DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2005-06 2006-07

GENERAL FUND $0 $111,185

HIGHWAY FUND $0 $189,313

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $300,498

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

SUMMARY

This bill is proposed by the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. The bill repeals the Maine Computer Crimes Task Force and creates a new Computer Crimes Unit to be housed within the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory, which is part of the State Police Program. The Computer Crimes Unit will consist of 6 full-time positions, 4 of which already exist and 2 that are new. The Computer Crimes Unit will continue the work of the Maine Computer Crimes Task Force by working collaboratively with the Department of the Attorney General and local law enforcement agencies for the purposes of investigation and assisting all law enforcement agencies in crimes involving computers.