An Act To Further Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners LR 2718(13)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1903
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S601 (Senate)

SENATE 
AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT "A" to H. P • 
1409, 
L.D. 
1903, 
Bill, 
"An 
Act 
To 
Further 
Implement 
the 
Recommendations of the Commission To 
Improve the Sentencing, 
Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners" 
Amend 
the 
amendment 
in Part 
A by striking out all of 
sections 23 and 24. 
Further amend the amendment in Part A in section 27 
by 
striking out all of the first paragraph (page 19, lines 18 to 23 
in amendment) and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. A-27. Review and report regarding deferred disposition and 
administrative release. 
By 
February 
1, 
2005, 
the 
Office 
of 
Substance 
Abuse, 
within 
the 
Department 
of 
Behavioral 
and 
Developmental Services or a successor agency, and the Department 
of Public Safety, in consultation with the district attorneys, 
shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction over 
criminal 
justice and 
public safety 
matters regarding matters associated with the implementation of 
this Part. 
This report is preliminary and may be presented 
orally or in writing at a time scheduled by the committee and 
must 
be 
prepared within 
available 
existing 
resources. 
The 
Legislature 
requests that by September 30, 2005 the courts, in 
consultation with the district attorneys, report to the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
criminal justice and public safety matters:' 
Further amend the amendment in Part E by striking out all of 
section 1 and inserting in its place the following: 
Page l-LR27l8(13) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1409, 
L.D. 1903 
'Sec. E·l. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
f 
CORRECTIONS, DEPART.MEHT OF 
Departmentvide -
Overtime 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Deappropriates funds as a result of reduced overtime 
requirements. 
General l!'und 
2003-04 
2004-05 
Personal Services 
$0 
($55,040) 
General Fund Total 
$0 
($55,040) 
CORRECTIONS, DEPAR'l'MENT OF 
DEPARTMENT ro'.rALS 
2003-04 
2004-05 
GERERAL FORD 
$0 
($55,040) 
DEPARTMENT ro'.rAL -
ALL FORDS 
$0 
($55,040) 
JUDICIAL DEPAR'l'MENT 
Courts -
Supreme, Superior, District 
and Administrative 
Initiative: 
Provides funds to contract for computer programming 
services. 
General Fund 
2003-04 
2004-05 
All Other 
$0 
$55,040 
General Fund Total 
$0 
$55,040 
JUDICIAL DEPART.MENT 
DEPAJrI'MER'T ro'.rALS 
2003-04 
2004-05 
GERERAL FORD 
$0 
$55,040 
DEPAB."l"MER'T 'l'OrAL -
ALL FORDS 
$0 
$55,040 
SECTION ".IOrALS 
2003-04 
2004-05 
GERERAL FORD 
$0 
$0 
SECTION'l'OrAL -
ALL FORDS 
$0 
$0' 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1409, 
L.D. 1903 
Further amend the amendment by 
any 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
relettering or renumbering 
section 
number 
to 
read 
This amendment changes the date by which the courts, in 
consultation with the district attorneys, are requested to report 
to the Legislature from May 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005. 
This 
amendment eliminates the appropriation that was associated with 
preparation of that report in fiscal year 2004-05 and moves those 
costs to fiscal year 2005-06. 
This amendment strikes sections 23 and 24 from Part A of the 
Committee Amendment. 
This amendment also requires the Office of Substance Abuse 
and the Department of Public Safety, in consultation with the 
district attorneys, 
to prepare a preliminary report regarding 
deferred disposition and administrative release. 
SPONSORED BY: ~ 
Ctc( 
(Senator CATHCART) 
COUNTY: 
Penobscot 
FISCAL ;'\OT[ REVLlREU 
(See attached) 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations! Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04/29/04 ~aC!. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1903 
An Act To Further Implement the Recommendations of the Commission 
To Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration 
of Prisoners 
LR 2718(13) 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment ft' to Committee Amendment 'A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Cathcart 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003·04 
2004·05 
2005-06 
2006·07 
$0 
($95,040) 
$0 
($48,500) 
$0 
($95,040) 
$0 
($48,500) 
This amendment eliminates the $95,040 fiscal year 2004-05 General Fund cost by adding an offsetting 
deappropriation of $55,040 from the Department of Corrections for reduced overtime requirements and by moving a 
report date to September 30, 2005, which cut $40,000 out of fiscal year 2004-05. A future appropriation projected for 
fiscal year 2006-07 in the committee amendment is also removed as the report requirement is not ongoing. As 
amended, the bill still requires a $47,000 appropriation in fiscal year 2005-06 to the Judicial Department to contract 
for in-depth sentencing analysis and report production. The amendment also strikes section A-23 and A-24. These 
provisions are included in LD 1856. 
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