123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1110		LR 1499(02)
	An Act To Create the Maine Council on Poverty and Economic Security
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Health and Human Services
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Legislative Cost/Study
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$2,520	$2,520	$2,520
Legislative Cost/Study
	This bill includes an annual allocation of Other Special Revenue Funds to the Legislature of $2,520 beginning in fiscal year 2008-09 to provide funds for the per diem and expenses for legislative members who will serve as members of the Maine Council on Poverty and Economic Security.  This allocation is contingent on the acceptance of outside funding to cover the costs of the legislative members and the council.  Since the Department of Human Services is providing staffing services to the council, it may be necessary for the department to transfer funds to the Legislature at the beginning of each fiscal year.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Additional costs to the Department of Human Services, the State Planning Office, the Department of Labor, the Department of Education and the Maine State Housing Authority associated with serving on the council can be absorbed within each agency's existing budgeted resources.