123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1895		LR 532(01)
	An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Corrections Alternatives Advisory Committee
	Fiscal Note for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Gerzofsky of Brunswick
	Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			2007-08	2008-09	Projections 2009-10	Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$1,515,600	$2,015,600	$2,015,600	$2,015,600
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$1,515,600	$2,015,600	$2,015,600	$2,015,600
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This legislation creates a nonlapsing Community Corrections Incentive Fund to be administered by the Department of Corrections.  Included in the bill is a General Fund appropriation to this newly established fund of $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $2,000,000 annually thereafter to be awarded to counties as competitive grants to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the state's correctional system.  All costs associated with a newly created State Sentencing and Corrections Practices Coordinating Council and implementing modifications to the County Jail Prisoner Support and Community Corrections Fund can be absorbed by the Department of Corrections utilizing existing budgeted resources.
	The Judicial Department will require a General Fund appropriation of $15,600 annually beginning in fiscal year 2007-08 to pay active retired judges to cover for trial court judges (16) for times when meetings of county criminal justice planning committees are held.