130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1686		LR 2055(02)
	An Act To Implement a Geographically Limited Public Defender Office
	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		$1,096,355	$2,131,959	$2,196,727	$2,263,569
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$1,096,355	$2,131,959	$2,196,727	$2,263,569
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill creates a Kennebec County public defender office beginning January 1, 2022. The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services of $1,096,355 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $2,131,959 in fiscal year 2022-23 for 17 new positions as well as All Other funding.