An Act to Authoxize the Use of Tax Increment Fmancmg Funds for Constructmg or Renovatmg Municipal Offices and Other Municipal Buildmgs
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0286
Committee Amendment CA_A_H180 (House)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §5225

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to HP 184, L D 286, "An Act to Authoxize the 
Use of Tax Increment Fmancmg Funds for Constructmg or Renovatmg Municipal Offices 
and Other Municipal Buildmgs" 
Amend the bill by stt iking out the title and substitutmg the following 
'An Act to Authorize the Use of Tax Increment Financing Funds for Constructmg or 
Renovating Local Central Administrative Offices' 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out everythmg after the enactmg clause and mse1tmg the 
followmg 
'Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§1, 1C, as iepealed and ieplaced by PL 2021, c 
676, Pt A, §46, is amended by amendmg subpaiagtaph (10) to read 
(10) 
Costs associated with broadband and fiber optics expansion projects, 
mcludmg preparation, planmng, engmeermg and other related costs m addition to 
the construction costs of those projects 
If an area withm a mumcipahty 01 
plantat10n is unserved with respect to broadband service, as defined by the 
ConnectMaine Authority as provided m Title 35-A, section 9204-A, subsect10n 1, 
broadband and fiber optics expans10n projects may serve residential or other 
nonbusiness or noncommercial areas m addition to busmess or commercial areas 
withm the mumc1pahty or plantation, aBEl 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§1, 1C, as repealed and replaced by PL 2021, c 
676, Pt. A, §46, ts amended by amendmg subparag1aph (11) to tead 
( 11) Costs associated with the operation and financial support of 
(a) Affordable housmg in the mumcipality or plantation to seive ongomg 
economic development efforts, mcludmg the further development of the 
downtown tax mcrement financmg districts, and 
(b) Housmg programs and services to assist those who are expenencmg 
homelessness m the mumctpahty or plantation as defined m the mumcipahty's 
or plantation's development program, and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to HP 184, L D 286 
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§1, 1C, as repealed and replaced by PL 2021, c 
676, Pt A, §46, is amended by enacting a new subparagraph (12) to read 
(12) Up to 50% of the capital costs related to the construction 01 1enovat10n of a 
mumc1pahty's or plantation's central adm1mstrattve office, the need for which 1s 
related to general economic development within the mumc1pahty or plantat10n, not 
to exceed 15% of the captured assessed value of the development district, 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §5225, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2019, c 148, §4, is furthe1 
amended to read 
2. Unauthorized project costs. Except as provided in subsection 1, paragraph C, 
subpa-ragra:ph subparagraphs (9) and (12) and subsection 1, paragraph D, the commissioner 
may not approve as a proJect cost the cost of faciht1es, bmldings 01 portions of bmldings 
used predominantly for the general conduct of government or for pubhc 1ecreat1onal 
purposes, includmg, but not hm1ted to, city halls and other headquarters of government 
where the governing body meets regularly, courthouses, Jads and other state and local 
government office bmldings, recreation centers, athletic fields and swimming pools ' 
Amend the bill by relettenng or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part lette1 or section 
mnnber to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment refines the authorized use of tax increment financing funds proposed 
by the bill for construct10n or renovation oflocal government municipal offices or bmldings 
by prov1dmg that the funds may be spent for 5 0% of the capital costs for construction or 
renovation of a central admmistrat1ve office, the need for which 1s related to general 
economic development within the mumctpahty or plantation, and provides that tax 
increment financing funds used for the pt oJect may not exceed 15% of the captured 
assessed value of the development distiict 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT