131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 614		LR 1280(03)
	An Act to Reduce Conflicts Between Landowners and Deer and Add an Additional Youth Deer Hunting Day
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (H-851)
	Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Fiscal Note
			FY 2023-24	FY 2024-25	Projections  FY 2025-26	Projections  FY 2026-27
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$71,628	$71,628	$71,628
Revenue
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$71,628	$71,628	$71,628
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Under current law agents who collect the $5 deer registration fee when a harvested deer is registered remit $3 to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW) and retain $2. Instead, this bill will require the total amount of the registration fee to be remitted to DIFW with the $2 deposited in the Deer Management Fund (DMF).  Using an estimated 35,814 registrations, which is the average number of harvested deer from 2018 through 2023, the additional $2 will generate $71,628 annually beginning in fiscal year 2024-25.  The bill includes a corresponding allocation to allow for the expenditure of additional revenue.
	This bill also removes a ratio for types of expenditures from the DMF and adds new allowable uses of the fund.  The bill also directs DIFW to incorporate a check-off box to the online licensing system to allow donations for assisting with deer conflict prevention and management which will increase Other Special Revenue Funds revenue.