129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 2102		LR 3194(03)
	An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Judiciary
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Funded
			FY 2019-20	FY 2020-21	Projections  FY 2021-22	Projections  FY 2022-23
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$33,300	$3,600	$3,600
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$33,300	$3,600	$3,600
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	This bill expands the number of municipal officials required to complete freedom of access training to include code enforcement officers, town and city managers, administrators and planning board members. It requires deputies of various officials complete the training. School superintendents, assistant superintendents and school board members are also required to complete the training.				Municipality	$33,300 one-time, $3,600 annually
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $33,300 in fiscal year 2020-21 to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to reimburse municipalities for 90% of the administrative costs associated with implementing the bill. The cost was calculated using salary and position data provided by the Maine Municipal Association. Projected future costs assume annual employee turnover of 11.8%, resulting in new employees each year who will need training.