121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1819
		An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Study Group To Examine an Emergency Alert Notification System for Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Individuals
		LR 2656(02)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		Committee: Utilities and Energy
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
		Majority Report
Fiscal Note
Undetermined current biennium revenue increase - Federal Expenditures Fund
Minor cost increase - General Fund
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Appropriations/Allocations
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$0	$500	$500	$500
Transfers
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$0	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill authorizes the transfer of $85,000 annually from the universal service fund administered by the Public Utilities Commission to the Communications Equipment Fund within the Department of Labor's Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Division of Deafness.  The transfer may be increased to $122,500 in any year that the $85,000 is not sufficient and other funds are not received from other sources to carry out the purposes of the fund.  In addition, this bill also requires the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services to apply for federal homeland security funds.  Applying for federal homeland security funds may result in an increase in the amount of funds available in the Communications Equipment Fund to be used to provide emergency alert notification equipment and other services for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons.  The amount of federal funds can not be determined at this time.  This bill includes a Federal Expenditures Fund allocation of $500 in fiscal year 2004-05 to establish a base allocation of funds in the event that federal grants are awarded.