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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the emergency clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1803-B, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 2013, c. 354, Pt. I, §2 and affected by §4, is repealed.
Sec. 2.  23 MRSA §1803-B, sub-§1, ¶E  is enacted to read:
 
E.  The annual funding dedicated for the Local Road Assistance Program must be a percentage of the Highway Fund allocation to the Department of Transportation as follows:
 
(1) Beginning July 1, 2015, 9.25%;
 
(2) Beginning July 1, 2016, 9.5%;
 
(3) Beginning July 1, 2017, 9.75%; and
 
(4) Beginning July 1, 2018, 10%.
 
On July 1, 2015 and every July 1st thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall administratively adjust the base funding and the reimbursement rates per lane mile proportionately according to revenue available.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Local Road Assistance Program 0337
 
Initiative: Increases funding to the Local Road Assistance Program from 9% to 10% of the Highway Fund allocations to the Department of Transportation over a 4-year period.

HIGHWAY FUND	2015-16	2016-17	
All Other	$560,653	$1,163,073	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$560,653	$1,163,073	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report, increases the annual funding dedicated for the Local Road Assistance Program from 9% to 10% of the Highway Fund allocation to the Department of Transportation over a 4-year period beginning July 1, 2015.
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