An Act To Distribute Revenue in the Law Enforcement Agency Reimbursement Fund to Municipalities and Counties and To Assist Law Enforcement Officers with Unmet Catastrophic Medical Needs Further amend the bill in section 1 in paragraph C in the 3rd line (page 1, line 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: to municipalities and counties Further amend the bill in section 2 by striking out all of subsection 4-C and inserting in its place the following: 4-C. Use of fund balance. Any balance remaining in the Law Enforcement Agency Reimbursement Fund. established in subsection 4-B and referred to in this subsection as "the fund. at the end of the fiscal year must be distributed in accordance with this subsection. A. The Treasurer of State shall transfer 10% of any balance in the fund to the Law Enforcement Benevolent Fund established in Title 25. section 3721. B. Any remaining balance in the fund must be distributed to municipalities and counties by the Administrative Office of the Courts as follows. Page l-LR1125(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0371
Committee Amendment CA_A_S110 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 118, L.D. 371, Bill, "An 
Act 
To 
Distribute 
Revenue 
in 
the 
Law 
Enforcement 
Agency 
Reimbursement Fund to Municipalities and Counties" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Distribute Revenue in the Law Enforcement Agency 
Reimbursement Fund to Municipalities and Counties and To Assist 
Law Enforcement Officers with Unmet Catastrophic Medical Needs' 
Further amend the bill in section 1 in paragraph C in the 
3rd line (page 1, line 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"to municipalities and counties" 
Further amend the bill in section 2 by striking out all of 
subsection 4-C and inserting in its place the following: 
'4-C. 
Use of fund balance. 
Any balance remaining in the 
Law 
Enforcement 
Agency 
Reimbursement 
Fund. 
established 
in 
subsection 4-B and referred to in this subsection as "the fund. " 
at the end of the fiscal year must be distributed in accordance 
with this subsection. 
A. The Treasurer of State shall transfer 10% of any balance 
in 
the 
fund 
to 
the 
Law 
Enforcement 
Benevolent 
Fund 
established in Title 25. section 3721. 
B. Any remaining balance in the fund must be distributed to 
municipalities and counties by the Administrative Office of 
the Courts as follows. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A'to s.p. 118, L.D. 371 
(1) 
A municipality that employs at least one full-time 
law enforcement officer or that has a contract with a 
county to provide rural patrol services is entitled to 
reimbursement under this subparagraph. 
The level of 
reimbursement 
is 
determined 
by 
multiplying 
the 
municipal population factor by the balance remaining in 
the fund at the end of the fiscal year. 
For purposes 
of this subparagraph, the municipal population factor 
is 
determined 
by 
dividing 
the 
population 
of 
the 
municipality by the total population of the State, as 
determined by the last Federal Decennial Census or as 
determined and certified by the Department of Health 
and Human Services, whichever is more current. 
For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall determine the population of 
each municipality at least once every 2 years. 
(2) 
If a municipality does not employ at least one 
full-time law enforcement officer or have a contract 
with a 
county to provide rural patrol services, the 
reimbursement must be provided to the county in which 
the nonqualifying municipality is located. I 
Further amend the bill by inserting at the end before the 
summary the following: 
I Sec. 3. 25 MRSA c. 403, sub-c. 3 is enacted to read: 
LAW EllFORCEMElr.[' BEBEVQLEBT nnm 
§3721. 
Fund created 
The Law Enforcement Benevolent Fund, referred to in this 
section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund within 
the Department of Public Safety. 
1. 
Purpose. 
The fund must be used to provide financial and 
other assistance to fill the unmet needs of law enforcement 
officers injured in the line of duty and to cover uninsured 
medical expenses of law enforcement officers and members of their 
immediate families who suffer from nonwork-related illnesses or 
injuries. 
2. 
Funds. 
Funds must be transferred to the fund by the 
Treasurer of State pursuant to Title 4, section 173, subsection 
4-C, paragraph A. 
The fund also may be funded by appropriation 
or allocation and is authorized to accept grants or gifts from 
public 
and 
private entities. 
All 
funds 
received 
from 
any 
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C01IKITTEE AMENDMENT ·A.. to S. P. ll8 , L • D • 371 
sOurce must be deposited in the fund and disbursed as provided in 
this section. 
3. 
Administration. 
The 
administration 
of 
the 
fund, 
including the . application process, establishment of eligibility 
criteria, determination of eligibility and award of payments, 
must be performed by a statewide association of chiefs of police 
designated by the Attorney General. 
•• 
Accounting. 
The entity administering the fund pursuant 
to subsection 
shall provide 
an 
annual 
accounting to 
the 
Department of Public Safety showing the amount of funds received 
by the fund during the previous year, how the funds were used 
during that year and the funds remaining at the end of that year. 
Sec. 
4. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
The 
following 
JUDICIAL DEPAR'DIERT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior, District 
aDd Administrative 
0063 
Initiative: 
Appropriates funds for a part-time Accounting Clerk 
position to assist in the calculation and distribution of funds 
to municipalities and counties. 
GERERAL FOND 
positions -
FTE Count 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Courts - Supreme, Superior, District 
and Administrative 
0063 
2005-06 
0.200 
$8,996 
$8,996 
Initiative: 
Authorizes the 
municipalities and counties 
activities. 
expendi ture of funds 
for 
law enforcement 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
JUDICIAL DEPAR"I'MEH'X 
DEPAR"I'MEH'X '!'OrALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2005-06 
$531,657 
$531, 657 
2005-06 
$8,996 
$531.657 
2006-07 
0.200 
$8,996 
$8,996 
to qualified 
reimbursement 
2006-07 
$550,076 
$550,076 
2006-07 
$8,996 
$550.076 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A.. to S. P. 118, L. D. 371 
DEPARTMENT TO'.rAL -
ALL FORDS 
$540,653 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPAR".rMENT OF 
Administration - Public Safety 
Initiative: 
Provides 
initial 
allocations 
for 
established Law Enforcement Benevolent Fund. 
O'mER SPECIAL REVENUE FORDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPAR".rMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT 'l'OTALS 
O'mER SPECIAL REVENUE FONDS 
DEPARTMENT 'l'OTAL -
ALL FONDS 
SEC".rIOB 'l'OTALS 
GENERAL FOND 
O'mER SPECIAL REVENUE FOJIDS 
SEC".rIOB 'l'OTAL -
ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2005-06 
$59,073 
$59,073 
2005-06 
$59,073 
$59,073 
2005-06 
$8,996 
$590,730 
$599,726 
$559,072 
the 
newly 
2006-07 
$61,120 
$61,120 
2006-07 
$61,120 
$61,120 
2006-07 
$8,996 
$611,196 
$620,192' 
This amendment creates the Law Enforcement Benevolent Fund 
to be used to meet the unmet financial needs of injured and ill 
law 
enforcement officers 
and their families. 
The 
amendment 
provides funds for that purpose by requiring that 10'\, of any 
balance in the Law Enforcement Agency Reimbursement Fund at the 
end of the fiscal year be transferred to the Law Enforcement 
Benevolent Fund. 
The benevolent fund may also be funded by 
direct appropriation or allocation and is authorized to accept 
grants or gifts. 
Funds remaining in the Law Enforcement Agency 
Reimbursement 
Fund 
after 
funds 
are 
transferred 
to 
the 
Law 
Enforcement Benevolent Fund are disbursed to municipalities and 
counties as provided in the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/01105 ~ae 
LD371 
LR 1125(02) 
An Act To Distribute Revenue in the Law Enforcement Agency Reimbursement Fund to 
Municipalities and Counties 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Projections 
2005-06 
2006-07 
2007-08 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
$599,699 
$620,192 
$635,697 
Appropriations! Allocations 
Geheral Fund 
$8,996 
$8,996 
$9,221 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$590,730 
$611,196 
$626,476 
Revenue 
General Fund 
($590,730) 
($611,196) 
($626,476) 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$590,730 
$611,196 
$626,476 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
2008-09 
$651,589 
$9,451 
$642,138 
($642,138) 
$642,138 
Requiring the balance in the Law Enforcement Agency Reimbursement Fund administered by the Judicial Department 
be distributed to qualifying municipalities and counties for law enforcement reimbursement activities as well as for a 
newly established Law Enforcement Benevolent Fund and not returned to the General Fund as current law requires 
will result in a loss of General Fund revenue of $590,730 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $611,196 in fiscal year 2006-07. 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations of $8,996 anpually to the Judicial Department to calculate and 
distribute funds to municipalities and counties and additional Other Special Revenue allocations of $531,657 and 
$550,076 in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07 respectively to authorize payments to qualified municipalities and 
counties. The Department of Public Safety will require additional Other Special Revenue allocations of $59,073 and 
$61,120 in fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07 to authorize expenditures from this newly established Law Enforcement 
Benevolent Fund. 
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