An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee”
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 2102
Committee Amendment CA_B_H826 (House)
Committee: Judiciary

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to H.P. 1497, L.D. 2102, Bill, “An Act To 
Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee”
Amend the bill by adding after section 6 the following:
'Sec. 7.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Freedom of Access Training N346
Initiative: Provides funding to reimburse municipalities for costs associated with 
requiring certain municipal officials to complete freedom of access training.
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary.
This amendment includes an appropriation to provide funds to reimburse 
municipalities for the costs required for additional municipal officials to meet the 
freedom of access training requirements.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
Date: 
(Filing No. H-          )
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
All Other
$0
$33,300
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$33,300
Approved: 07/30/20
LD 2102
LR 3194(03)
FY 2019-20
FY 2020-21
Projections 
FY 2021-22
Projections 
FY 2022-23
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund
$0
$33,300
$3,600
$3,600
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund
$0
$33,300
$3,600
$3,600
State Mandates
Unit Affected
Local Cost
Municipality
$33,300 one-
time, $3,600 
annually
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $33,300 in fiscal year 2020-21 to the Department of Administrative 
and Financial Services to reimburse municipalities for 90% of the administrative costs associated with implementing 
the bill. The cost was calculated using salary and position data provided by the Maine Municipal Association. 
Projected future costs assume annual employee turnover of 11.8%, resulting in new employees each year who will 
need training. 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Right To Know Advisory Committee 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Judiciary
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Funded
Required Activity
This bill expands the number of municipal officials required to complete freedom of 
access training to include code enforcement officers, town and city managers, 
administrators and planning board members. It requires deputies of various officials 
complete the training. School superintendents, assistant superintendents and school 
board members are also required to complete the training.
The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill 
does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures 
from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund 
appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a 
Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from 
the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local 
units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.
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