128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1845		LR 2716(07)
	An Act To Provide Incentives To Attract Trained Firefighters to Maine and To Retain Trained Firefighters by Expanding the Provision of Live Fire Service Training
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (H-695) S "A" (S-525) to C "A" (H-695)
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note
			FY 2017-18	FY 2018-19	Projections  FY 2019-20	Projections  FY 2020-21
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes General Fund appropriations of $500,000 annually through fiscal year 2020-21 beginning in fiscal year 2018-19 to a newly established Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund program within the Maine Community College System to provide grants for the construction and repair or replacement of regional live fire service training facilities in the State. The funds appropriated do not lapse back to the General Fund at the end of each fiscal year but must be carried forward to be used for the purposes established.
	Additional costs to the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission associated with establishing grant award criteria, evaluating grant applications and awarding grants to municipalities can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.