121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 608
		An Act to Support Domestic Businesses in Publicly Funded Construction Projects
		LR 1599(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Sen. Rotundo of Androscoggin
		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		$1,466,995	$1,470,084	$1,506,836	$1,544,507
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$1,466,995	$1,470,084	$1,506,836	$1,544,507
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	To give preferential treatment to domestic suppliers whose bids are within 15% of a bid of a foreign supplier will result in increased costs to the Department of Administrative and Financial Service's public improvement construction projects of approximately $1.4 million annually.  This estimate is based on the proposed preferential treatment providing at least a 5% increase to last years total construction project expenditures of $28 million.  In addition, it is anticipated that this bill will also require an Engineer position at a total cost of $60,693 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $63,782 in fiscal year 2004-05 to handle the additional responsibilities resulting from this bill.