130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1513		LR 703(02)
	An Act To Require the Maintenance of a Discontinued Public Road That Provides the Sole Access to One or More Residences
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: State and Local Government
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2021-22	FY 2022-23	Projections  FY 2023-24	Projections  FY 2024-25
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$63,107	$68,345	$71,566
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$63,107	$68,345	$71,566
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$500	$500	$500
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes an ongoing General Fund appropriation of $63,107 beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 for one Research Assistant Paralegal position and related All Other costs in the Office of the Attorney General, Natural Resources Division to provide staff support to the Maine Abandoned and Discontinued Roads Commission and to assist the commission in the conduct of its duties. The bill also includes an Other Special Revenue Funds base allocation of $500 beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 for the newly established Road Commission Fund program to support the work of the Maine Abandoned and Discontinued Roads Commission in the event that funds are received from public or private sources.
	Additional costs to the Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife associated with serving on the commission can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.