132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 915		LR 565(02)
	An Act to Modernize Deed Duplication from Microfilm to a Digital Image
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: State and Local Government
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential State Mandate Removed - Committee exception
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	In the Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement (PFIS) for this bill, it was identified as a Potential State Mandate ‐ Unfunded. The committee reviewed the PFIS and determined that because register of deeds are already required to store records on microfilm and that because the requirement in this bill to instead store records as digital images on magnetic or optical media would create a shift in cost rather than an additional expenditure, the bill was determined not to be a mandate. As the committee included this exception in the summary of the committee amendment, the Potential State Mandate ‐ Unfunded language was removed from the fiscal note for the committee amendment.