122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1044 LR 1441(01)
An Act To Care for Families
Fiscal Note for Original Bill
Sponsor: President Edmonds of Cumberland
Committee: Labor
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
   
             
Fiscal Note
Undetermined future biennium cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill will increase costs to local school administrative units and other public and private employers who do not currently provide paid leave for illness of an immediate family member.  The amount of these additional costs can not be determined at this time.  Increased costs to local school administrative units will increase the total future cost of funding K-12 education as well as the level of General Fund appropriations required to fund the State's share beginning in fiscal year 2007-08.
Additional costs to the Department of Labor associated with rulemaking can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources.