in the COVID Pandemic Relief Payment Program Fund Other 
Special Revenue Funds account must be transferred to the Maine Budget Stabilization 
Fund, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1532.' 
Amend the amendment in Pait L by striking out all of section 3 and inse1ting the 
following: 
'Sec. L-3. Climate Change Initiatives Fund Program established; transfer 
from General Fund unappropriated surplus. The Department of Environmental 
Protection shall establish the Climate Change Initiatives Fund Program to provide funding 
for initiatives enacted by the Legislature for the purpose of reducing the effect of climate 
change. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on or before June 30, 2022, 
the State Contrnlle1· shall transfer $100,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the 
General Fund to the Depaitment of Environmental Protection, Climate Change Initiatives 
Fund Program Other Special Revenue Funds account for the purpose of funding the 
Climate Change Initiatives Fund Program. The depattment, beginning October 1, 2022 and 
every 3 months thereafter, shall rep01t to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over environment matters regarding the use of the funds in the account 
until all funds have been expended.' 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT "B" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, L.D. 1995 
Amend the amendment in Part L by inserting after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. L-4. COVID Pandemic Relief Payment Program established. The 
COVID Pandemic Relief Payment Program is established to help residents of the State 
respond to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and enable residents of the 
State to combat rising costs due to pandemic-induced inflation and supply chain effects. 
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings, 
A. "Assessor" means the State Tax Assessor. 
B. 
11Eligible resident of the State" means an individual who: 
(1) Filed, by October 31, 2022, a Maine income tax return as a full-year resident 
of the State for the tax year; 
(2) Has federal adjusted gross income for the tax year of less than: 
( a) For individuals filing married joint returns or surviving spouses permitted 
to file a joint return, $150,000; 
(b) For an individual filing as a head of household, $100,000; 
(c) For a single individual, $75,000; or 
(d) For a married individual filing a separate return, $75,000; and 
(3) May not be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer's return for the tax 
year. 
C. "Fund" means the COVID Pandemic Relief Payment Program Fund Other Special 
Revenue Funds account established by the State Controller pursuant to section 1. 
D. "Relief payment" means the relief payment determined pursuant to subsection 2. 
E. "Tax year" means a tax year beginning on or after January 1, 2021 but not later than 
December 31, 2021. 
Any other terms used in this section have the same meaning as when used in a comparable 
context in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, Pait 8 relating to Maine income taxes, 
unless different meanings are clearly required. 
2. COVID pandemic relief payment. The assessor shall make relief payments in 
accordance with this subsection. 
A. The assessor shall identify each eligible resident of the State. 
B. Beginning as soon as administratively feasible but not later than December 31, 2022, 
the assessor shall make a relief payment of$ 85 0 to each eligible resident of the State. 
Funds for the relief payments must come from the fund and, notwithstanding any law 
to the contrary, are not subject to setoff to debts owed to agencies of the State. 
C. An individual who has not received a relief payment under paragraph B may provide 
documentation to the assessor by March 31, 2023 showing that the individual is an 
eligible resident of the State. The assessor shall review the documentation, determine 
if the individual is an eligible resident of the State and notify the individual of any 
adverse determination. This determination is final agency action not reviewable 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 151. 
D. By June 30, 2023, the assessor shall make a relief payment of $850 to each eligible 
resident of the State determined eligible pursuant to paragraph C. Funds for the relief 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT" B" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1482, L.D. 1995 
payments must come from the fund and, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, are 
not subject to setoff to debts owed to agencies of the State.' 
Amend the amendment in Patt L by inse1ting after section 5 the following: 
'Sec. L-6. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Climate Change Initiatives Fund N418 
Initiative: Provides a baseline allocation for the new Climate Change Initiatives Fund 
Program. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2021-22 
$500 
$500 
2022-23 
$500 
$500 
Amend the amendment by re lettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends Patt L to: 
1. Reduce by $100,000,000 the transfer to the COVID Pandemic Relief Payment 
Progrnm Fund; 
2. 
Decrease the maximum income thresholds fol' the COVID Pandemic Relief 
Payment Program relief payment for eligible residents filing as single or married filing 
separately from $100,000 to $75,000; for heads of household from $150,000 to $100,000; 
and for married filingjointly from $200,000 to $150,000; and 
3. Require the Department of Environmental Protection to establish the Climate 
Change Initiatives Fund Program for the purpose of funding initiatives enacted by the 
Legislature to reduce the effect of climate change. This amendment also requil'es the 
transfer of $100,000,000 from the Genernl Fund to the Climate Change Initiatives Fund 
Program Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Depa1tme11t of Environmental 
Protection to be used to fund the Climate Change Initiatives Fund Program. 
SPONSORED BY: ~ 
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(Representative WARREN, S.) 
TOWN: Scarborough 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/18/22 :!Pae:.. 
LD 1995 
LR 2634(12) 
An Act To Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State 
Government, General Fund and Other Funds and To Change Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary 
to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2022 and June 30, 
2023 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment ')3' to Committee Amendment "A" 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Sponsor: Rep. Warren of Scarborough 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
$0 
$500 
$0 
$0 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$500 
$0 
$0 
{H-1039) 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$0 
$500 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
$500 
$0 
$0 
This amendment reduces by $100,000,000 the Part L FY 2021-22 transfer from the unappropriated surplus of the 
General Fund to the COVID Pandemic Relief Payment Program. The amendment creates a new Climate Change 
Initiatives Fund Program and transfers on a one-time basis $100,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the 
General Fund to the Climate Change Initiatives Fund Program, Other Special Revenue Funds account. The 
amendment also provides a $500 Other Special Revenue Funds baseline allocation for the new program beginning in 
fiscal year 2021-22. A balanced budget is maintained. 
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