121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 593
		An Act To Provide Temporary Emergency Relief to Maine Dairy Farmers
		LR 1842(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Sen. Bryant of Oxford
		Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
					Projections	Projections
		2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings):
	General Fund	$225,000	$0	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund	$225,000	$0	$0	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds	$725,000	$0	$0	$0	$0
Transfers
	Other Special Revenue Funds	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $225,000 in fiscal year 2002-03 to the Maine Milk Pool within the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.  The bill also transfers $500,000 from the unallocated cash balance of the Maine Milk Commission to the Maine Milk Pool.  Finally, the bill includes an Other Special Revenue funds allocation of $725,000 in fiscal year 2002-03 to the Maine Milk Pool for equitable distribution to all of Maine's dairy farmers.