131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1552 LR 171(05)
An Act to Create the Lobster Innovation Fund
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
Sponsor: Pres. Jackson of Aroostook
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) $0 $0 $0
Appropriations/Allocations
Other Special Revenue Funds ($1,500,000) $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 eliminates the $2,000,000 one-time transfer from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Department of Marine Resources, Lobster Innovation Fund (LIF), Other Special Revenue Funds account and replaces it with a one-time transfer of $500,000 from the Department of Professional  and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Financial Institutions, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the LIF. The amendment also reduces the fiscal year 2023-24 Other Special Revenue Funds allocation for the LIF from $2,000,000 to $500,000.