123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 890		LR 173(02)
	An Act To Allow the Awarding of Prize Money from Gambling Machines Run by Nonprofit Organizations
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($1,447,303)	($2,216,806)	($2,129,935)	($2,119,016)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$512,893	$476,467	$486,865	$497,784
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$605,237	$818,097	$801,310	$801,310
Revenue
	General Fund		$1,960,196	$2,693,273	$2,616,800	$2,616,800
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$605,237	$818,097	$801,310	$801,310
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
	Establishes new Class C crimes; increases correctional and judicial costs. Sentences for more than nine months imposed for a Class C crime must be served in a state correctional facility.  The average cost to the state for each sentence is $70,308 based on an average length of stay of 1 year, 10 months.  Sentences of nine months or less imposed for a Class C crime must be served in a county jail.  The average cost to a county for each sentence is $19,947 based on an average length of stay of 6 months and 2 days.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Presented below is a detailed estimate of revenues and subsequent distribution that may be generated assuming the approval of the host municipal governance body and the successful licensure of one hundred nonprofit organizations to operate slot machines:
	Summary of Slot Machine Revenue		2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
	Total Slot Machine Revenue		$40,933,035	$62,433,979	$60,738,356	$60,738,356
	Payback		$36,839,732	$56,190,581	$54,664,521	$54,664,521
	General Fund Administration @ 1%		$409,330	$624,340	$607,384	$607,384
	Net Slot Machine Income @ 10%		$3,683,974	$5,619,058	$5,466,452	$566,452
	50% of Net Slot Machine Income to State & Host Municipality		$1,841,987	$2,809,529	$2,733,226	$2,733,226
			2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
	Required Distribution of Net Slot Machine Income (40% State & Host Municipality Share)
	General Fund  (39%)		$1,236,750	$1,991,433	$1,931,916	$1,931,916
	Host Municipalities  (10%)		$368,397	$561,906	$546,645	$546,645
	Distribution to Citizen Trade Policy Commission		$200,000	$200,000	$200,000	$200,000
	Gambling addiction counseling services (1%)		$36,840	$56,191	$54,665	$54,665
	Other Revenue Impacts:
	License fees to the General Fund		$153,000	$77,500	$77,500	$77,500
	Reimbursements to the General Fund		$161,116	$0	$0	$0
	Summary of Revenue Impacts
	General Fund:
	- 1% of Total Slot Income		$409,330	$624,340	$607,384	$607,384
	- 39% of Net Slot Machine Income		$1,236,750	$1,991,433	$1,931,916	$1,931,916
	- Reimbursements		$161,116	$0	$0	$0
	- License fees to the General Fund		$153,000	$77,500	$77,500	$77,500
	General Fund Total		$1,960,196	$2,693,273	$2,616,800	$2,616,800
	Other Special Revenue Funds:
	- Distribution to Citizen Trade Policy Commission		$200,000	$200,000	$200,000	$200,000
	- Host Municipalities		$368,397	$561,906	$546,645	$546,645
	- Gambling addiction counseling services		$36,840	$56,191	$54,665	$54,665
	Other Special Revenue Total		$605,237	$818,097	$801,310	$801,310
			2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
	Summary of Expenditure Impacts
	General Fund Appropriations:
	- Public Safety 1		$512,893	$476,467	$486,865	$497,784
	General Fund Total		$0	$365,041	$412,909	$427,595
	Other Special Revenue Funds Allocations2:
	Public Safety
	- Host Municipalities		$368,397	$561,906	$546,645	$546,645
	- Gambling addiction counseling services		$36,840	$56,191	$54,665	$54,665
	Public Safety- Total		$405,237	$618,097	$601,310	$601,310
	Legislature
	- Citizen Trade Policy Commission		$200,000	$200,000	$200,000	$200,000
	Other Special Revenue Total		$605,237	$818,097	$801,310	$801,310
Notes;
1	The Gambling Control Board within the Department of Public Safety will require additional General Fund appropriations of $512,893 and $476,467 in fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09, respectively, for the costs of  one Additional State Police Detective position, 2 additional Public Safety Inspector I positions and operating costs necessary to regulate the operation of slot machines in certain nonprofit organizations.
2	Allocations are needed to allow the distribution of the additional dedicated revenue.