126th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1185		LR 1353(02)
	An Act To Enhance Efforts To Use Locally Produced Food in Schools
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires school administrative units to determine and report the percentage of food and dairy products purchased or otherwise acquired for use in its elementary school and secondary school that is grown, raised, caught or produced in the State beginning in fiscal year 2014-15.				School	Moderate statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent 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.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Additional costs to the Department of Education to collect and report the required data from school administrative units beginning in fiscal year 2014-15 can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.