HP0344
LD 505
Session - 127th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-82, Sponsored by
LR 1296
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the emergency clause and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1803-B, sub-§1, ¶D,  as amended by PL 2013, c. 354, Pt. I, §2 and affected by §4, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1803-B, sub-§1, ¶E  is enacted to read:

E The annual funding dedicated for the Local Road Assistance Program must be a percentage of the Highway Fund allocation to the Department of Transportation as follows:

(1) Beginning July 1, 2015, 9.25%;

(2) Beginning July 1, 2016, 9.5%;

(3) Beginning July 1, 2017, 9.75%; and

(4) Beginning July 1, 2018, 10%.

On July 1, 2015 and every July 1st thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall administratively adjust the base funding and the reimbursement rates per lane mile proportionately according to revenue available.

Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF

Local Road Assistance Program 0337

Initiative: Increases funding to the Local Road Assistance Program from 9% to 10% of the Highway Fund allocations to the Department of Transportation over a 4-year period.

HIGHWAY FUND 2015-16 2016-17
All Other
$560,653 $1,163,073
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HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL $560,653 $1,163,073

summary

This amendment, which is the minority report, increases the annual funding dedicated for the Local Road Assistance Program from 9% to 10% of the Highway Fund allocation to the Department of Transportation over a 4-year period beginning July 1, 2015.

FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)


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