132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 266		LR 456(01)
	An Act to Require the Updating of Voter Registration Signatures
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Smith of Palermo
	Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
			FY 2025-26	FY 2026-27	Projections  FY 2027-28	Projections  FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$493,500	$4,375	$4,375	$4,375
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$493,500	$4,375	$4,375	$4,375
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires registrars to annually notify voters whose signatures expire in that calendar year and provide them with a voter signature registration update form.				Municipality	Moderate statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill provides General Fund appropriations of $493,500 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $4,375 in fiscal year 2026-27 for one-time computer programming costs and ongoing postage and other expenses to update voter registration signatures every 5 years.