132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 187		LR 696(01)
	An Act to Prohibit Labor Organizations from Imposing Mandatory Service Fees on Nonmembers
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Morris of Turner
	Committee: Labor
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds Potential current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This legislation may increase litigation before the Maine Labor Relations Board, resulting in increased payments to board members for per diem and other expenses.  Pursuant to Title 26, section 968, per diem and necessary expenses for members and alternates of the board, as well as state cost allocation program charges, must be shared equally by the parties to any proceeding at which the board presides and must be paid into a special fund administered by the board from which all costs must be paid.