127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1286		LR 774(02)
	An Act To Ensure the Use of Environmentally Responsible Insulation Materials in Taxpayer-funded Building Projects
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: State and Local Government
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Exempted Potential future biennium cost increase - General Fund Potential future biennium cost increase - Other Funds Potential future biennium cost increase - Efficiency Maine Trust
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires local school administrative units to install, or fund the installation of, insulation with a global-warming potential of 10 or less in state-funded new construction or substantial renovation projects that begin on or after October 1, 2017.				School	Significant 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
	Requiring the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, the Maine State Housing Authority, the University of Maine System, Maine Maritime Academy, the Maine Community College System and the Efficiency Maine Trust to install insulation with a global-warming potential of 10 or less in state-funded new construction or substantial renovation projects that begin on or after October 1, 2017 may increase the cost of each project. The additional cost to each entity cannot be determined at this time and will depend on the price differential of the "global-warming potential" insulation and the insulation that would be used absent this requirement.