131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1874 LR 2319(01)
An Act to Support Maine Loggers' and Truckers' Right to Work in Maine by Improving Labor Standards
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Pres. Jackson of Aroostook
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential future biennium revenue decrease - Other Special Revenue Funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill provides that the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) may obtain certification from a forest certification program for state land only if the program requires labor standards for logging and trucking contractors. The ACF has indicated that all current forest certifications are from programs that include labor standards. However, since the bill doesn't define a specific set of labor standards, the ACF has indicated that, should the criteria used by the forest certification programs be found to be inadequate, the resulting loss of certification would impair the ACF's ability to sell timber harvested from public lands it oversees, resulting in substantial revenue losses.