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Amend the resolve by inserting before section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1 Distributions by Department of Corrections. Resolved: That the Department of Corrections shall distribute the funds appropriated in this resolve prior to June 30, 2016 and prior to June 30, 2017 on the basis of the financial needs of each county jail and the regional jail. The department shall determine the financial needs of the jails in cooperation with the Maine County Commissioners Association and the Maine Sheriffs' Association, taking into consideration the revenues and verified expenditures of each jail and the use of tax assessments by each county as allowed by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30-A, section 701, subsection 2-C; and be it further’
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the 5th line (page 1, line 13 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "Provides" the following: 'one-time'
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment specifies that the funding is provided on a one-time basis. The amendment requires the Department of Corrections to make the distributions pursuant to the resolve prior to June 30, 2016 and prior to June 30, 2017 on the basis of the financial needs of each county jail and the regional jail. The amendment requires the department to determine the financial needs of the jails in cooperation with the Maine County Commissioners Association and the Maine Sheriffs' Association, taking into consideration the revenues and verified expenditures of each jail and the use of tax assessments by each county as a source of funding for the jail as allowed by current law.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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