125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 849		LR 149(10)
	An Act To Provide Tax Relief for Maine's Citizens by Reducing Income Taxes
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "   " to Committee Amendment "C"
	Sponsor: Sen. Johnson of Lincoln
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential future biennium cost increase - General Fund Potential future biennium revenue decrease - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The amendment adds property tax relief as the first pupose of the bill.  Based on currently budgeted revenue, no transfers of General Fund revenue in excess of the appropriation limitation are expected through the end of fiscal year 2014-15.  If actual revenue in these or later fiscal years exceeds budgeted revenue, leaving an excess for year-end distribution to the Fund, the balance, when sufficient, would be used for the folowing initiatives (in order): fully fund the Circuitbreaker Program, restore revenue sharing to 5%, fund General Purpose Assistance at 55%, and then to replace the revenues that would be lost by reducing individual income tax rates. The amount of rate reduction that would occur in any tax year is to be determined solely by reference to the balance of the Fund and the revenue that would be lost by any rate reduction effective for the following tax year. Since the funding for the rate reduction is non-recurring and the rate reductions permanent, it is possible that the bill could result in significantly reduced revenues for all years following the implementation of a tax rate reduction.