123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1878		LR 2601(02)
	An Act To Generate Savings by Changing Public Notice Requirements
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: State and Local Government
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$175,000	($207,000)	($356,000)	($277,000)
	Highway Fund		$0	($25,000)	($25,000)	($25,000)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$175,000	($207,000)	($356,000)	($277,000)
	Highway Fund		$0	($25,000)	($25,000)	($25,000)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill changes the legal public notice requirements from a newspaper notification system to an electronic notification system using the internet.  The new electronic system will involve start-up and transitional costs but will eventually generate savings across state government from reduced advertising costs as summarized below:
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
	Start-up and transitional advertisement costs		$150,000	$50,000	$0	$0
	Internet system maintenance costs		$25,000	$25,000	$25,000	$25,000
	Statewide General Fund savings		$0	($190,000)	($190,000)	($190,000)
	Legislature's General Fund savings		$0	($89,000)	($188,000)	($109,000)
	OPEGA's savings		$0	($3,000)	($3,000)	($3,000)
			$175,000	($207,000)	($356,000)	($277,000)
	Statewide Highway Fund savings		$0	($25,000)	($25,000)	($25,000)