An Act to Provide Funds
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0832
Committee Amendment CA_A_S156 (Senate)
Amends: 38 MRSA §411-C

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "JJ\ " to S.P. 364, L.D. 832, "An Act to Provide Funds
to Reduce the Debt of the Vassatboro Sanitary District"
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'An Act to Direct the Department of Environmental Protection to Provide Funding to
Public Wastewater Systems for the Repayment of Loans'
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the
following;
'See. 1. 38 MRSA §411-C, sub-§2, ^B, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 377, §3, is
amended to read:
B. To forgive or provide funding for the repayment of loans held by public wastewater
systems for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, reconstruction,
enlargement, repair, protection or improvement of public wastewater systems and
treatment facilities and water pollution abatement systems;
Sec. 2. Maine Clean Water Fund; loan repayment competitive process. The
Department of Environmental Protection shall use the funds transferred in accordance with
section 3 and deposited into the Maine Clean Water Fund established in the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 38, section 411-C to provide funding for the repayment of loans held by
public wastewater systems in accordance with Title 38, section 411-C, subsection 2,
paragraph B. The department shall establish a competitive process by which public
wastewater systems, including sanitary districts established in accordance with Title 38,
chapter 11 and sewer districts as defined in Title 38, section 1032, subsection 3, may apply
to the department for funds for loan repayment, In evaluating applications for loan
repayment and awarding funds under the competitive process, the department shall seek to
provide funding to public wastewater systems most at risk of defaulting on their debt by
considering the amount of debt held by the public wastewater system, the necessary rate
increases to repay that debt, the number of customers of the public wastewater system and
any other factors as determined by the department. The department shall make the first
award of funds in accordance with this section by July 1,2026.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "
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Sec. 3. Transfer. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on or before
January 1, 202j5> the State Controller.shall transfer $3,000,000 from the unappropriated
surplus of the General Fund to the Department ofEnvirontnental Protection, Maine Clean
Water Fund for funding to support the uses described in section 2 and authorized in the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 3 8, section 411 -C, subsection 2, paragraph B.
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF
Water Qualify 0248
Initiative: Provides funding for expenditures authorized in the Maine Revised Statutes,
Title 38, section 411 -C, subsection 2, paragraph B .
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 2025-26 2026-27
AHOther $3,000,000 $0
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL $3,000,000 $0
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and changes the title. It authorizes the Maine Clean
Water Fund to be used for repayment of loans held by public wastewater systems. It
requires the Department of Environmental Protection to establish a competitive process to
use $3,000,000 in funds from the Maine Clean Water Fund to provide funding for the
repayment of loans held by public wastewater systems. It requires the department, in
evaluating applications for loan repayment and awarding funds under the competitive
process, to seek to provide funding to public wastewater systems most at risk of defaulting
on their debt, The department is required to make an initial award of funds by July 1,2026.
FISCAL NOTE REQUmED
(See attached)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved; 04/14/25 t-Kt^
LD 832 LR 1151(02)
An Act to Provide Funds to Reduce the Debt of the Vassalboro Sanitary District
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '^'y <"-
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology !
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Projections Projections
FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund
Appropriations/Allocntions
Other Special Revenue Funds
Transfers
General Fund
Other Special Revenue Funds
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
($3,000,000)
$3,000,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill includes a one-time transfer of $3,000,000 on or before January 1, 2026, from the unappropriated surplus of
the General Fund to the Maine Clean Water Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the
department to provide funding for the repayment of loans held by public wastewater systems. The bill includes an
accompanying Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the DEP to authorize expenditures related to this purpose.
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