Resolve, Directing the State Police and the County Sheriff's Departments To Enter into a Call-sharing Agreement
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1140
Committee Amendment CA_A_H724 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fJ" to H. P. 783, L. D. 1140, "Resolve, 
Directing the State Police and the County Sheriff's Departments 
To Enter into a Call-sharing Agreement" 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title 
and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: 
'Mandate preamble. 
This measure requires one or more local 
units of government to expand or modify activities so as to 
necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues but does 
not provide 
funding for at least 90% 
of those expenditures. 
Pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 
2/3 of all of the members elected to each House have determined 
it necessary to enact this measure. 
Sec. 1. Call-sharing agreement. Resolved: 
That the Department 
of 
Public 
Safety, 
Bureau 
of 
State 
Police 
and 
each 
county 
sheriff's department shall enter into a call-sharing agreement. 
The 
State Police and each 
county sheriff's department shall 
cooperate 
in 
coordinating their 
forces 
to provide 
the 
most 
comprehensive and advantageous plan to provide law enforcement 
services to each county. 
Agreements may be made based on time, 
coverage zones or any other factors that are mutually agreeable 
to each party of the agreement.' 
SUMMARY 
Like the resolve, this amendment directs the Department of 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A .. to H.P. 783, L.D. 1140 
Public 
Safety, 
Bureau 
of 
State 
Police 
to 
enter 
into 
a 
call-sharing agreement with each county sheriff's department. 
In 
order to recognize the different levels of staffing and the law 
enforcement needs of each county, the amendment authorizes the 
parties to base each agreement 
on factors that are mutually 
agreeable to each party. 
Instead of requiring the call-sharing 
agreement to be restricted only to assigning responsibility of 
1/2 of the coverage to the county for a period and 1/2 to the 
State Police and then switching, the amendment gives the parties 
the flexibility to determine what works best in each county. 
The 
amendment also adds a mandate preamble. 
FISCAL .\01E REQljlRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 12116/05 ;:t;?ac:.. 
LD 1140 
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Resolve, Directing the State Police and the County Sheriffs Departments To Enter into a Call-sharing 
Agreement 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "/I,, ;/- 7J. Y 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
State Mandate 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Exempted 
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Potential current biennium cost increase - Highway Fund 
New or Expanded Activity 
Unit Affected 
Requiring that county sheriffs' departments enter into call-sharing agreements with 
County 
the State Police is a modification of activity that could have significant additional 
costs for the counties. The amount of cost will depend on the circumstances of the 
call-sharing agreements reached with each county sheriffs department and can not 
be determined at this time. Adding the Mandate Preamble to the bill exempts the 
state from the obligation to pay at least 90% of subsequent municipal costs. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Costs 
Significant 
Requiring the State Police and county sheriffs' departments to develop call-sharing agreements to cover each county 
may increase State Police costs to the General Fund and Highway Fund. Any increased costs will depend on the call-
sharing agreement that is reached with each county and can not be determined at this time. 
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