121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1688
		An Act To Clarify the Law Regarding Interpreting Services for People Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-hearing
		LR 2490(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Sen. Edmonds of Cumberland
		Committee: Labor
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$0	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes a General Fund appropriation and deappropriation of $80,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 which transfers funds from the Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitiation Services to the Administrative Office of the Courts for the purpose of funding American Sign Language interpreting and computer-assisted real-time transcription for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing who appear before the courts.
	This bill is not an emergency, consequently, the fiscal year 2003-04 appropriation may not become effective before June 30, 2004.  Without changes to the bill the fiscal year 2003-04 appropriation would likely lapse to the General Fund and not be available for expenditure for the intended purpose.