123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1902		LR 2640(04)
	An Act To Bring Maine into Compliance with Federal Law Regarding Purchases of Firearms by Persons Found To Be a Danger to Themselves or Others
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$225,335	$56,118	$56,809
	Highway Fund		$0	$68,187	$37,192	$38,228
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$225,335	$56,118	$56,809
	Highway Fund		$0	$68,187	$37,192	$38,228
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes a General Fund appropriation to the Judicial Department of $185,210 in fiscal year 2008-09 and $31,323 annually thereafter to provide funds for one-time contractual services for new computer programming responsibilities and other required expenses to deal with the additional workload resulting from the filing of complaints.
	The bill also includes a General Fund appropriation of $40,125 and a Highway Fund allocation of $68,187 in fiscal year 2008-09 to the Department of Public Safety for an Office Associate II position, computer development and maintenance, and associated administrative costs to process registrations and appeals.  $16,000 of this appropriation and $32,000 of this allocation are one-time expenses to develop a new computer system to transmit information to the federal government.  The Department indicates that federal funds may be available to cover this cost and the Department plans to submit an application.