126th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1679		LR 2674(07)
	An Act To Appropriate Funds for the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, Code Enforcement Officer Training, Increased Enforcement of Tax Collection, Water Quality Control, Clinical Staff at the Maine State Prison and HIV Prevention Education
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (H-617) S "A" (S-540) to C "A" (H-617)
	Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note
			FY 2013-14	FY 2014-15	Projections  FY 2015-16	Projections  FY 2016-17
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$0	$2,912,188	$2,923,909
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$1,558,021	$4,052,188	$4,063,909
Revenue
	General Fund		$0	$1,140,000	$1,140,000	$1,140,000
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$60,000	$60,000	$60,000
Transfers
	General Fund		$0	$418,021	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	($418,021)	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $250,000 to the Department of Public Safety beginning in fiscal year 2014-15 to maintain the operations of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.
	It also includes an ongoing General Fund appropriation of $71,500 beginning in fiscal year 2014-15 to support the Maine Lakes Society, to manage and analyze certain data and for development and implementation of water pollution control, water quality protection and other environmental training programs.
	General Fund appropriations of $30,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2014-15 have been included for the Community Development Block Grant program within the Department of Economic and Community Development to support the code enforcement officer training and certification program.
	It also includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $150,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2014-15 to the Maine HIV Prevention Education Program within the Department of Education for HIV prevention training and education.
	It includes a General Fund appropriation to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services of $227,459 for one Senior Tax Examiner position and 2 Tax Examiner positions in order to increase Maine Revenue Services' levy capability and address an extensive inventory of collection cases.  This activity is expected to increase General Fund and Local Government Fund revenues by $1,140,000 and $60,000, respectively, in fiscal year 2014-15.
	A General Fund appropriation of $829,062 to the Department of Corrections in fiscal year 2014-15 is included in the bill for contracted clinical staff to staff a mental health unit at the Maine State Prison.
	Finally, it includes a $418,021 transfer in fiscal year 2014-15 from the Gambling Control Board, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.