121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1680
		An Act To Establish Harbor Master Standards and Course Requirements
		LR 2279(02)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		Committee: Transportation
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
		Minority Report
Fiscal Note
Current Cost - State Mandate
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$5,000	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$5,000	$0	$0
State Mandate
	New or Expanded Activity				Unit Affected	Costs
	The requirement that a municipality can not employ a harbor master who has not been certified may necessitate municipal expenditures other than training costs.  These may include going through the hiring process to hire someone who is certified or finding a way to accomodate the harbor master functions while a harbor master is being trained.  Although the costs are not expected to be significant, this represents a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.				Municipality	Insignificant
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The Department of Marine Resources will incur additional expenses to develop a basic harbor master training course and will require a one-time General Fund appropriation of $5,000 in fiscal year 2004-05.
	The Maine Criminal Justice Academy within the Department of Public Safety can absorb the costs of offering a harbor master training course within existing budgeted resources.