132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 13 LR 44(01)
An Act to Provide Funds Necessary for the Production and Delivery of Election Materials by the Secretary of State and to Reconvene the Working Group to Study Polling Places at Schools
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Sen. Hickman of Kennebec
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 Projections  FY 2027-28 Projections  FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $266,000 $266,000 $266,000 $266,000
Appropriations/Allocations
Other Special Revenue Funds $266,000 $266,000 $266,000 $266,000
Revenue
General Fund ($266,000) ($266,000) ($266,000) ($266,000)
Other Special Revenue Funds $266,000 $266,000 $266,000 $266,000
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill creates the Production and Delivery of Election Materials Fund within the Department of Secretary of State.  The bill includes Other Special Revenue Funds allocations to the Department of Secretary of State of $266,000 beginning in fiscal year 2025-26 to support costs associated with the production and delivery of election materials.  The bill provides for annual transfers from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Fund of $266,000 beginning in fiscal year 2025-26 to fund the election materials costs.
Additional costs to the Department of Education for the commissioner or the commissioner's designee to serve on the working group can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.  Additional costs to the Department of Secretary of State to convene the working group and submit a report are also expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.