130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1685		LR 2056(02)
	An Act To Protect the Constitutional Rights of Indigent Defendants
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Judiciary
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2021-22	FY 2022-23	Projections  FY 2023-24	Projections  FY 2024-25
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$336,685	$317,559	$327,749	$338,264
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$336,685	$317,559	$327,749	$338,264
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill transfers the financial screening function for eligibility for indigent legal services from the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services to the judicial branch and adds to the duties required. The bill includes a General Fund deappropriation to the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services of $562,663 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $579,655  in fiscal year 2022-23 to eliminate 7.5 financial screener positions and All Other costs. The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the judicial branch of $899,348 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $897,214 in fiscal year 2022-23 to establish 10 full-time Financial Screener positions and one full-time Managing Staff Accountant position and provides funding for related All Other costs.