128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1841		LR 2920(03)
	An Act To Authorize a Prerelease Facility in Washington County
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2017-18	FY 2018-19	Projections  FY 2019-20	Projections  FY 2020-21
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$2,541,670	$2,540,974	$2,598,966
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$2,541,670	$2,540,974	$2,598,966
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Provides an ongoing appropriation of $2,541,670 in 2018-19 to the Department of Corrections for the personal services and all other costs related to the creation and operation of a Washington County Prerelease Center, including 19 new positions.  Further assumes facility and facility start-up costs will be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.  The amount and timing of any revenue generated from the sale of the state property operated as the Downeast Correctional Facility cannot be determined at this time.
	Additional costs to the Department of Education and the Department of Labor to work collaboratively with the director of the Washington County Prerelease and Job Training Center as necessary to ensure the provision of suitable vocational training for prisoners of the center can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.