121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 149
		An Act to Transfer Bureau of General Services School Construction Functions to the Maine Department of Education
		LR 0608(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Sen. Nass
		Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Moving the Bureau of General Services School Construction functions to the Department of Education will require the transfer of positions and related general operating expenses to the Department of Education.  Currently, the Bureau of General Services within the Department of Adminstrative and Financial Services pays for their personnel and all other expenses by assessing a fee of four-tenths of one percent on state approved school construction budgets.  This dedicated revenue supports approximately 75% of the cost of the currently assigned four positions at the Bureau of General Services.  These positions work on other projects within the bureau to make up the difference.  As proposed by this concept draft, this responsibility and the dedicated revenue to support this function would be transferred to the Department of Education.  The ability of the Department of Education to assume this responsibility without additional funding or without impacting currently existing programs is doubtful.