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Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:
PART A
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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 30, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 46, 56, 57, 58, 60 and 61.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 64 the following:
PART B
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Sec. B-1. 5 MRSA §1742, sub-§26, as corrected by RR 2011, c. 2, §2, is amended to read:
 
26. Rental income.   To credit income from the rental of facilities in Limestone to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services, Other Special Revenue Funds account. These funds must be used for repairs, capital improvements and other costs of managing the facilities operated by the Maine Military Authority in Limestone.
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except when the Governor in the case of an emergency pursuant to Title 37-B, section 742 or 744 needs money for disaster relief, in which case the Governor may transfer no more than 10% of the balance of the rental income, the department also may recommend that:
 
A.  Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be transferred to the General Fund as undedicated revenue;
 
B.  Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Maine National Guard Education Assistance Pilot Program, Other Special Revenue Funds account for tuition assistance;
 
C.  Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Maine National Guard Education Assistance Pilot Program, Other Special Revenue Funds account for the reimbursement of the purchase of supplemental life insurance as provided for in the provisions of Title 37-B, section 390-B;
 
D.  Beginning July 1, 2007, part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management for maintenance and repair of National Guard armories in the State; and
 
E. Part of the rental income collected by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services pursuant to this subsection be transferred to the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Disaster Assistance Relief, Other Special Revenue Funds account for disaster assistance; and
Sec. B-2. 8 MRSA §1037, sub-§2, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 358, §6 and amended by c. 657, Pt. W, §6, is further amended to read:
 
E. The amounts, reported separately, of revenue received in accordance with section 1036, subsection 2, paragraphs B and D,and from the Stipend Fund under Title 7, section 86 and from any other source in accordance with rules adopted under section 263-A, subsection 1, paragraph C and Title 7, section 82, subsection 5 by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the State Harness Racing Commission; and
Sec. B-3. 8 MRSA §1037, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 358, §6 and amended by c. 657, Pt. W, §6, is further amended to read:
 
3. Agricultural fair that does not conduct harness racing.   The report required by this section must include the following with regard to an agricultural fair:
 
A. The amount spent to pay fair premiums, to make capital improvements to fairground facilities and for labor costs and operating expenses;
 
B. The amounts, reported separately, received from slot machine revenue in accordance with section 1036, subsection 2, paragraph D,and from the Stipend Fund under Title 7, section 86 and from any other source in accordance with rules adopted under section 263-A, subsection 1, paragraph C and Title 7, section 82, subsection 5 by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the State Harness Racing Commission; and
 
C. An estimate of the number of people that attended the agricultural fair, including separate estimates of paid attendance, free-pass attendance, vendor attendance and attendance under a local campground pass.
Sec. B-4. 30-A MRSA §4722, sub-§1, ¶N, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
 
N. With respect to any bonds whichthat the Maine State Housing Authority is authorized to issue in accordance with the limitations and restrictions of this chapter, covenant and consent that the interest on the bonds will be includable, under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Title 26, Section 7701(a)(29)1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue law of the United States, in the gross income of the holders of the bonds to the same extent and in the same manner that the interest on bills, bonds, notes or other obligations of the United States is includable in the gross income of the holders under the United States Internal Revenue Code or any subsequent law. The powers conferred by this paragraph are not subject to any limitations or restrictions of any law whichthat may limit the Maine State Housing Authority's power to so covenant and consent.
 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, proceeds of bonds issued under this subsection may be used for persons other than persons of low income.
 
(2) The income on any bonds issued by the Maine State Housing Authority shallmust be included in gross income under the Maine Income Tax Law if the income on those bonds is includable in the gross income of the holders of the bonds under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Title 26, Section 7701(a)(29)1986, or any subsequent corresponding revenue law of the United States;
Sec. B-5. 36 MRSA §191, sub-§2, ¶ZZ, as repealed and replaced by PL 2015, c. 490, §3 and c. 494, Pt. A, §42, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
ZZ.  The disclosure by the State Tax Assessor to a qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business that has filed a claim for reimbursement under section 2016 of information related to any insufficiency of the claim, including records of a contractor or subcontractor that assigned the claim for reimbursement to the qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business and records of the vendors of the contractor or subcontractor;
Sec. B-6. 36 MRSA §191, sub-§2, ¶AAA, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 490, §4 and c. 494, Pt. A, §43, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
AAA.  The disclosure of information by the State Tax Assessor or the Associate Commissioner for Tax Policy to the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability under Title 3, section 991 for the review and evaluation of tax expenditures pursuant to Title 3, chapter 37;
Sec. B-7. 36 MRSA §653, sub-§1, ¶I, as amended by PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. Z, is further amended to read:
 
I.  No property conveyed to any person for the purpose of obtaining exemption from taxation under this subsection may be so exempt, except property conveyed between husband and wifespouses, and the obtaining of exemption by means of fraudulent conveyance shallmust be punished by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than 2 times the amount of the taxes evaded by the fraudulent conveyance, whichever amount is greater.
Sec. B-8. 36 MRSA §4641-C, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. SSS, §1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read:
 
4. Deeds between certain family members.   Deeds between husband and wifespouses, parent and child or grandparent and grandchild, without actual consideration for the deed, and deeds between spouses in divorce proceedings;
Sec. B-9.  PL 1987, c. 735, §73, amending clause  is amended to read:
Sec. 73. P&SL 1865, c. 532, §4, sub-§3, as enacted by P&SL 1983, c. 33, §1 and amended by PL 1985, c. 779, §§90 and 91, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
Sec. B-10.  P&SL 2007, c. 22, Pt. A, §3, sub-§6  is amended to read:
6. The district shall maintain its books and records in a manner that creates separate divisions for its water and wastewater operations. These divisions must maintain the assets, liabilities, operating revenues and expenses in a manner that allows the Public Utilities Commission to set rates for the district's water operations. The assets and liabilities of the Augusta Water District must be maintained in the books of the water division of the Greater Augusta UtilitiesUtility District. The assets and liabilities of the Augusta Sanitary District and Hallowell Water District's wastewater division must be maintained in the books and records of the Greater Augusta Utility District's wastewater division.
PART C
Sec. C-1. 9-B MRSA §864, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 655, §1, is further amended to read:
 
B.  The service corporation primarily serves credit unions and the membership of affiliated credit unions. A service corporation formed after July 31, 1994 primarily serves credit unions and the membership of affiliated credit unions within the meaning of this paragraph if at least 75% of the services provided within this State are to credit unions and members of credit unions; except that for a service corporation formed after October 1, 2017, when determining whether a service corporation primarily serves credit unions and the membership of affiliated credit unions within the meaning of this paragraph, the superintendent shall consider the relevant federal laws and regulations in effect at the time of formation of the service corporation.
Sec. C-2. 20-A MRSA §12706, sub-§9, as amended by PL 2017, c. 179, §5, is further amended to read:
 
9. Contracts and agreements.   To enter into any contracts, leases and agreements and any other instruments and arrangements that are necessary, incidental or convenient to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter, except that in any such agreement other than an employment agreement that contains the following provisions against the system isare void:
 
A. Any requirement that the system must waive its governmental immunity or limited liability;
 
B. Any requirement that the system must carry insurance in addition to or in excess of its existing insurance;
 
C. Any requirement that the system must defend, indemnify or hold harmless any other party;
 
D. Any requirement that the system must submit to the law of a state other than this State;
 
E. Any requirement that the system must waive its insurer's rights of subrogation;
 
F. Any requirement that the system must pay another party's attorney's fees; and
 
G. Any requirement that the agreement is subject to an automatic renewal other than month to month;
Sec. C-3. 32 MRSA §18134-A, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 207, §1, is amended to read:
§ 18134-A.Exception; bleeding of a residential home heating oil burner
Notwithstanding section 18134, paragraph Csection 18102, a home heating oil delivery driver may bleed a residential home heating oil burner without direct supervision if the delivery driver has documentation of having completed a board-approved training course in bleeding oil burners. If the oil burner fails to operate after bleeding, the delivery driver shall refer the problem to a journeyman oil and solid fuel burning technician or master oil and solid fuel burning technician.
Sec. C-4. Effective date. Those sections of this Part that amend the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 9-B, section 864, subsection 2, paragraph B and Title 20-A, section 12706, subsection 9 take effect 90 days after adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 128th Legislature.’
Amend the bill in the emergency clause in the 2nd line (page 19, line 26 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "when approved" the following: ', except as otherwise indicated'
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment designates the contents of the bill as Part A. Sections of the bill containing errors or conflicts that have been resolved by the enactment of other public laws or that are otherwise not needed are deleted from the bill. Sections of the bill containing errors or conflicts that this amendment further amends are moved to the new Part B.
The amendment adds Part B, which makes technical corrections, and Part C, which makes corrections that are or could be interpreted as being substantive.
Part B of the amendment does the following.
Section 1 corrects a clerical error in the law governing the use of income from the rental of facilities in Limestone.
Sections 2 and 3 correct grammatical errors in the reporting requirements concerning agricultural fairs that receive slot machine revenue.
Section 4 revises section 34 of the bill, concerning the powers and duties of the Maine State Housing Authority, to remove paragraph O, which is amended in another bill that includes the same corrections.
Sections 5 and 6 repeal and replace 2 exceptions from the prohibition on sharing tax information to resolve conflicts created by Public Law 2015, chapter 490 and Public Law 2015, chapter 494. Section 5 repeals and replaces the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 191, subsection 2, paragraph ZZ, which addresses information concerning Pine Tree Development Zones. Section 6 repeals and replaces Title 36, section 191, subsection 2, paragraph AAA, which addresses sharing of information with the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to facilitate the review of tax expenditures. Section 6 also acknowledges that Public Law 2017, chapter 211 enacts a new subsection 2, paragraph CCC, so there is no longer a need for "and" at the end of paragraph AAA.
Sections 7 and 8 change the term "husband and wife" to "spouses" in the tax laws governing property tax exemptions for veterans and the real estate transfer tax.
Section 9 amends an amending clause in a public law chapter by adding a reference to a public law chapter that was erroneously omitted and that amended the composition of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System.
Section 10 amends a clerical error in the name of the Greater Augusta Utility District in the original private and special law.
Part C of the amendment does the following.
Section 1 corrects a drafting error made in Public Law 2017, chapter 143, and section 4 provides that the changes are effective 90 days after the Legislature adjourns, which is the effective date of Public Law 2017, c. 143.
Section 2 corrects a drafting error in Public Law 2017, chapter 179 concerning contracts involving the Maine Community College System. This section corrects the provision to provide that a contract that contains one or more of the listed prohibited provisions is not void, as the language in chapter 179 states, but that the provisions are void; the rest of the contract is not affected. Section 4 provides that the changes are effective 90 days after the Legislature adjourns, which is the effective date of Public Law 2017, chapter 179.
Section 3 amends a statute governing home heating oil delivery drivers to correct a cross-reference to a provision that would otherwise prohibit home heating oil delivery drivers from bleeding a residential home heating oil burner because they lack a license from the Maine Fuel Board. Section 39 of the bill incorrectly addressed this issue.