129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 322		LR 158(02)
	An Act To Strengthen Maine's Election Laws by Requiring Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Exempted
			FY 2019-20	FY 2020-21	Projections  FY 2021-22	Projections  FY 2022-23
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$397,980	$322,980	$65,600	$65,600
	Highway Fund		$300,000	$150,000	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$397,980	$322,980	$65,600	$65,600
Revenue
	Highway Fund		($300,000)	($150,000)	$0	$0
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Establishes a provisional voting process requiring election officials to track provisional ballots and provisional ballot affidavits, complete a provisional ballot log and report the status of all provisional ballots to the Secretary of State.				Municipality	Moderate statewide
	Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the State from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Secretary State of $397,980 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $322,980 in fiscal year 2020-21 to produce state identification cards, perform programming changes, generate provisional ballots and affidavits and conduct voter outreach.
	Highway Fund revenue would be reduced by $300,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2020-21 as a result of issuing free nondriver identification cards to any individual who needed a card to vote.