130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1675 LR 1817(04)
An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of Maine's Drug Laws
Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (H-627)
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
             
Fiscal Note
No net fiscal impact
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill removes from the definitions of traffick and furnish the specific weights and amounts of certain drugs that a person possesses and also modifies crimes relating to unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs and unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs. These changes may have the affect of increasing the incidence of certain crimes and decreasing the incidence of other crimes. On balance, the modifications made in this bill are expected to have no net fiscal impact on the Department of Corrections or the judicial branch.