121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1892
		An Act To Protect Public Health and the Environment by Providing for a System of Shared Responsibility for the Safe Collection and Recycling of Electronic Waste
		LR 2752(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Rep. Koffman of Bar Harbor
		Committee: Natural Resources
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Current Cost - State Mandate
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$45,000	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$45,000	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$175,000	$350,000	$350,000
Revenue
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$175,000	$350,000	$350,000
State Mandate
	New or Expanded Activity			Unit Affected	Costs
	Municipalities must ensure that computer monitors and televisions are delivered to a consolidation facility for recycling through 2012.  The municipal costs would be reimbursed by the State Planning Office from the Solid Waste Management Fund after January 1, 2005.			Municipality	Significant, but reimbursed after January 1, 2005
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Establishing a system to provide for the collection and recycling of computer monitors, TVs and other covered electronic waste will require additional allocations from the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund.  The State Planning Office will need a part-time Planner II position to provide outreach and assist in the reimbursement of consolidation facilties and municipalities for certain specified recycling costs.  The Department of Environmental Protection will require $5,000 annually to support various outreach and compliance activities.
	The bill sets a fee on the retail sale of televisions of $6 for each unit sold.  This fee could result in additional revenue to the Maine Solid Waste Mangement Fund of approximately $350,000 annually.  It is uncertain whether $350,000 will be enough to cover all costs of the State Planning Office and the Department of Environmental Protection and reimburse the municipalities and consolidation facilities.  With the fee beginning January 1, 2005, the amount of revenue expected in fiscal year 2004-05 is $175,000, or half the annual amount.
	Maine Revenue Services will require a General Fund appropriation of $45,000 in fiscal year 2004-05 for administrative costs associated with collecting this new fee.  These costs include computer programming and printing and mailing of notices to retailers.