129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1044 LR 1790(03)
An Act To Advance Children's Cancer Research in Maine
Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (H-441)
Committee: Taxation
             
Fiscal Note
FY 2019-20 FY 2020-21 Projections  FY 2021-22 Projections  FY 2022-23
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $11,000 $0 $0 $0
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $11,000 $0 $0 $0
Other Special Revenue Funds $500 $500 $500 $500
Revenue
Other Special Revenue Funds $500 $500 $500 $500
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill establishes an income tax checkoff provision for taxpayers to contribute to the Maine Children's Cancer Research Fund.  It includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $11,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 to the Department of Administration and Financial Services to add the new voluntary checkoff to the individual income tax return. It also includes an Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Department of Health and Human Services of $500 beginning in fiscal year 2019-20 to establish the authority to spend revenue received from the income tax checkoff.