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Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, Authorizing the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services To Purchase the Department of Labor Building at 19 Union Street in Augusta’
Further amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting in its place the following:
‘Sec. 1 Authority to purchase property. Resolved: That the State, by and through the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, may negotiate the terms and conditions considered appropriate to purchase the Department of Labor building at 19 Union Street in Augusta from the United States Department of Labor to extinguish the Federal Government’s interest in the property; and be it further
Sec. 2 Funding. Resolved: That no more than $1,800,000 may be used from the Capital Construction and Improvements Reserve Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 1516-A to purchase the building at 19 Union Street in Augusta, begin initial design and remove hazardous materials, if any, in preparation for renovation and improvements; and be it further
Sec. 3 Repeal. Resolved: That this resolve is repealed 5 years from the effective date of this resolve.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the resolve and authorizes the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to negotiate the purchase of the Department of Labor building at 19 Union Street in Augusta, remove hazardous materials and begin the initial renovation design process using no more than $1,800,000 from the Capital Construction and Improvements Reserve Fund.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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