An Act to Make Allocations from Maine Turnpike Authority Funds
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2152
Committee: Transportation

Legislative Document
No. 2152
H.P. 1441
House of Representatives, January 7, 2026
An Act to Make Allocations from Maine Turnpike Authority Funds 
for the Maine Turnpike Authority for the Calendar Year Ending 
December 31, 2027
Reported by Representative CRAFTS of Newcastle for the Maine Turnpike Authority 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1961, subsection 6.
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed pursuant to 
Joint Rule 218.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  Allocation.  Gross revenues of the Maine Turnpike Authority for the calendar 
year ending December 31, 2027 must be segregated, apportioned and disbursed as 
designated in the following schedule.
MAINE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY 
 2027
Administration 
Personal Services
 $1,743,073
All Other
 1,988,572
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TOTAL
 $3,731,645
Accounts and Controls 
Personal Services
 $4,522,635
All Other
 2,075,653
 ___________
TOTAL
 $6,598,288
Highway Maintenance 
Personal Services
 $8,107,865
All Other
 5,473,270
 ___________
TOTAL
 $13,581,135
Equipment Maintenance 
Personal Services
 $1,889,717
All Other
 3,983,550
 ___________
TOTAL
 $5,873,267
Fare Collection 
Personal Services
 $11,968,837
All Other
4,458,974
 ___________
TOTAL
$16,427,811
Public Safety and Special Services
Personal Services
$772,225
All Other
9,253,515
___________
TOTAL
$10,025,740
Building Maintenance
Personal Services
$1,027,086
All Other
861,627
___________
TOTAL
$1,888,713
Subtotal of Line Items Budgeted
$58,126,599
General Contingency - 10% of line items 
budgeted for 2027 (10% allowed)
$5,812,660
MAINE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY
___________
TOTAL REVENUE FUNDS
$63,939,259
Sec. 2.  Transfer of allocations. Any balance of the allocation for “General 
Contingency” made by the Legislature for the Maine Turnpike Authority may be 
transferred at any time prior to the closing of the books to any other allocation or 
subdivision of any other allocation made by the Legislature for the use of the Maine 
Turnpike Authority for the same calendar year.  Any balance of any other allocation or 
subdivision of any other allocation made by the Legislature for the Maine Turnpike 
Authority that at any time is not required for the purpose named in the allocation or 
subdivision may be transferred at any time prior to the closing of the books to any other 
allocation or subdivision of any other allocation made by the Legislature for the use of the 
Maine Turnpike Authority for the same calendar year subject to review by the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters.  Financial 
statements describing the transfer, other than a transfer from “General Contingency,” must 
be submitted by the Maine Turnpike Authority to the Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
days before the transfer is to be implemented.  In case of extraordinary emergency 
transfers, the 30-day prior submission requirement may be waived by vote of the 
committee.  These financial statements must include information specifying the accounts 
that are affected, amounts to be transferred, a description of the transfer and a detailed 
explanation as to why the transfer is needed.
Sec. 3.  Encumbered balance at year-end.  At the end of each calendar year, 
encumbered balances may be carried to the next calendar year.
Sec. 4.  Supplemental information.  As required by the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 23, section 1961, subsection 6, the following statement of the revenues in 2027 that 
are necessary for capital expenditures and reserves and to meet the requirements of any 
resolution authorizing bonds of the Maine Turnpike Authority during 2027, including debt 
service and the maintenance of reserves for debt service and reserve maintenance, is 
submitted.
Turnpike Revenue Bond Resolution Adopted 
April 18, 1991; Issuance of Bonds Authorized 
Pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
23, section 1968, subsections 1 and 2-A
 2027
Debt Service Fund  
 $44,058,800
Reserve Maintenance Fund 
 42,000,000
General Reserve Fund, to be applied as 
follows: 
Capital Improvements
 39,558,032
Debt Service Fund under the General 
Special Obligation Bond Resolution 
Adopted May 15, 1996; Issuance of 
Bonds Authorized Pursuant to the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, 
section 1968, subsection 2-A
 2,357,000
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TOTAL 
 $127,973,832
SUMMARY
This bill makes allocations from gross revenues of the Maine Turnpike Authority for 
the payment of the authority’s operating expenses for the calendar year ending December 
31, 2027 in accordance with the requirements of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, 
section 1961, subsection 6.