130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1226		LR 1700(01)
	Resolve, Directing the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations To Examine Restorative Justice
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Talbot Ross of Portland
	Committee: Judiciary
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Costs to the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations to implement the requirements of this legislation and the ability of the commission to absorb those costs within existing budgeted resources can not be determined at this time.  The current cash balance in the Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations program account was $46,945.  LD 221, the 2022-2023 biennial budget, as amended by the May 2021 change package, includes General Fund appropriations of $495,035 per year beginning in fiscal year 2021-22 to support the work of the commission.  If approved by the Legislature, funding should be sufficient for the commission to conduct the required review.