121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 333
		Resolve, Directing the Department of Audit To Establish a Fraud Hotline
		LR 1209(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Sen. Douglass
		Committee: State and Local Government
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings):
	General Fund		$1,000	$1,000	$1,025	$1,051
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$1,000	$1,000	$1,025	$1,051
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	General Fund appropriations of approximately $1000 per fiscal year to the Department of Audit will be required to provide a hotline for the reporting of fraud, waste and abuse of state and local government funds and property.  It is anticipated that many of these calls can be handled by current staff at the Department of Audit. However, other more complex related calls may require further investigation and the exact impact on the Department of Audit staff can not be determined at this time.