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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 549 |
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LR 53(01) |
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An Act to
Establish a Statewide Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit Tracking System
and Update Certain Requirements Regarding Sexual Assault Forensic Examination
Kits |
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Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill |
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Sponsor: Sen. Bennett of Oxford |
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Committee: Judiciary |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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| Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement |
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FY 2025-26 |
FY 2026-27 |
Projections FY 2027-28 |
Projections FY 2028-29 |
| Net Cost
(Savings) |
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General Fund |
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$336,634 |
$392,706 |
$404,610 |
$416,895 |
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Highway Fund |
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$181,264 |
$211,457 |
$217,867 |
$224,482 |
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| Appropriations/Allocations |
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General Fund |
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$336,634 |
$392,706 |
$404,610 |
$416,895 |
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Highway Fund |
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$181,264 |
$211,457 |
$217,867 |
$224,482 |
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| State Mandates |
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Required Activity |
Unit Affected |
Local Cost |
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Requires law
enforcement agencies to provide the Department of Public Safety tracking
information for each municipality/county where a forensic examination kit was
entered into the system and complete an inventory of all kits in its
possession. |
Municipality
County |
Moderate statewide |
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The required
local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the
Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to
expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures
from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine
require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least
90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a
Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each
House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill
does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the
local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated
activities. |
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| Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
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The Department of
Public Safety would require General Fund appropriations of $336,634 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $392,706 in
fiscal year 2026-27 and Highway Fund allocations of $181,264 in fiscal year
2025-26 and $211,457 in fiscal year 2026-27 to establish, operate and
maintain a sexual assault forensic examination kit tracking system, perform
an inventory of all kits and develop an annual report on the tracking system. |
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