123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 446 LR 31(02)
An Act To Improve the Use of Information Regarding Sex Offenders to Better Ensure Public Safety and Awareness
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
2007-08 2008-09 Projections 2009-10 Projections 2010-11
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $10,000 $0 $0
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 $10,000 $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This legislation includes a General Fund appropriation to the Judicial Department of $10,000 in fiscal year 2008-09 to contract for technology services to change the data courts transmit to the State Bureau of Identification regarding registration of sex offenders.  Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections associated with identifying and removing from the sex offender registry current registrants who no longer need to register can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.