An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Bluebeny Tax for Growers in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 2256
Committee Amendment CA_A_H845 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " f\ " to H,P, 1447, L.D, 2256, "An Act to Provide
Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Bluebeny Tax for Growers in Maine"
Amend the bill by strUdng out the title and substituting the following:
'An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for
Growers'
Amend the bill in section 1 in the 5th line (page 1, line 29 in L.D.) by striking out the
following: "harvested in the State"
Amend the bill in section 1 in the 7th to 9th lines (page 1, lines 31 to 33 in L.D.) by
striking out the following; "on wild blueberries harvested in the State in calendar year 2024
and for collection and payment of the entire tax imposed by Title 36, section 4303 on all
wild blueben'ies not harvested in the State in calendar year 2024"
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
'See. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Revenue Services, Bureau of 0002
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for computer programming to implement changes to
the blueberry tax.
GENERAL FUND 2023-24 2024-25
AllOther $0 $3,920
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $3,920
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
3 number to read consecutively,
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " /^" to H.P. 1447, L.D, 2256
SUMMARY
This amendment exempts all sellers of wild blueberries, rather than only sellers of wild
bluebemes harvested in the State as proposed in the bill, subject to the blueberry tax under
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 4303 from imposition of the bluebeny tax for
the 2024 calendar year, The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations
section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
Page2-131LR3009(02)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved: 03/15/24 /^":K?<=-
LD 2256 LR 3009(02)
An Act to Provide Emergency One-time Relief from the Wild Blueberry Tax for Growers in IVIaine
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '^11 f(-j "5:Lt^
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Projections Projections
FY 2023-24 PY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 PY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $3,920 $0 $0
Appropriations/AHocations
General Fund $0 $3,920 $0 $0
Revenue
Other Special Revenue Funds $0 ($698,000) $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill provides a one-time suspension of the tax on sellers of wild bluebemes subject to the bluebeny tax for the
2024 calendar year. This temporary suspension will reduce Other Special Revenue Funds revenue to the Wild
Blueberry Commission by $698,000 in fiscal year 2024-25. The Commission has indicated that it has sufficient
reserves in its unobligated funds to absorb the one-time reduction in revenues,
The bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation to the Department of Administrative Services, Bureau of
Revenue Services of $3,920 in fiscal year 2024-25 for administrative costs to implement the changes to the blueberry
tax.
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