124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1643		LR 2521(01)
	An Act To Facilitate the Involvement of the Office of the Public Advocate in the FairPoint Communications Bankruptcy Case
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Hinck of Portland
	Committee: Utilities and Energy
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
			2009-10	2010-11	Projections 2011-12	Projections 2012-13
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$100,000	$0	$0	$0
Revenue
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$100,000	$0	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	All telecommunications entities already subject to an assessment under Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A, Section 116, Sub-Section 8 are subjected to an additional one-time assessment on their intrastate gross operating revenues sufficient to produce $100,000.  The Office of the Public Advocate will require an allocation of $100,000 to be used for bankruptcy counsel and related costs for the FairPoint Communications bankruptcy proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York.