127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 941		LR 1142(05)
	An Act To Improve Tax Expenditure Transparency and Accountability
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-296) S "A" (S-322) to C "A" (S-296)
	Committee: Taxation
Fiscal Note
			FY 2015-16	FY 2016-17	Projections  FY 2017-18	Projections  FY 2018-19
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$0	$245,771	$254,602
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$168,884	$237,280	$245,771	$254,602
Transfers
	General Fund		$168,884	$237,280	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill provides an appropriation of $168,884 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $237,280 in fiscal year 2016-17 for two positions and related costs in the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability to conduct tax expenditure review and evaluation. The General Fund is reimbursed for these costs by lapsing the same amounts back to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund from various accounts and line categories of the Legislature in fiscal year 2015-16 and fiscal year 2016-17. Years subsequent to fiscal year 2016-17 are not reimbursed.
	Any additional costs to the State Controller in the Department of Administrative and Financial Services associated with these transfers are minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.