128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1862 LR 2955(10)
An Act To Establish Municipal Cost Components for Unorganized Territory Services To Be Rendered in Fiscal Year 2018-19
Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (H-712)
S "B" (S-504) to C "A" (H-712)
Committee: Taxation
             
Fiscal Note
No net fiscal impact - General Fund
Potential current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The amounts in the bill for the state costs included in the municipal cost components are based on budgeted expenditures for fiscal year 2018-19.  These costs are incorporated into the tax assessment for the unorganized territory, which is collected as dedicated revenue to the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund.  Transfers are then made to the other dedicated accounts for certain expenditures related to the Unorganized Territory and to the General Fund to reimburse for actual General Fund expenditures included in the municipal cost components.  This bill will not affect budgeted General Fund revenue or appropriations.
The bill also requires the Aroostook County administrator to reimburse the Unorganized Territory Education and Services Fund for any time an Aroostook County deputy sheriff is directly providing service to the organized municipalities in Aroostook County. The amount of any such reimbursement cannot be determined at this time.