123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 486		LR 637(02)
	An Act To Establish an Apprenticeship Hunter License Program
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	($10,550)	($10,550)	($10,550)
Revenue
	General Fund		$0	$10,550	$10,550	$10,550
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
	Establishes new civil violations and Class E crimes.  Sentences for a Class E crime must be served in a County Jail.  The average cost to a county for each Class E sentence is $2,959 based on an average length of stay of 27 days.  The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The establishment of fees for various apprenticeship  hunter licenses will result in an increase in General Fund revenue collected by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.  Beginning in fiscal year 2008-09,  the estimated annual amount is $10,555.  The Governor's proposed General Fund budgeted appropriations for the department exceed budgeted General Fund revenue to be collected by the department by $1,902,136 and $2,399,297 in fiscal years 2007-08 and 2008-09, respectively.  If the total amounts of budgeted departmental General Fund revenue approved by the 1st Session of the 123rd Legislature exceed the appropriated amounts, the Legislature will be required to appropriate additional General Fund amounts to meet the constitutional requirement that the total level of General Fund appropriations must be at least equal to the undedicated revenue collected by the department.