132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 2059		LR 2847(04)
	An Act to Provide Required Funding for the Reimbursement of Assigned Counsel
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-506)
	Committee: Judiciary
Fiscal Note
			FY 2025-26	FY 2026-27	Projections  FY 2027-28	Projections  FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$13,000,000	$9,000,000	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$13,000,000	$9,000,000	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill includes one-time General Fund appropriations to the Commission on Public Defense Services of $13,000,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $9,000,000 in 2026-27 to address the shortfall in funding available to compensate constitutionally and statutorily required assigned counsel.