127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 9		LR 218(02)
	An Act To Retain Call Centers in Maine
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium revenue increase - General Fund Potential current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
			FY 2015-16	FY 2016-17	Projections  FY 2017-18	Projections  FY 2018-19
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$22,567	$36,138	$37,184	$38,271
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$22,567	$36,138	$37,184	$38,271
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $22,567 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $36,138 in fiscal year 2016-17 to implement the requirements of this legislation.  Of this amount, General Fund appropriations of $12,567 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $26,138 in fiscal year 2016-17 to the Bureau of Labor Standards is included for a portion of the personal services cost for one Labor and Safety Inspector position associated with enforcing the notification requirements and collecting the fines assessed.  Additionally, General Fund appropriations of $10,000 in fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17 to the Workforce Research program is included for the maintenance of a database of employers who have relocated a call center or a facility or operating unit handling at least 30% of call volume within a call center, from the State to a foreign country.  This fiscal note assumes a January 1, 2016 effective date.
	Requiring those employers that have received state grants, state guaranteed loans or state tax benefits and have relocated a call center, or one or more facilities or operating units within a call center handling at least 30% of the call center's total call volume, from the State to a foreign country to remit the unamortized value of the state grant, state guaranteed loan or tax benefit may result in increased General Fund or Other Special Revenue Funds revenue to the State beginning in fiscal year 2015-16.  Assessing a fine of $350 for each day that an employer fails to notify the State of its intention to relocate a call center may also increase General Fund revenues beginning in fiscal year 2015-16.  The amount of additional revenue to be received will depend on the number of fines assessed and the value of the grants, loans or tax benefits remitted.
	The Department of Administrative and Financial Services anticipates additional costs associated with this bill.  These are not anticipated to be significant.