131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1200 LR 838(03)
Resolve, to Convene a Driver Education Working Group to Evaluate Hardships to Underserved Populations and Low-income Families
Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (H-105)
Committee: Transportation
             
Fiscal Note
Legislative Cost/Study
Legislative Cost/Study
The general operating expenses of this study are projected to be $440 in fiscal year 2023-24. The Legislature’s proposed budget for the 2024-2025 biennium includes $14,500 in each of fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25 for the costs of legislative studies, as well as $2,234 in projected balances from fiscal year 2022-23 and $36,777 of balances carried over from prior years for this purpose. Whether these amounts are sufficient to fund all studies will depend on the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature. Legislative Council staff support is not authorized.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Any additional costs for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Public Safety, Education and Secretary of State to take part in the working group to study potential solutions regarding the cost of and access to driver education for underserved populations and low-income families and for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Secretary of State to staff the working group are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.