125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1798 LR 2697(02)
An Act To Reform Land Use Planning in the Unorganized Territory
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
FY 2011-12 FY 2012-13 Projections  FY 2013-14 Projections  FY 2014-15
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 ($416) $1,446 $3,459
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 ($416) $1,446 $3,459
Other Special Revenue Funds $0 $553 $553 $553
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This legislation transfers review and permitting authority for certain projects from the Department of Conservation, Land Use Regulation Commission to the Department of Environmental Protection, Land and Water Quality.  It includes a General Fund deappropriation and Other Special Revenue Funds deallocation to the Department of Conservation of $100,402 and $410 in fiscal year 2012-13 as a result of transferring 2 Environmental Specialist II positions and related administrative costs from the Department of Conservation to the Department of Environmental Protection. The bill includes a fiscal year 2012-13 General Fund appropriation of $99,986 and an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $963 to the Department of Environmental Protection.
Additional costs to the Department of Conservation associated with initiating prospective zoning in unorganized and deorganized areas, establishing a process by which an applicant can request a public preapplication meeting and preparing an annual performance report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.