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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2.  PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. S, §9  is repealed.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 4 and 5 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 4. Transmission and distribution assessments to General Fund for fiscal year 2014-15. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, sections 10110 and 10111, for fiscal year 2014-15 only, assessments collected from transmission and distribution utilities and gas utilities pursuant to sections 10110 and 10111, respectively, must be deposited in the General Fund.
Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
EFFICIENCY MAINE TRUST
 
Efficiency Maine Trust Z100
 
Initiative: Deallocates all funding in fiscal year 2014-15 only as a result of transferring assessments from the Public Utilities Commission to the General Fund rather than to the Efficiency Maine Trust.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2013-14	2014-15	
Personal Services	$0	($169,464)	
All Other	$0	($14,404,090)	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$0	($14,573,554)	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes the transfers in the bill from the Tax Relief Fund for Maine Residents and the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund. It repeals the provision in Public Law 2013, chapter 368, Part S that provided for a fiscal year 2013-14 year-end transfer from the General Fund to the Local Government Fund. It adds a provision that, for fiscal year 2014-15, assessments by the Public Utilities Commission on transmission and distribution utilities and gas utilities must be deposited in the General Fund. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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