An Act To Enhance Funding Opportunities for the Youth Conservation Corps

Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §480-II  is enacted to read:

§ 480-II.  Program to reduce erosion and protect lake water quality

Sec. 2. Department of Environmental Protection to contract with private organization in 2016 and 2017. For the years 2016 and 2017, the Department of Environmental Protection shall distribute the funds appropriated in section 3 through a competitive bid process to a private organization to establish and administer the program to reduce erosion and protect lake water quality under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 480-II. The department shall ensure that any contract entered into with a private organization under this section requires that:

1. The erosion control measures described in Title 38, section 480-II, subsection 3 be performed in the summers of 2016 and 2017 with labor provided by a youth conservation corps organized or based in the State;

2. No more than 10% of the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the program in section 3 or received by the contracted organization as matching funding is used for the administration of the program by the contracted organization;

3. The scope of the program as implemented by the contracted organization is determined by the amount of funds appropriated in section 3; and

4. The contracted organization disburses to a youth conservation corps no more than $1 from the funds appropriated for the program in section 3 for every $2 in matching funds contributed to the program by that youth conservation corps. Federal and state funds may not be considered matching funds under the program.

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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF

Land and Water Quality 0248

Initiative: Provides ongoing funding to contract with a private organization to reduce shoreline erosion and protect lake water quality.

GENERAL FUND	2015-16	2016-17
All Other	$20,000	$20,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$20,000	$20,000