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Amend the amendment in Part A in section 1 in that part designated "PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION" in the 2nd line (page 26, line 3 in amendment) by striking out the following: "0790" and inserting the following: '0994'
Amend the amendment in Part J in section 1 in the 3rd and 4th lines (page 30, lines 17 and 18 in amendment) by striking out the following: "with assistance from the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes,"
Amend the amendment in Part J in section 1 by inserting after the first sentence the following: 'The system may request assistance from the Legislative Council in drafting the legislation.'
Amend the amendment in Part N in section 3 in the last line (page 34, line 22 in amendment) by striking out the following: "January 1, 2014" and inserting the following: 'July 1, 2013'
Amend the amendment in Part O in section 4 in subsection 6 in the 3rd line (page 36, line 25 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "prescribers" the following: 'that is de-identified as to prescriber and patient and'
Amend the amendment in Part P in section 1 in paragraph J in the 9th line (page 37, line 2 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "qualified" the following: 'active'
Amend the amendment in Part Q in section 1 in §6612 in subsection 2 in the first line (page 37, line 21 in amendment) by striking out the following: "September" and inserting the following: 'October'
Amend the amendment in Part Q in section 1 in §6613 in subsection 3 in the 2nd line (page 38, line 4 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "period" the following: 'or the approved payment plan period as provided in accordance with subsection 4'
Amend the amendment in Part Q in section 1 in §6613 in subsection 3 in the 4th line (page 38, line 6 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "6614" the following: ', plus any interest associated with an approved payment plan'
Amend the amendment in Part Q in section 1 in §6613 by inserting at the end the following:
 
‘4.  Payment plans allowed; interest.    A participating taxpayer may elect to make payment of the taxes reported under the program after the expiration of the program period, but only pursuant to a payment plan approved by the assessor. A payment plan approved by the assessor may not provide for payments beyond May 31, 2013. Interest at the rate established pursuant to section 186 accrues on any payments made after the expiration of the program period.’
Amend the amendment in Part Q in section 1 in §6615 in the first paragraph in the 4th line from the end (page 38, line 25 in amendment) by striking out the following: "September" and inserting the following: 'October'
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment makes technical changes to Committee Amendment "A". It:
1. Corrects a program number in Part A;
2. Amends Part J to clarify that the Maine Public Employees Retirement System may request drafting assistance from the Legislative Council, rather than from specific legislative offices;
3. Amends Part N to change the date of the sales tax refund for depreciable machinery and equipment purchases used for commercial wood harvesting and commercial greenhouse and nursery products from January 1, 2014 to July 1, 2013, which is the beginning of a quarterly sales reporting period and is consistent with the calculation of the fiscal note included in Committee Amendment "A";
4. Amends Part O to clarify that prescription monitoring information must be de-identified as to prescriber and patient;
5. Amends Part P to make consistent several references to the term "qualified active low-income community business"; and
6. Amends Part Q to change the program period for the 2012 Maine Use Tax Compliance Program to run from October 1, 2012 to November 30, 2012 instead of from September 1, 2012 to November 30, 2012. It allows taxpayers to elect to make payment of the taxes reported under the program through an approved payment plan that may continue until May 31, 2013.