123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 486		LR 637(01)
	An Act To Establish an Apprenticeship Hunter License Program
	Fiscal Note for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Richardson, W. of Warren
	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		$10,922	$31,193	$31,193	$31,193
Revenue
	General Fund		($10,922)	($31,193)	($31,193)	($31,193)
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 an apprenticeship hunter license program will result in a net loss of General Fund revenue collected by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife of $10,922 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $31,193 in each fiscal year thereafter.  This assumes that 1% of current licensees will opt to buy the appreticeship licenses instead of their more expensive current ones and that 200 unlicensed residents and 100 unlicensed non-residents will be attracted to the new license.