121st Maine Legislature
Office of Fiscal and Program Review
LD 1186
An Act to Revise the Reimbursement by the County Jail Prisoner Support and Community Corrections Fund and To Provide Additional Support to County Jails    
LR 1176(01)
Fiscal Note for Original Bill
Sponsor: Sen. Strimling of Cumberland
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
   
             
Fiscal Note
Future biennium cost increase - General Fund
Projections Projections
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $0 $80,775 $1,982,794
Highway Fund
Fund for a Healthy Maine
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 $0 $80,775 $1,982,794
Fiscal Detail and Notes
If enacted, this bill will require a General Fund appropriation of $80,775 beginning in fiscal year 2005-06 to fund a Correctional Plans Coordinator to audit the county jail reimbursement requests.  In addition, the Department of Corrections will require General Fund appropriations of $1,900,000 in fiscal year 2006-07, $5,100,000 in fiscal year 2007-08, $7,300,000 in fiscal year 2008-09 and $10,300,000 in fiscal year 2009-10 to fund the proposed change in the reimbursement to the county jails as a percentage of the actual costs versus a subsidy.