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.