125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1708 LR 2405(03)
An Act To Prevent the Theft and Illegal Sale of Copper and Other Metals
Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (H-791)
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
             
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - General Fund
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund
Minor revenue increase - General Fund
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
Increases the number of civil violations.  The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety associated with issuing written orders imposing hold periods on scrap metal processors, reviewing the merits of using a statewide integrated criminal alert network to track scrap metal thefts and reporting the results can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources and with existing staff.