121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1722
		An Act To Clarify the Prevailing Wage Law
		LR 2587(02)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		Committee: Labor
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Future biennium cost increase - Highway Fund
Minor cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Requiring that certain minimum wages be the higher of either state or federal minimum requirements will require either increasing annual Highway Fund costs in the Department of Transportation by an estimated $10,500,000 beginning in fiscal year 2005-06 or deferring or delaying a number of highway construction projects to compensate for the higher minimum wage requirements.
	Additional costs to the Regulation and Enforcement program within the Department of Labor associated with monitoring all Davis-Bacon wage determinations issued for state agencies and issuing a specialized determination in some cases can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources.