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(02)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		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 2004-05 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.