128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1210		LR 1303(01)
	An Act Regarding the Maine Clean Election Fund
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Luchini of Ellsworth
	Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
			FY 2017-18	FY 2018-19	Projections  FY 2019-20	Projections  FY 2020-21
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$3,000,000	($1,300,000)	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$3,000,000	($1,300,000)	$0	$0
Transfers
	General Fund		($3,000,000)	$1,300,000	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$3,000,000	($1,300,000)	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill transfers $3,000,000 from the General Fund to the Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices (CGEEP) in fiscal year 2017-18 for the anticipated increase, from $3,000,000 to $6,000,000, in disbursements from the Maine Clean Election Fund (MCEF) as a result of the addition of gubernatorial candidates in the November 2018 election. It also decreases the authorized transfer from the General Fund to the CGEEP in fiscal year 2018-19 by $1,300,000, from $3,000,000 to $1,700,000, for an anticipated decrease in disbursements from the MCEF.
	The bill also allocates $3,000,000 to the CGEEP in fiscal year 2017-18 and deallocates $1,300,000 from the CGEEP in fiscal year 2018-19 to match the change in amounts transferred.