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(03)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		Committee: Natural Resources
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
		Minority Report
Fiscal Note
Current Cost - State Mandate
Undetermined current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Undetermined current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$45,000	$0	$0
Transfers
	General Fund		$0	$45,000	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	($45,000)	$0	$0
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 or otherwise disposed of.  The municipal costs to deliver to a consolidation facility for recycling 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 and TVs 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 facilities and municipalities for certain specified recycling costs.
	This bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection to establish a fee for the retail sale of new computer monitors and new televisions. This fee will result in an increase in additional revenue to the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund in an amount that can not be determined at this time. This additional revenue is intended to cover the costs of the State Planning Office and to reimburse municipalities and consolidation facilities for certain specified recycling expenses.
	The bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $45,000 in fiscal year 2004-05 to Maine Revenue Services for administrative costs associated with collecting this new fee.  These costs include computer programming and printing and mailing of notices to retailers.
	This bill will also increase transfers to the General Fund from the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund to reimburse the General Fund for the $45,000 administrative costs to Maine Revenue Services.
	The additional costs associated with the Department of Environmental Protection carrying out their assigned responsibilities can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.