121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 702
		An Act to Amend the Animal Welfare Laws
		LR 0541(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Rep. McKee
		Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings):
	General Fund		$264,350	$349,940	$354,839	$359,807
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$264,350	$349,940	$354,839	$359,807
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
	Establishes a new civil violation
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Requiring that State Humane Agents respond to calls for dangerous dogs will result in additional General Fund costs for the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources. The costs of adding 5 additional district Humane Agents will be $264,350 and $349,940 in fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05, respectively.