Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 8 in L.D.).

Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:

Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause.

SUMMARY

This amendment, which is the minority report, renames the Affordable Heating from Maine's Forests Fund established in the bill the Low-income Affordable Heating Assistance from Maine's Forests Fund. The amendment provides that the fund administered by the Efficiency Maine Trust must be used for investments in affordable measures that reduce residential heating costs for individuals eligible for the federal Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program. The amendment also provides that the Treasurer of State is required to transfer funds from the Public Reserved Lands Management Fund to the Low-income Affordable Heating Assistance from Maine's Forests Fund, but only if the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry determines that the transfer of funds will not significantly impair management of public lands. The amendment also provides that the transfer of funds will begin September 1, 2014 rather than March 1, 2014. The amendment also removes the emergency preamble and the emergency clause. The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section.