An Act to Add Electnc Bicycles to the Electnc Vehicle Rebate Program
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0256
Committee Amendment CA_A_S114 (Senate)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §10126

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ,fJ. "to SP 122, L D 256, "An Act to Add Electnc 
Bicycles to the Electnc Vehicle Rebate Program" 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out all of sect10n 2 and mse1tmg the followmg 
'Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §10126, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2021, c 402, §3, 1s further 
amended to read 
Rebate program established; ehg1b1hty In acco1dance with the prov1s10ns ofth1s 
sect10n, the trust shall establish and admmister a program that provides rebates for the 
purchase or lease of electnc vehicles A person may apply for and, as resources w1thm the 
fund allow, receive a rebate for an electnc vehicle, subject to ehg1b1hty reqmrements 
established by the trust Ehg1bihty cntena for the vehicle must mclude that the vehicle 1s 
a battery electnc vehicle or~ plug-m hybnd electnc vehicle, pm chased, or leased from its 
ongmal eqmpment manufacturer or an authorized licensee of the ongmal eqmpment 
manufacturer or a licensed automobile dealer for a term of 3 6 months or more, m the State, 
and, to the extent reqmred by Title 29-A, chapter 5, registered m the State, except that a 
velucle is not eligible if it has An automobile, as defined m Title 29-A, section 101, 
subsect10n 7, with a gross vehicle weight ratmg of 6,000 pounds or less, 1s not a truck or 
an off road vehicle and 1s not ehg1ble for the program 1f 1t has a manufacturer's suggested 
retail pnce greater than $50,000 To the extent funds are available, the trust may extend 
program ehg1b1hty to medmm duty vehicles and heavy duty vehicles that are battery 
elect11c vehicles or plug-m hybnd electnc vehicles and to electnc bicycles Ehg1b1hty 
reqmrements for the rec1p1ent of the rebate must mclude that the recipient attests to a 
commitment to retam ownership, whether through purchase or lease, of the ehgrble electnc 
vehicle for at least 3 6 months from the date of purchase or lease The trust may reqmre a 
recipient of a rebate under this section who does not retam ownership of the ehg1ble electric 
vehicle for at least 36 months to repay the trust up to the full amount of the rebate If the 
trust extends program ehgibdrty to electnc bicycles, the trust shall hmit the electric bicycle 
rebates to recipients who are low-mcome and moderate-mcome md1v1duals and to ent1t1es 
that serve those mdiv1duals, as determmed by the trust For a rec1p1ent to receive a rebate 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" fl, " to S P 122, L D 256 ( Y, / / l() 
for the purchase of an electric bicycle under the program, the electric bicycle must serve as 
the recipient's principal means of commuting, as determined by the trust 
The trust shall establish the rebate amount for each eligible electric vehicle The tlust shall 
establish rebate amounts that it determines most effectively increase the purchase of 
eligible electric vehicles to advance the State's carbon reduction targets and reduce 
transportation-related energy costs For each model of an eligible electric vehicle, the trust 
may establish different rebate amounts based on the size of the vehicle battery The trust 
may establish different rebate amounts for the purpose of providing reasonable opportunity 
for participation m the program across different customer groups and geographic areas 
The trust may establish reasonable limits on the number of rebates per vehicle or per 
person' 
Amend the bill by relettenng or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the bill to penmt the Efficiency Mame Trust to extend 
ehgibihty under the electric vehicle rebate program to electric bicycles to the extent funds 
are available If the trust extends ehgibihty to electric bicycles, the trust must lnmt the 
rebates for electric bicycles undei the program to recipients who are low-mcome and 
moderate-income mdividuals and to entities that serve low-mcome and moderate-income 
mdividuals, as determmed by the trust For a recipient to receive a rebate for the purchase 
of an electric bicycle under the program, the electric bicycle must serve as the recipient's 
principal means of commutmg, as determmed by the trust The amendment also dtrects the 
trust to establish rebate amounts under the program that 1t determmes advance the State's 
carbon reduction targets and reduce transportat10n-related energy costs 
The amendment also clarifies that for a vehicle to be eligible for a rebate, registration 
m the State is reqmred only to the extent reqmred by the Mame Revised Statutes, Title 
29-A, chapter 5 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved 04/18/23 ;:!;Pae 
LD256 
LR 178(02) 
An Act to Add Electric Bicycles to the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program 
Fiscal Note for BIii as Amended by Committee Amendment ',4' (S-lll() 
Committee: Energy, Utihties and Technology 
Fiscal Note Reqmred: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Changes to program ehgibihty - Efficiency Mame Trust 
No net fiscal impact 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
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This bill adds electnc bicycles to the Electnc Vehicle Rebate Program adm1mstered by the Efficiency Mame 
Trust(EMT) While the bill does not provide add1t10nal fundmg to mcrease expenditures related to the program, rt will 
change the ratio of the d1stnbut10n of funds dedicated to the program w1thm the EMT 
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