An Act to Sustain Emet'gency
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0698
Senate Amendment SA_A_S460 (Senate)

SENA TE AMENDMENT" (1 "to S. P, 315, L.D. 698, "An Act to Sustain Emet'gency 
Homeless Shelters in Maine" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Transfer of real estate transfer tax revenue. Notwithstanding the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 4641-B, subsection 4-B, paragraphs E-1 and E-3, 
for fiscal year 2025-26 only, prior to the transfer pursuant to Title 36, section 4641-B, 
subsection 4-B, paragraph E-3, the State Controller shall first credit $2,982,000 of the 
revenues available to the Maine State Housing Authority for the Housing Oppo1tunities for 
Maine Fund established in Title 30-A, section 4853 and $1,491,000 of the revenue available 
to the Depa1tment of Health and Human Services for the Housing First Fund established in 
Title 22, section 20-A, subsection 2 to the General Fund. 
Sec, 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Housing First Program Z374 
Initiative: Deallocates one-time funds for the Housing First Fund in fiscal year 2025-26 
only. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF . 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL- ALL FUNDS 
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2025-26 
($1,491,000) 
($1,491,000) 
2025-26 
($1,491,000) 
($1,491,000) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
$0 
$0 
$0 
SENATE AMENDMENT'*" lo S.P. 315, L.D. 698 ( s..-l/ l_eD) 
HOUSING AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
Housing Authority - State 0442 
Initiative: Deallocates one-time funds for the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund in 
fiscal year 2025-26 only, 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Shelter Operating Subsidy 0661 
2025-26 
($2,982,000) 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to suppott the operation of emergency homeless shelters 
in the State to be allocated as part of the operations share of the shelter operating subsidy 
through the Maine State Housing Authority's emergency shelter and housing assistance 
program, 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HOUSiNG AUTHORITY, MAINE STATE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2025-26 
$4,473,000 
$4,473,000 
2025-26 
$4,473,000 
($2,982,000) 
$1,491,000 
2025-26 
$4,473,000 
($4,473,000) 
$0 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment reduces the appropriation and changes it to one-time funding and 
provides fonding by crediting from the revenue from the real estate transfer tax a portion 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT" A-" to S,P. 315, L.D. 698 l &, Y l_aCJ 
of the funds scheduled to be deposited in the Housing Opportunities for Maine Fund and 
the Housing First Fund. 
SPONSORED BY: -------------
(Senator ROTUNDO, M,} 
S 
COUNTY: Andl'oscoggin 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/24/25 LRL 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
LD698 
LR205(05) 
An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment ~" to Original Bill 
Sponsor: Sen. Rotundo of Androscoggin 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2025-26 
FY 2026-27 
($5,000,000) 
($5,000,000) 
Projections 
FY2027-28 
($5,000,000) 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
($527,000) 
($4,473,000) 
($5,000,000) 
$0 
($5,000,000) 
$0 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$4,473,000 
($4,473,000) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY2028-29 
($5,000,000) 
($5,000,000) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This amendment eliminates the ongoing General Fund appropriations in the bill of $5,000,000 per year beginning in 
fiscal year 2025-26 and instead provides a one~time General Fund appropriation of $4,473,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 
only. It also requires the State Controller to deposit into the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund $1;491,000 
in revenue that would have been transferred into the Housing First Program within the Department of Health and 
Human Services and $2,982,000 in revenue that would have been transferred into the Housing Opportunities for 
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Maine Fund within the Maine State Housing Authority in fiscal year 2025-26 as a result of the increase in the Real 
Estate Transfer Tax enacted in Public Law 2025, chapter 388, Part V. 
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