130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1924		LR 2359(04)
	An Act To Expand Access to Justice in Rural Maine through Legal Education
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Sen. Breen of Cumberland
	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	($340,000)	($340,000)	($340,000)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	($340,000)	($340,000)	($340,000)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This amendment eliminates the ongoing General Fund appropriations in the bill of $340,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 to the University of Maine System to establish a rural practice clinic in Aroostook County as part of a 3-year pilot program.
	As amended, this bill still requires the University of Maine System to establish a rural practice clinic in Aroostook County as a 3-year pilot project of the existing legal aid clinic at the University of Maine School of Law. Funding for the first 2 years of the pilot project will be provided by a payment of $680,000 to the University of Maine System from the funds received by the Office of the Attorney General for antitrust enforcement and enforcement of the Unfair Trade Practices Act.