131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1552 LR 171(04)
An Act to Create the Lobster Innovation Fund
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
Sponsor: Sen. Rotundo of Androscoggin
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 Projections  FY 2025-26 Projections  FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund ($2,000,000) $50,000 $0 $0
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 $50,000 $0 $0
Other Special Revenue Funds ($1,999,500) $0 $0 $0
Transfers
General Fund $2,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Other Special Revenue Funds ($2,000,000) $0 $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This amendment removes the one-time transfer and related allocation of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the newly established Lobster Innovation Fund within the Department of Marine Resources and provides a one-time General Fund appropriation of $50,000 in fiscal year 2024-25 to the fund for stipends to holders of Class I, Class II, or Class III Lobster fishing licenses to participate in the testing of new lobster fishing technologies. The amendment also provides a base Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $500 per year in the event that outside funds are received for this purpose.