| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 1489 | LR 1024(01) | ||||||||
| An Act To Establish Citizen Ownership of Maine's Groundwater | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Original Bill | |||||||||
| Sponsor: Rep. Eder of Portland | |||||||||
| Committee: Natural Resources | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund | |||||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| The bill does not indicate the methodology by which citizens would decide on, implement and enforce the regulation of the extraction and use of groundwater. If the intent is to have local units of government measure and/or express the will of the citizens, there may be a state mandate created. If the Department of Environmental Protection is to provide monitoring and enforcement of any new regulations, as it does for other responsibilities assigned to it in Title 38, MRSA, it may require additional General Fund appropriations. | |||||||||