124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 621		LR 667(01)
	An Act Allowing Workers' Compensation Benefits for Firefighters Who Contract Cancer
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Sen. Bartlett II of Cumberland
	Committee: Labor
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Costs
	Requiring municipalities to provide for a rebuttable presumption that a firefighter who contracts cancer contracted the disease arising out of and in the course of employment as a firefighter if certain criteria are met is a State mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.  Unless General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding requirement, municipalities may not be required to implement these changes.				Municipality	Significant