127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1606		LR 2716(05)
	An Act To Provide Funding to the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Sen. Brakey of Androscoggin
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2015-16	FY 2016-17	Projections  FY 2017-18	Projections  FY 2018-19
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$0	($7,777,326)	($7,777,326)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		($200,000)	($7,777,326)	($7,777,326)	($7,777,326)
Revenue
	General Fund		$0	$3,000,000	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	($3,000,000)	$0	$0
Transfers
	General Fund		($200,000)	($10,777,326)	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This amendment deappropriates $2,351,366 in fiscal year 2016-17 as a result of eliminating benefits for legal non-citizens in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It also deappropriates $5,425,960 in fiscal year 2016-17 as a result of restructuring the General Assistance program to reflect a change in the reimbursements made to municipalities.
	This amendment eliminates the $3,000,000 General Fund transfer to the Maine Clean Election Fund required to be made under current law in fiscal year 2016-17.
	This amendment deappropriates $200,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 that was appropriated on a one-time basis to the Maine Historic Preservation Commission in Public Law 2015, chapter 267 for the purchase of the Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine.
	This amendment increases the amount transferred from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine Budget Stabilization by $200,000 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $10,777,325 in fiscal year 2016-17.