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122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 506 |
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LR 0239(02) |
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An Act
To Abolish the Maine Clean Election Act |
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee
Amendment " " |
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Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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Minority Report |
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Fiscal Note |
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Current biennium
cost increase - General Fund |
Current biennium
cost decrease - General Fund |
Current biennium
revenue decrease - Other Special Revenue Funds |
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Referendum Costs |
Month/Year |
Election Type |
Question |
Length |
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Nov-05 |
General |
Referendum |
Standard |
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The
Secretary of State's budget includes sufficient funds to accommodate one
ballot of average length for the general election in November. If the number
or size of the referendum questions increases the ballot length, an
additional appropriation of $8,000 or more may be required. |
Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
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The
repeal of the Maine Clean Election Act would result in net savings to the
General Fund of $2,198,578 and $2,196,267 in fiscal years 2005-06 and
2006-07, respectively. These amounts
reflect the net savings between scheduled transfers to the Maine Clean
Election Fund that would not have to be made and additional salary costs
which would now have to be paid by the General Fund. The Commission on Governmental Ethics and
Election Practices would require Other Special Revenue Funds deallocations of
$7,357,977 and $3,443,726 in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07,
respectively. The commission would
also experience a loss in budgeted Other Special Revenue Funds revenue in the
amounts of $5,108,029 and $1,193,726 for the same time period. |
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Upon the
effective date of repeal, the Maine Clean Election Fund is likely to have an
unspent balance remaining in the fund; the amounts can not be determined at
this time and the disposition of these remaining funds is not addressed in
the bill. |
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