125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1407		LR 1615(02)
	An Act To Establish the Maine Wild Mushroom Harvesting Certification Program
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2011-12	FY 2012-13	Projections  FY 2013-14	Projections  FY 2014-15
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$500	$500	$500	$500
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Provides a base allocation of $500 each year for the Wild Mushroom Harvesting Fund program in the Department of Health and Human Services in the event that fee revenue and other revenues are received from public and private sources.  The Department is authorized to use the funds collected and deposited in this account for the reasonable costs incurred by the Maine Wild Mushroom Harvesting Advisory Committee and for the certification of wild mushroom harvesters.  The amount of revenue that is likely to be received and deposited in this account cannot be determined at this time. Additional costs to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the University of Maine System associated with serving on the advisory committee can be absorbed with existing staff and within existing budgeted resources.