An Act to Establish
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0280
Committee Amendment CA_A_S193 (Senate)
Amends: 23 MRSA §4408

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A,, to S.P. 130, L.D. 280, "An Act to Establish 
Lifetime Feny Passes for Retired Maine State Ferry Service Employees
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec.1. 23 MRSA §4408 is enacted to read: 
§4408. Lifetime fer1y passes for retfred fe1•ry service employees 
A former state employee who is receiving retirement benefits after at least 15 years of 
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employment with the Maine State Feny Service and who is a year-round resident of one of 
the served islands of the Maine State Ferry Service is eligible to receive a lifetime fer1y 
• pass and a waiver from any reservation fees if the lifetime feny pass is presented when 
making the reservation. For the purposes of this section. "lifetime feny pass" means a 
. nontrnnsferable pass that provides on a ferry operated by the Maine State Ferty Service: 
1, Walk-on passage. Unlimited walk-on passage for a passenger to and from the 
island on which the retiree resides; and 
2. Passenger and vehicle passage. One round-trip passage per month for a passenger 
and that passenger's vehicle during peak season as determined by mies adopted by the 
Department of Transportation and 2 round-trip passages per month during off-peak season 
as determined by rules adopted by the depa1iment. A reservation fol' passage described in 
this subsection must follow rules adopted by the depaitment. For the purposes of this 
subsection. "vehicle" means a noncommercial moto1· vehicle with 4 tires or fewe1· and an 
overall length of 20 feet or less.' 
Amend the bill by relettering 01· renumbering any nonconsecutive Pati letter 01· section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment specifies that a former state employee who was employed for at least 
years with the Maine State Feny Service and who is a year-round resident of an island 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITI~E AMENDMENT •A "to S.P. l30, L.D. 280 {5-Jq3) 
served by the Maine State Feny Service is eligible for the lifetime ferry pass. The 
amendment specifies a person may receive a waiver from any reservation fees only if the 
lifetime feny pass is presented when making the reservation. 
The amendment defines 
11a lifetime feny pass" as a nontransferable pass that provides, 
on a feny operated by the Maine State Ferry Sel'vice, unlimited walk-on passages for a 
passenger to and from the island on which the retiree resides and one round-trip passage 
per month for a passenger and that passenger's vehicle during peak season as determined 
by rules adopted by the Depattment of Transpotiation and 2 round-trip passages per month 
during off-peak season as determined by rules adopted by the depa11ment. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 05/28/25 LRl-
LD280 
LR404(02) 
An Act to Establish Life~.ime Ferry Passes for Retired Maine State Ferry Se1·vice Employees 
Fiscal ~ote for Bill as Ame~ded by Committee Am~ndment t]"{s,-Jq3) 
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Committee: Transportation 
Revenue 
Island Ferry Services Fund 
.. cal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Projections 
FY 2025-26 
FY 2026-27 
FY 2027-28 
($18,300) 
($18,300) 
($18,300) 
Projections 
FY 2028-29 
($18,300) 
The bill includes a revenue decrease to the Department.of Transportation, Island Feny Services Fund, of $18,300 
beginning in fiscal year 2025-26 from providing lifetime feny passes to year-round residents of an island serviced by 
the Maine State Ferry Service who are state employees who have been employed for 15 years with the Feny Service. 
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