An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Cap on the Tax Assessment for Correctional Services in Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §701, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 653, Pt. A, §8, is amended to read:
The assessment to municipalities within each county may not be greater than the fiscal year 2007-08 county assessment for correctional-related expenditures, which is:
Notwithstanding this subsection, the county assessment for correctional services-related expenditures in Somerset County must be set at the fiscal year 2009-10 level when the new Somerset County Jail is open and operating at a level sufficient to sustain the average daily number of inmates from Somerset County.
For the purposes of this subsection, "correctional services" includes the management services, personal services, contractual services, commodity purchases, capital expenditures and all other costs, or portions thereof, necessary to maintain and operate correctional services.
Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County shall allocate actual jail costs as authorized in the cost-sharing agreement pursuant to section 1851, subsection 3.
SUMMARY
This bill combines the cap on the amount that Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County may collect from municipalities for administration of the jail that serves both counties.