| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 1349 | LR 1849(01) | ||||||||
| An Act To Encourage Neighborhood Schools and To Minimize Sprawl Caused by School Siting | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Original Bill | |||||||||
| Sponsor: Rep. Piotti of Unity | |||||||||
| Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| Current Costs - State Mandate | |||||||||
| Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund | |||||||||
| State Mandate | |||||||||
| New or Expanded Activity | Unit Affected | Costs | |||||||
| Requiring school construction projects to be located in a designated growth area, an area served by a public sewer system, a census-designated place or a compact area in order to receive approval from the State Board of Education is a mandate. | School | Significant | |||||||
| Municipality | |||||||||
| Requiring municipalities that do not already have a designated growth area, an area served by a public sewer system, a census-designated place or a compact area to adopt a comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance as well as a capital improvement plan to provide the public sewer, public water, sidewalk and multiple-use path infrastructure in order to receive approval for a school construction project from the State Board of Education is a mandate. | |||||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| This legislation may increase the total State and Local cost for a school construction project if the costs for the public sewer, public water, sidewalk and multiple-use path infrastructure are incorporated into the cost of the project. Because debt service costs associated with funding school construction projects can not exceed the annual levels established in Title 20-A, §15905, an increase in the total cost for a school construction project may result in a decrease in the total number of projects that may be approved in order to stay within the spending limits. If all planned projects are to be undertaken the debt service limit may need to be raised. | |||||||||
| Additional costs to the State Board of Education to work with the State Planning Office to prepare and adopt the required criteria can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. | |||||||||