An Act to Create a Sustainable Funding Source for Recove1y Community Centers Using a Percentage of the Adult Use Cannabis Tax Revenue
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1714
Committee Amendment CA_A_SA_A_S731 (Senate)
Amends: 28-B MRSA §1101

SENATE AMENDMENT" ff "to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1103, 
L.D. 1714, "An Act to Create a Sustainable Funding Source for Recove1y Community 
Centers Using a Percentage of the Adult Use Cannabis Tax Revenue" 
Amend the amendment by inse1iing after the 2nd instructional paragraph the following: 
'Amend the bill in section 1 in §20012 by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 1, lines 
to 29 in L.D.) and inse11ing the following: 
'2. Sources of funds. The State Controller shall credit to the fund: 
A. Beginning July 1. 2025 and annually thereafter, a transfer of $2,000,000 from the 
Adult Use Cannabis Public Health and Safety and Municipal Opt-in Fund established 
in Title 28-B, section 1101 for operational suppo1i for recove1y community centers and 
to provide funding for capacity building for recently established or new recove1y 
community centers; 
B. All money from any other soui·ce, whether public or private, designated for deposit 
into or credited to the fund; and 
C. Interest earned or other investment income on balances in the fund.'' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of subsection 3 (page 1, lines 32 and 33 and 
'3. Uses of fund. Money credited to the fund pursuant to subsection 2 must be 
expended by the office to fund recove1y community centers. Money distributed from the 
fund must supplement, and may not supplant, the level of state General Fund dollars 
received from the State by a recove1y community center in fiscal year 2022-23.' 
Amend the amendment on page 2 by striking out all of the first and 2nd instructional 
paragraphs and inse11ing the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inse1iing the following: 
'Sec. 2. 28-B MRSA §1101, sub-§2, 1C-1 is enacted to read: 
C-1. Money credited to the fund must be expended to provide a transfer of $2,000,000 
by July 31st annually to the Recovery Community Centei's Fund established pursuant 
to Title 5, section 20012 for operational suppo1i for recove1y community centers and 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATEAMENDMENT",A "toCOMMITTEEAMENDMENT"A"toH.P.1103,L.D.1714 (5-73D 
to provide funding for capacity building for recently established or new recovery 
community centers.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 3. 28-B MRSA §1101, sub-§2, ~' as enacted by PL 2023, c. 444, §1, is 
amended to read: 
D. Any funds remaining in the fund after expenditures made in accordance with 
paragraphs A to G C-1 must be used to fund: 
(1) The cost of the tax deductions for business expenses related to carrying on a 
business as a cannabis establishment or a testing facility provided pursuant to Title 
36, section 5122, subsection 2, paragraph PP and Title 36, section 5200-A, 
subsection 2, paragraph BB. By June 1st annually, the State Tax Assessor shall 
determine the cost of those deductions during the prior calendar year and report 
that amount to the State Controller, who shall transfer_ that amount from the 
remaining funds in the fund to the General Fund; and 
(2) The cost of the position in the Bureau of Revenue Services within the 
department to administer the tax deductions provided pursuant to Title 36, section 
5122, subsection 2, paragraph PP and Title 3 6, section 5200-A, subsection 2, 
paragraph BB. By June 1st annually, the commissioner shall determine the cost of 
the position in the bureau to administer those deductions during the prior calendar 
year and repo1t that amount to the State Controller, who shall transfer that amount 
from the remaining funds in the fund to the General Fund.'' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 4 and inse1ting the following: 
'Sec. 4. 
Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Recovery Community Centers Fund N445 
Initiative: Provides allocation to allow expenditures for recovery community centers. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2023-24 
$0 
$0 
2024-25 
$500 
$500 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends Committee Amendment "A" to remove from the bill the 
requirement that a portion of sales tax revenue received on the sale of adult use cannabis 
and adult use cannabis products and of the excise tax revenue collected on the sale of adult 
use cannabis be credited to the Recovery Community Centers Fund established by the bill. 
Instead, it requires that, beginning July 1, 2025 and annually thereafter, $2,000,000 from 
the Adult Use Cannabis Public Health and Safety and Municipal Opt-in Fund established 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" A "to COMMITTEEAMENDMENT"A"to H.P. 1103, L.D. 1714 {S-73D 
in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 28-B, section 1101 be transferred to the Recovery 
Community Centers Fund to fund recovery community centers. The amendment also 
replaces the appropriations and allocations section. 
SPONSOREDBY: _ 
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(Senator ROTUNDO, M.) 
COUNTY: Androscoggin 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/17/24 wae 
LD 1714 
LR 1621(04) 
An Act to _Create a Sustainable Funding Source for Recovery Community Centers Using a Percentage 
of the Adult Use Cannabis Tax Revenue 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment 't.t-" to Committee Amendment "A" ( '.713D 
Sponsor: Sen. Rotundo of Androsc·oggin 
Net Cost" (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriat_iorts/Allqcations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2023-24 
($2,233,385) 
($2,233,385) 
$2,233,385 
($2,233,385) 
$0 
FY 2024-25 
($5,757,990) 
($5,757,490) 
$5,757,990 
($5,757,990) 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2025-26 
($6,564,046) 
($4,564,046) 
$6,564,046 
($4,564,046) 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2026-27 
($7,291,994) 
($5,291,994) 
$7,291,994 
($5,291,994) 
$0 
This amendment removes the dedication of 12% of adult use cannabis sales and excise tax revenues to the Recovery 
Community Centers Fund (RCCF) within the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Behavioral 
He~lth and replaces it with a $2,000,000 transfer from the Adult Use Cannabis Public Health and Safety and 
Municipal Opt-in Fund to the RCCF, This will increase the General Fund revenue by $2,233,385 in fiscal year 2023-
·24 and $5,757,990 in fiscal year 2024-25 and decrease the Other Special Revenl.le Funds allocations to the 
Department of Health and Human Services by $2,233,385 in fiscal year 2023-24 and $5,757,490 in fiscal yeitr 2024-
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