127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1325		LR 1363(05)
	An Act To Ensure a Public Process When Discontinuing or Abandoning a Public Road
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (H-558) S "A" (S-414) to C "A" (H-558)
	Committee: State and Local Government
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Exempted
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires municipal clerks to file determinations of abandonment with the registry of deeds.				Municipality	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 Transportation associated with receiving documents from municipal clerks and reporting on the status of any road inventories developed by municipalities can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.