132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 779		LR 2076(02)
	An Act to Fund the Aroostook County Drug Treatment Court
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Judiciary
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2025-26	FY 2026-27	Projections  FY 2027-28	Projections  FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$179,500	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$561,283	$0	$0
Transfers
	General Fund		$0	$179,500	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	($179,500)	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $140,500 in fiscal year 2026-27 to the Office of the Attorney General to establish one limited-period Assistant District Attorney position for the creation of a drug treatment court in Aroostook County.
	The bill also includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $39,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to provide legal representation services for the new drug treatment court in Aroostook County.
	The bill also includes a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation to the Department of Health and Human Services of $561,283 in fiscal year 2026-27 for the Office of Behavioral Health to contract with an entity to provide the required pretrial services for the drug treatment court in Aroostook County and a transfer from the Department of Health and Human Services, Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Treatment Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, Other Special Revenue Funds account to fund this contract.
	Additionally, the bill includes a transfer from the Department of Health and Human Services, Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Treatment Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to offset the General Fund costs of the Attorney General and the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services.