An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State Govemment, 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, 2024 and June 30, 2025
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 2214
Committee Amendment CA_A_HA_C_H990 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT i, G ,, to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, 
L.D. 2214, "An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the 
Expenditures of State Govemment, 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, 2024 and June 30, 2025" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after Patt TITI the following: 
'PARTUUUU 
Sec. UUUU-1. Transfer from Maine Budget Stabilization Fund; 
Infrastructure Adaptation Fund. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 
contra1y, the State Controller shall transfer $50,000,000 by the close of the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 2025 from the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund within the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services to the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure 
Adaptation Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account for municipal, state or regionally 
significant infrastructure adaptation, repair and improvements that supp01t public safety, 
protection of essential community assets, regional economic needs and long-term 
infrastructure resiliency. 
Sec. UUUU-2. Administration of funds. Funds provided under section 1 of this 
Part must be administered by the Department of Transpo1tation and must be awarded by 
interagency boards using competitive processes. The interagency boards shall identify and 
document an equitable basis for allocating funds between inland and coastal projects. 
Project rating criteria may include the potential extent of public safety; emergency 
management and infrastructure resiliency benefits; future climate conditions; ability to 
levernge federal and other funding; and community, economic and environmental benefits. 
Funds must be used for public infrastmcture projects and may be used for some types of 
pdvate infrastructure upgrades with significant community benefits, such as working 
waterfront infrastructure, For the purposes of this Part, 
11working waterfront infrastructure" 
means wharves and piers that suppo1t commercial fisheries and aquaculture businesses in 
this State. Projects must demonstrate increased resilience to futu1·e storm and flooding 
impacts. The award criteria must prioritize proposals that demonstrate a significant and 
compelling community benefit; recipients that are not covered by Federnl Emergency 
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Management Agency disaster funds; and recipients that demonstrate that the damage is not 
covered by insurance and that all emergency relief currently available has been exhausted. 
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The administration of the funds must include sufficient documentation and record-keeping 
requirements to provide assurance that funds have been awarded consistent with the 
program guidelines and used for the intended purpose. 
Sec. UUUU,3. Transfers from Infrastructure Adaptation Fund authorized. 
Funds provided under section 1 of this Part may be transfel'red by financial Ol'der upon the 
recommendation of the State Budget Officer and approval of the Govemor for purposes 
described in section 1 of this Pait and to facilitate the administration of the funds as 
described in section 2 of this Part. 
Sec. UUUU-4. Business Recovery and Resilience Fund program 
established, The Business Recovery and Resilience Fund program is established in the 
Depa1tment of Economic and Community Development to provide gfant oppo1tunities for 
businesses and organizations, including nonprofit organizations, affected by severe 
weather-related events. 
Sec. UUUU-5. Transfer from Maine Budget Stabilization Fund; Business 
Recovery and Resilience Fund program, Other Special Revenue Funds 
account. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contraty, the State Controller shall 
transfer $10,000,000 by the close of the fiscal yeat· ending June 30, 2025 from the Maine 
Budget Stabilization Fund within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services 
to the Depattment of Economic and Community Development, Business Recovery and 
Resilience Fund program, Other Special Revenue Funds account for economic recove1y 
and resilience grants to businesses and nonprofit organizations within areas that were 
impacted in the December 18, 2023 storm, the January 10, 2024 storm 01· the January 13, 
2024 storm. Projects may include a recovery component for damage sustained and must 
include efforts to increase business resilience to futme storms and other climate conditions. 
Sec. UUUU-6. Administration of funds. Funds provided under section 5 of this 
Part must be administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development 
and must be awarded using competitive processes. Project rating cdteria may include the 
viability of the business or nonprofit organization, the ability to match grant funds and the 
efficacy of the recovery and resilience plan offered in the application. The award criteria 
must require that recipients demonstrate that the damage or project costs are not covered 
by Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster funds, or other insurance, and that the 
recipient has exhausted all emergency relief funding programs currently available. The 
administration of the funds must include sufficient documentation and record-keeping 
requirements to provide assmance that funds have been awarded consistent with the 
program guidelines and used for the intended purpose. 
Sec. UUUU-7. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Infrastmcture Adaptation Fund Z318 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for municipal, state or regionally significant 
infrastrncture adaptation, repair and improvements that support public safety, protection of 
essential community assets, regional economic needs and long-term infrastructure 
resiliency. Project types may include working watetfront infrastructure, culverts, storm 
water systems, water system upgrades and other interventions that suppo1t infrastructure 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT «C "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, L.D. 2214 
repair and reducing or eliminating climate impacts, especially coastal and inland flooding. 
Funds may be used to support project planning and federal matching funds. Funds will be 
used for public infrastructure projects with project exemptions available for some types of 
private infrastructure upgrades with significant community benefits, such as working 
watetfronts. For the purposes of this fund, working waterfront infrastmcture is defined as 
wharves and piers that support the State's commercial fisheries and aquaculture businesses. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2023-24 
2024-25 
All Other 
$0 
$50,000,000 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$0 
$50,000,000 
Sec. UUUU-8, Appropriations and allocati.ons. The following appropriations 
and allocations are made. 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
Business Recovery and Resilience Fund N491 
Initiative: Allocates funds for grants to businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by 
the December 18, 2023 storm, the Janua1y 10, 2024 storm or the January 13, 2024 storm 
for recove1y, rebuilding and investments in more resilient infrastructure. Infrastructure 
project types may include infrastructure upgrades, improvements 01· installation of drninage 
systems, moving electrical or business equipment, relocating the business to a more 
protected location and investing in additional insurance. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2023-24 
$0 
2024-25 
$10,000,000 
$0 
$10,000,000 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment transfers $50,000,000 from the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund to 
the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure Adaptation Fund, Other Special Revenue 
Funds account for municipal, state or regionally significant infrastrncture adaptation, repair 
and improvements that supp01t public safety, protection of essential community assets, 
regional economic needs and long-term infrastructure resiliency. Project types may include 
working waterfront infrastructure, culverts, storm water systems, water system upgrades 
and other interventions that suppmt reducing or eliminating climate impacts, especially 
coastal and inland flooding. The amendment also creates the Business Recove1y and 
Resilience Fund program within the Department of Economic and Community 
Development and transfers $10,000,000 from the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund for 
economic recovery and resilience grants for businesses and nonprofit organizations 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE AMENDMENT" C 
"to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1420, L.D. 2214 
affected by the December 18, 2023 storm, the January 10, 2024 storm or the Januaty 13, 
2024 storm. 
SPONSORED BY:~~ 
(R.eprese~ TERRY, M.) 
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TOWN: Gorham 
1PISCALNOTE REQUIRED 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/17/24 ;t;r:,ae • 
LD 2214 
LR 3108(09) 
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An Act to Make Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations for the Expenditures of State 
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1Govei;i1¢~11t, 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, 2024 and June 30, 
2025 
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Fiscal Note for House Amendment. 1G
to Comiuittee Amendment "A" ( H-qqo) 
Sponsor: Rep. Teny of Gorham 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
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<;)ther Spedal Reveni.1e Funds 
Transfers 
General_ Fl,:\nd 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fis_cal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2024-25 
$0 
$60,000,000 
$0 
$60,000,000 
Projections 
FY 2025-26 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2026-27 
$0 
$0 
$0 
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This amendment provides a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25 
to the Department of Transportation for municipal, state or regionally significant infrastn1ctme adaptation, repair and 
improvements that support public safety, protection of essential community assets, regional economic needs and long-
temJ. infrastructure resiliency. The bill also includes a one-time transfer of $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25 from the 
Maine Budget Stabilization Fund to an Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of Transportation to 
fund these infrastructure adaptations. 
This amendment also provides a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-
to a newly established Business Recove1y and Resilience Program within the Department of Economic and 
Cominunity Development to provide grant opportunities for businesses and organizations, including non-profit 
organizati<;ms, affected by severe \.veather-related events. A one-time transfer of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-25 
from the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund to the Business Recove1y and Resilience Program, Other Special Revenue 
Funds account is provided to fund the grant opportunities. 
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