An Act To Restore Continuing Funding for the Maine Institute for Public Safety Innovation
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0059
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs
Sponsors: MAKAS, MITCHELL, CANAVAN, CRAVEN, GERZOFSKY, GREELEY, HANLEY, PLUMMER, SILSBY
Amends: 4 MRSA §116, 4 MRSA §163, 4 MRSA §1057-B

Legislative Document 
No. 59 
H.P.57 
House of Representatives, January 9,2007 
An Act To Restore Continuing Funding for the Maine Institute for 
Public Safety Innovation 
Reference to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative MAKAS of Lewiston. 
Cosponsored by Senator MITCHELL of Kennebec and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: CANAVAN of Waterville, CRAVEN of Lewiston, GERZOFSKY of 
Brunswick, GREELEY of Levant, HANLEY of Gardiner, PLUMMER of Windham, SILSBY 
of Augusta, W ALCOTT of Lewiston. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §116, first~, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. R, 
§ 1 and affected by § 10, is amended to read: 
All revenue received by the Supreme Judicial or Superior Court, whether directly or 
pursuant to an agreement entered into with the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services, from fines, forfeitures, penalties, fees 
and costs accrues to the State, except as otherwise provided under seetioR sections 1057 
and 1057-B; Title 7, section 3910-A; Title 12, sections 3055 and 4508; Title 17, section 
1015; Title 23, section 1653; Title 29-A, section 2602; and Title 34-A, section 1210-A, 
subsection 9. 
Sec. 2. 4 MRSA §163, sub-§l, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. R, 
§2 and affected by § 1 0, is amended to read: 
1. District Court funds. Except as otherwise provided by law, all fines, forfeitures, 
surcharges, assessments and fees collected in any division of the District Court or by the 
violations bureau must be paid to the clerk of that District Court, who shall deposit them 
in a special account in a timely manner. Once each month, the clerk shall remit the sums 
to the Treasurer of State, who shall credit them to the General Fund. At the same time, 
the clerk shall remit the sums that have been collected in accordance with seetioR sections 
1057 and 1057-B; Title 5, chapter 316-A; Title 7, section 3910-A; Title 17, section 1015; 
Title 29-A, section 2411, subsection 7; and Title 34-A, section 1210-A, subsection 9. 
Funds received by the clerk as bail in criminal cases must be deposited daily in a special 
account. The clerk shall deposit the funds in an interest-bearing account unless the clerk 
determines that it is not cost-effective to do so. Interest accrued in the account is the 
property of and accrues to the State. The forfeiture and setoff of bail is governed as 
otherwise provided by law. 
The court shall file a monthly report with the State Auditor itemizing the amount of fines, 
surcharges and assessments imposed and to whom each is payable. 
Sec. 3. 4 MRSA §1057-B is enacted to read: 
§1057-B. Maine Institute for Public Safety Innovation Surcharge Fund 
1. Fund established. There is established a nonlapsing fund to be known as the 
Maine Institute for Public Safety Innovation Surcharge Fund. The Treasurer of State 
shall maintain the fund for the purpose of funding the Maine Institute for Public Safety 
Innovation. 
2. 
Surcharge imposed. 
In addition to the 14% and 5% surcharges collected 
pursuant to section 1057, a 2% surcharge must be added to every fine imposed by any 
court in this State, which for the purposes of collection and collection procedures is 
considered a part of the fine. 
All funds collected pursuant to this section must be 
deposited monthly in the Maine Institute for Public Safety Innovation Surcharge Fund. 
All funds collected pursuant to this section must be paid to the University of Maine 
System for the sole purpose of funding the Maine Institute for Public Safety Innovation. 
3. Report. The Maine Institute for Public Safety Innoyation shall annually report on 
or before July 1 st to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over criminal justice matters. The purpose of the report is to provide the Legislature with 
annual information, including descriptions of training and educational programs, program 
development and outreach and resource management. 
SUMMARY 
This bill restores funding to the Maine Institute for Public Safety Innovation, 
formerly entitled the Maine Community Policing Institute, by reestablishing a 2% 
surcharge on all fines collected by the courts.