| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 554 | LR 0655(01) | ||||||||
| An Act To Strengthen Probation Requirements for Convicted Sex Offenders | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Original Bill | |||||||||
| Sponsor: Rep. Berube of Lisbon | |||||||||
| Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| Future biennium cost increase - General Fund | |||||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| Requiring life probation for certain repeat sex offenders will result in additional costs to the Department of Corrections starting in fiscal year 2017-18. It is projected that each case of life probation will cost the department approximately $200,000 in additional supervision costs based on an average cost of $12 per day over 46 years. Also, by fiscal year 2023-24, the Department of Corrections would have to begin to hire additional probation officers each year to maintain sex offender caseloads at a ratio of 1 to 40. | |||||||||