131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 525		LR 168(01)
	An Act to Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them to Organize for the Purposes of Collective Bargaining
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Spkr. Talbot Ross of Portland
	Committee: Labor and Housing
	Fiscal Note Required: No
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Minor cost increase - General Fund Minor revenue increase - General Fund Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
	May increase the number of civil suits filed in the court system. The additional workload associated with the minimal number of new cases filed in the court system does not require additional funding at this time. The collection of additional filing fees will increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Additional costs to the Maine Labor Relations Board to implement the requirements of this legislation can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.  Revenue from penalties assessed due to nonpayment of a party's share of the cost of services provided by the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation is expected to be minor.