| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 1745 | LR 2490(01) | ||||||||
| An Act To Provide State Funding for the Fingerprinting of School Personnel | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Original Bill | |||||||||
| Sponsor: Sen. Courtney of York | |||||||||
| Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| Projections | Projections | ||||||||
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | ||||||
| Net Cost (Savings) | |||||||||
| General Fund | $0 | $740,832 | $369,929 | $369,929 | |||||
| Appropriations/Allocations | |||||||||
| Other Special Revenue Funds | $0 | $370,903 | $0 | $0 | |||||
| Revenue | |||||||||
| Other Special Revenue Funds | $0 | ($369,929) | ($369,929) | ($369,929) | |||||
| Transfers | |||||||||
| General Fund | $0 | ($740,832) | ($369,929) | ($369,929) | |||||
| Other Special Revenue Funds | $0 | $740,832 | $369,929 | $369,929 | |||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| This bill will cost the General Fund $740,832 in fiscal year 2006-07. This includes $370,903 to reimburse school personnel who have already paid for fingerprinting and criminal history record checks since the fee became effective in September of 2005 and $369,929 for new fingerprinting and criminal history record checks of school personnel. The bill should be amended to include language authorizing an annual transfer of funds from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Criminal History Record Check Fund within the Department of Education beginning in fiscal year 2006-07. The Criminal History Record Check Fund will also require an additional Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $370,903 in fiscal year 2006-07 for the one-time reimbursement cost. | |||||||||
| An alternative approach to funding the cost of this legislation would be to repeal the language that established the Criminal History Record Check Fund as a dedicated account within the Department of Education and provide General Fund appropriations directly to the Fingerprint and Background Information - State Expense program within the Department of Public Safety beginning in fiscal year 2006-07. The bill could also be amended to include language that transfers any balances remaining in the Criminal History Record Check Fund at the end of fiscal year 2005-06 to the General Fund in fiscal year 2006-07. | |||||||||