127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 299 LR 1449(01)
An Act To Protect Children in Municipal and School Facilities by Requiring Boiler Inspections
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Sen. Hill of York
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
State Mandate - Unfunded
FY 2015-16 FY 2016-17 Projections  FY 2017-18 Projections  FY 2018-19
Revenue
Other Special Revenue Funds $250,000 $250,000 $250,000 $250,000
State Mandates
Required Activity Unit Affected Local Cost
Requires inspection of boilers located in schools and boilers owned by municipalities. Municipality
School
Significant statewide
The required local activities in this bill may represent a State mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.  Unless General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding requirement, municipalities may not be required to implement these changes.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Reestablishing the requirement that boilers in schools and boilers owned by municipalities be inspected will increase the amount of dedicated revenue received by the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation (OPOR) within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation by approximately $250,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2015-16 from certification fees.  This preliminary fiscal impact statement assumes that schools and municipalities must include an $80 fee when submitting their inspection report to OPOR, which was the fee that was in place prior to this requirement being repealed in Public Law 2013, c. 595, Pt. U, §11.