123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1200		LR 2087(02)
	An Act To Require the Department of Environmental Protection To Exclude Repeat Violators of Environmental Laws from Receiving State Contracts
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Natural Resources
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - General Fund Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The contractors providing services to the Department of Environmental Protection can be highly specialized.  Debarring them for two years could limit the contractors available to respond quickly to petroleum and hazardous materials spills.  This potential for delay could increase the total cost to cleanup these sites.  This fiscal note assumes that because the Commissioner of Environmental Protection is given some discretion to decide whether to debar, contractors with highly specialized or technical skills with no viable alternative competitors would not be debarred, reducing the potential for increased costs from the implementation of this bill.  The department should be able to absorb the cost within existing resources.