125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1649		LR 2509(02)
	An Act To Authorize the Registration of Farmland in 2012 and 2013
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
	Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Exempted
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires counties to register new registrations of farmland since the last period of registration during 1990-1991, re-register existing registrations and register renewals every 5 years.				County	Insignificant statewide
	Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the state from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Additional costs to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources associated with processing farmland registrations can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.