125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1226		LR 739(02)
	An Act To Prevent and Treat Cancer in Maine by Implementing Critical Portions of the Comprehensive Cancer Program
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
	Committee: Taxation
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2011-12	FY 2012-13	Projections  FY 2013-14	Projections  FY 2014-15
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($1,864,344)	($3,607,152)	($3,679,711)	($3,753,267)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$2,010,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
Revenue
	General Fund		$3,874,344	$5,607,152	$5,679,711	$5,753,267
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$9,617	$13,651	$14,099	$14,282
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Equalizing the tax on non-cigarette tobacco products at $2 per ounce, changing the tax on smoking tobacco to $2 per ounce and reducing the tax on smokeless tobacco to $2 per ounce will increase revenue to the General Fund and increase revenue sharing.  The bill provides a General Fund appropriation of $2,000,000 per year to the Comprehensive Cancer Screening, Detection and Prevention Fund program in the Department of Health and Human Services for comprehensive cancer screening.  It also includes an appropriation of $10,000 on a one-time basis in fiscal year 2011-12 for Maine Revenue Services to modify the current Tobacco Tax Return and to inform distributors of tobacco products of the changes to the law.