An Act to Support
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1528
Committee Amendment CA_A_S84 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 612, L.D. 1528, "An Act to Support 
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Farmland Conservation" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the following: 
'Sec, 3. 
Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
• 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393 • 
Initiative: Provides funding for fm·mland conservation efforts under the Maine Worki1ig 
Farmland Access and Protection Program established in the Maine Re,'.ised Statutes, Title 
7, section 164. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2025-26 
All Other 
$1,000,000 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$1,000,000 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393 
Initiative: Establishes one Resource Management Coordinator position 
funding for associated All Other costs. 
GENERAL FUND 
2025-26 
POSITIONS- LEGrSLATIVECOUNT 
1.000 
Personal Set·vices 
$114,286 
All Other 
$3,500 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$117,786 
Bureau of Agriculture 0393 
Initiative: Transfers baseline allocation. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2025-26 
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2026-27 
$0 
$0 
and provides 
2026-27 
1.000 
$120,766 
$3,500 
$124,266 
2026-27 
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All Other 
$500 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
DACF Adn1inistratio11 0401 
$500 
Initiative: Establishes one Resomce Management Coordinator position 
funding for associated All Othel' costs. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2025-26 
$3,292 
$3,292 
2025-26 
$647 
$647 
Maine Working Farmland Access and Protection Fund Z313 
Initiative: Trnnsfers baseline allocation. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-· ALL FUNDS 
2025-26 
($500) 
($500) 
2025-26 
$121,078 
$1,000,647 
$1,121,725 
and 
$500 
$500 
prnvides 
2026-27 
$3,292 
$3,292 
2026:..27 
$647 
$647 
2026-27 
($500) 
($500) 
$127,558 
$647 
$128,205 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 01· section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment l'eplaces the bill's appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/02/25 I-RI-
LD 1528 
LR 1689(02) 
An Act to Support Farmland Conservation 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "ft (S- ~~ 
Committee: Agl'iculture, Conservation ancl Forestry 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General F1md 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detnil and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2025-26 
$121,078 
$1,000,647 
($1,000,000) 
$1,000,000 
FY 2026-27 
$127,558 
$127,558 
$647 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2027-28 
$132,268 
$132,268 
$647 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2028-29 
$137,161 
$137,161 
$647 
$0 
$0 
This bill modifies the accounting structure of the Maine Working Farm.land Access and Protection Program 
(MWF APP) by moving it from a standalone account within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
(DACF) to a sub-account under the Bureau of Agriculture, Food and Rural Res01.wces (BAFRR) within DACF. As a 
result, the bill includes a one-time deallocation of the $500 baseline established for the MWFAPP in Public Law 
2021, Chapter 135, and a corresponding $500 allocation to establish the new sub-account under BAFRR. 
The bill provides ongoing General Fund appropriations to DACF of $121,078 and Othel' Special Revenue Funds 
allocations of $647 beginning in fiscal year 2025•26 for one Research Management Coordinator position and 
associated position costs. 
Additionally, the bill includes a one-time General Fund transfer of $1,000,000 to DACF in fiscal year 2025•26 and a 
corresponding allocation of the same amount. 
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