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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 22 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 22. Implementation. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 1541, subsection 3, paragraph C and Title 34-B, section 3864, subsection 12, a court is not required to transmit to the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification an abstract of any order for involuntary commitment issued by the court and the commanding officer of the State Bureau of Identification is not required to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System any court's finding described in Title 25, section 1541, subsection 3, paragraph C until the judicial branch and the Department of Public Safety receive sufficient funding for the implementation of Title 25, section 1541, subsection 3, paragraph C and Title 34-B, section 3864, subsection 12.
Sec. 23. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
 
Courts - Supreme, Superior, District and Administrative 0063
 
Initiative: Allocates funds for one-time contractual services for computer programming.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
All Other	$0	$155,000	
 	  	  	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$155,000	

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT	 	 	
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2007-08	2008-09	
 	 	 	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$155,000	
 	  	  	
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$155,000	

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
 
State Police 0291
 
Initiative: Allocates funds for development of a new computer system to transmit information to the Federal Government.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
All Other	$0	$48,000	
 	  	  	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$0	$48,000	

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF	 	 	
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2007-08	2008-09	
 	 	 	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$48,000	
 	  	  	
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$48,000	

SECTION TOTALS	2007-08	2008-09	
 	 	 	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$0	$203,000	
 	  	  	
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$203,000	
 
Sec. 24. Effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 15, section 393, subsection 4-A takes effect July 31, 2009.’
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Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment provides an effective date of July 31, 2009 for the provisions that provide a mechanism for relief for persons who have been committed pursuant to the emergency so-called "blue-paper" process under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-B, section 3863. It also provides that notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 1541, subsection 3, paragraph C and Title 34-B, section 3864, subsection 12, a court is not required to transmit to the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification an abstract of any order for involuntary commitment issued by the court and the commanding officer of the State Bureau of Identification is not required to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System any court's finding described in Title 25, section 1541, subsection 3, paragraph C until the judicial branch and the Department of Public Safety receive sufficient funding for the implementation of Title 25, section 1541, subsection 3, paragraph C and Title 34-B, section 3864, subsection 12. This amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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