An Act To Require a Hearing When a Fatality Results from a Motor Vehicle Accident II
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1948
Committee Amendment CA_B_H674 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" f3 " to H.P. 1384, L.D. 1948, Bill, "An Act To 
Require a Hearing When a Fatality Results from a Motor Vehicle Accident" 
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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
State Police 0291 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for one state police officer to attend hearings when fatal 
motor vehicle accidents occur. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HIGHW AY FUND 
Personal Services 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2008-09 
$19,200 
$19,200 
2008-09 
$28,800 
$28,800 
2008-09 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. 6" to H.P. 1384, L.D. 1948 
GENERAL FUND 
HIGHW A Y FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$19,200 
$28,800 
$48,000 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for a Hearings Examiner position and associated costs, such 
as for technology, supplies, a vehicle and office equipment. 
HIGHW A Y FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
Capital Expenditures 
HIGHW A Y FUND TOTAL 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
HIGHW A Y FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
HIGHWAY FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2007-08 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
1.000 
$71,242 
$13,432 
$15,000 
$99,674 
2008-09 
$99,674 
$99,674 
2008-09 
$19,200 
$128,474 
$147,674 
This amendment eliminates the requirement that the Secretary of State review all 
motor vehicle accidents that involved a human fatality in 2007 to determine whether any 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" g" to H.P. 1384, L.D. 1948 
changes to the law are necessary to reduce or prevent such accidents. It also adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. This amendment is the minority report. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/05/08 frac-... 
LD 1948 
LR 3343(03) 
An Act To Require a Hearing When a Fatality Results from a Motor Vehicle Accident 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "t " 
Committee: Transportation 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2008-09 
$19,200 
$128,474 
$19,200 
$128,474 
Projections 
2009-10 
$19,200 
$107,080 
$19,200 
$107,080 
Projections 
2010-11 
$19,200 
$109,666 
$19,200 
$109,666 
Allows administrative appeals to the Superior Court for license revocation by the Secretary of State in certain cases of 
accident fatalities. The additional costs associated with a projected minimal caseload can be absorbed by the Judicial 
Department utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill requires the Secretary of State to conduct hearings for fatal accidents to determine whether to revoke or 
suspend licenses of the drivers involved. The Secretary of State reports that in 2006 there were 168 motor vehicle 
accidents involving a fatality and that the average annual number offatal motor vehicle accidents over the last 5 years 
was 174. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles within the Secretary of State's office will require a Highway Fund allocation 
of$99,674 in fiscal year 2008-09 for one Hearings Examiner position and related costs and equipment needed to 
handle the anticipated number, complexity and length of the additional hearings. 
The State Police within the Department of Public Safety will require a General Fund appropriation of $19,200 and a 
Highway Fund allocation of $28,800 in fiscal year 2008-09 to provide an officer to testify at these hearings. The 
estimated appropriation and allocation assumes that one officer per hearing would need to testify for 8 hours at 75% of 
the hearings and that 80% of the officer's time would be overtime. 
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