123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1684 LR 1136(02)
An Act To Create the Maine Agriculture Protection Act
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "    "
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
Legislative Cost/Study
2007-08 2008-09 Projections 2009-10 Projections 2010-11
Appropriations/Allocations
Other Special Revenue Funds $0 $4,270 $0 $0
Legislative Cost/Study
This bill includes an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Legislature of $4,270 in fiscal year 2008-09 to provide funds for the per diem and general operating expenses of the Commission to Study the Protection of Farms and Farmland.  If sufficient outside funding has not been received by August 1, 2008 to fully fund all costs of the commission, no meetings are authorized and no expenses of any kind may be incurred or reimbursed.

Fiscal Detail and Notes
Additional costs to the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Resources can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.