An Act to Establish the Commission for the Blind LR 1427(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1189
Committee Amendment CA_A_S63 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 393, L.D. 1189, Bill, "An 
Act To Establish the Commission for the Blind" 
Amend the bill by inserting at the end before the summary 
the following: 
. Sec. 
6. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Commission £or the Blind 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Provides for the transfer of all staff and program 
dollars associated with the Division for the Blind and Visually 
Impaired from the Department of Labor to the new Commission for 
the Blind within the Executive Department. 
General Fund 
2003-04 
2004-05 
Positions - Legislative Count 
(9.500) 
(9.500) 
Personal Services 
$578,217 
$581,439 
All Other 
2,420,003 
2,467,779 
Capital Expenditures 
General Fund Total 
$2,998,220 
$3,049,218 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ;[. to S.P. 393, L.D. 1189 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
Unallocated 
Federal Expenditures Fund Total 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
Capital Expenditures 
Other Special Revenue Funds Total 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
2003-04 
(24.500) 
$1,473,718 
1,997,296 
232,958 
$3,703,972 
2003-04 
(2.000) 
$102,056 
92,443 
o 
$194,499 
2003-04 
$2,998,220 
3,703,972 
194,499 
$6,896,691 
Blind and Visually Impaired - Division for the 
0126 
2004-05 
(24.500) 
$1,497,009 
2,037,242 
237,292 
$3,771,543 
2004-05 
(2.000) 
$106,646 
94,292 
o 
$200,938 
2004-05 
$3,049,218 
3,771,543 
200,938 
$7,021,699 
Initiative: 
Provides for the transfer of all staff and program 
dollars associated with the Division for the Blind and Visually 
Impaired from the Department of Labor to the new Commission for 
the Blind within the Executive Department. 
General Fund 
positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
Unallocated 
Federal Expenditures Fund Total 
2003-04 
(-9.500) 
($578,217) 
(2,420,003) 
($2,998,220) 
2003-04 
(-24.500) 
($1,473,718) 
(1,997,296 ) 
(232,958) 
($3,703,972) 
2004-05 
(-9.500) 
($581,439) 
(2,467,779) 
($3,049,218) 
2004-05 
(-24.500) 
($1,497,009) 
(2,037,242) 
(237,292) 
($ 3,771, 543) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
~ /~:. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~' to S.P. 393, L.D. 1189 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Positions - Legislative Count 
Personal Services 
All Other 
2003-04 
(-2.000) 
($102,056) 
(92,443) 
Other Special Revenue Funds Total 
($194,499) 
LABOR. DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2003-04 
GENERAL FUND 
($2.998.220) 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
(3,703,972) 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
(194,499) 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
($6,896,691) 
SECTION TOTALS 
2003-04 
GENERAL FUND 
$0 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTIOli TOTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
$0 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
is 
the 
minority 
report. 
appropriation section to the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
2004-05 
(-2.000) 
($106,646) 
(94,292) 
($200,938) 
2004-05 
($3,049,218) 
(3,771,543) 
(200,938) 
($7.021.699) 
2004-05 
$0 
o 
o 
$0' 
It 
adds 
an 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04/01/03 frac 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1189 
An Act to Establish the Commission for the Blind 
LR 1427(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
2004-05 
Projections 
2005-06 
Projections 
2006-07 
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This bill transfers all staff and program dollars associated with the Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired from 
the Department of Labor to the new Commission for the Blind within the Executive Department. 
LR1427(2) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1