128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1170		LR 1204(09)
	An Act To Reduce Youth Access to Tobacco Products
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-146) S "B" (S-306) to C "A" (S-146) S "A" (S-325)
	Committee: Health and Human Services
Fiscal Note
			FY 2017-18	FY 2018-19	Projections  FY 2019-20	Projections  FY 2020-21
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$0	$312,045	$510,999
	Fund for a Healthy Maine		$0	$106,075	$0	$0
Revenue
	General Fund		$0	($106,075)	($312,045)	($510,999)
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	($111)	($815)	($1,336)
Transfers
	General Fund		$0	$106,075	$0	$0
	Fund for a Healthy Maine		$0	($106,075)	$0	$0
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
	Increases the number of civil violations. The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund and Other Special Revenue Funds revenue by minor amounts.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Increasing the legal age to purchase cigarettes and tobacco products from 18 to 21 except for individuals who are 18 years old as of July 1, 2018 is estimated to reduce General Fund revenue by $106,075 in fiscal year 2018-19 and reduce Local Government Fund revenue by $111 in fiscal year 2018-19. These impacts are to the cigarette tax, the tobacco products tax and the sales and use tax.
	The bill reimburses the General Fund revenue loss in the second year of the biennium only by a transfer of $106,075 by June 30, 2019 from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention program, Fund for a Healthy Maine account in the Department of Health and Human Services to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.
	The additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services to update materials and resources are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.