130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 480		LR 646(01)
	An Act To Establish a Presumption of Entitlement to Counsel for a Person Who Is the Subject of an Adult Guardianship, Conservatorship or Other Protective Arrangement Proceeding
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Cardone of Bangor
	Committee: Judiciary
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
			FY 2021-22	FY 2022-23	Projections  FY 2023-24	Projections  FY 2024-25
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$103,104	$103,104	$103,104	$103,104
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$103,104	$103,104	$103,104	$103,104
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires Probate Courts to appoint an attorney for every adult in a guardianship, conservatorship or other protective arrangement proceeding unless the court finds that the adult knowingly and voluntarily refuses such representation.				Municipality	Significant statewide
	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 Department of Health and Human Services will require General Fund appropriations of $103,104 beginning in fiscal year 2021-22 for increased legal costs to the Department of Health and Human Services due to an expected increase in litigation.