131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 3		LR 601(07)
	An Act to Establish the Winter Energy Relief Payment Program to Aid Residents with High Heating Costs and to Finalize the COVID Pandemic Relief Payment Program
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Original Bill
	Sponsor: Sen. Brakey of Androscoggin
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
		FY 2022-23	FY 2023-24	FY 2024-25	Projections  FY 2025-26	Projections  FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund	($21,000,000)	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Fund for a Healthy Maine	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Federal Expenditures Fund	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Fund for a Healthy Maine	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds	($419,000,000)	($500)	$0	$0	$0
	Federal Block Grant Fund	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Revenue
	General Fund	($398,000,000)	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds	($20,947,368)	$0	$0	$0	$0
Transfers
	General Fund	$419,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds	($419,000,000)	$0	$0	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The amounts above reflect the incremental change from the original bill.
	This amendment eliminates the provision in Part A of the bill that transfers $21.0 million from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund in fiscal year 2022-23 to the Emergency Housing Relief Fund Program within the Maine State Housing Authority to support housing and emergency shelters. The allocation of the $21.0 million is also removed.
	The amendment also eliminates the provision in Part B of the bill that transfers $398,000,000 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund in fiscal year 2022-23 to the Winter Energy Relief Payment Program and replaces it with a suspension of the state sales tax until such time as the State Tax Assessor determines the net General Fund revenue loss would be $398.0 million. The allocation of $398,000,000 is also removed and the cost is now reflected as a reduction of revenue to the General Fund of $398,000,000 and a reduction to the Local Government Fund of $20,947,368 in fiscal year 2022-23.