131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 406 LR 2041(02)
An Act to Expand Passenger Rail Service
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Transportation
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 Projections  FY 2025-26 Projections  FY 2026-27
Appropriations/Allocations
Other Special Revenue Funds $250,000 $0 $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill includes a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $250,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 to the Department of Transportation to adopt a rail corridor use vision plan. The plan will be completed on the St. Lawrence and Atlantic rail corridor from Portland to Auburn, the Lower Road rail corridor from Brunswick to Augusta, the Mountain Division Line from Westbrook to Fryeburg and the Rockland Branch rail corridor from Brunswick to Rockland.  
Additional costs to the Department of Economic and Community Development to have a representative serve on the advisory committee can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.