An Act Regarding the Recommendations of the Committee To Study Appropriate Funding of the State Police March 17,2008
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2259
Committee: Transportation pursuant to Joint Order, S
Amends: 5 MRSA §1666, 25 MRSA §1509

Legislative Document 
No. 2259 
S.P.888 
An Act Regarding the Recommendations of the Committee To 
Study Appropriate Funding of the State Police 
March 17,2008 
Reported by Senator DAMON of Hancock for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation pursuant to Joint Order, S.P. 725. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1666, as amended by PL 2007, c. 1, Pt. P, §2, is further 
amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read: 
The Governor or the Governor-elect, in developing recommendations for funding the 
Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, shall review and use as a guide 
available data identifying or quantifYing the activities of the Department of Public Safety, 
Bureau of State Police that may be eligible for funding from the Highway Fund pursuant 
to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 19. This paragraph applies to the 
preparation of the budget for the 2010-2011 biennium and thereafter. 
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §1509, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 664, Pt. R, § 1, is repealed. 
Sec. 3. Report. The Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police shall 
report no later than January 30, 2009 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over transportation matters the activity data collected by the bureau 
during calendar year 2008 under the tracking and reporting system it has established to 
track state police officers' work activity. 
SUMMARY 
This bill, which implements the minority report of the Committee To Study 
Appropriate Funding of the State Police, requires the Governor-elect or the Governor, in 
developing budgetary recommendations for funding the Department of Public Safety, 
Bureau of State Police, to review and use as a guide available data identifying or 
quantifying the activities of the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police that 
may be eligible for funding from the Highway Fund pursuant to the Constitution of 
Maine, Article IX, Section 19. This provision applies to the preparation of the budget for 
the 2010-2011 biennium and thereafter. The bi II also repeals the current provision of law 
that specifies a particular state funding split between the General Fund and the Highway 
Fund with respect to the bureau. 
The bill also requires the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police to 
report by January 30, 2009 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over transportation matters the activity data collected by the bureau during 
2008 under its new data reporting system designed to track police officers' work activity. 
FISCAL .\OTE REQURED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 03/05/08 :tb?ac:.. 
LD 
LR 3487(01) 
An Act Regarding the Recommendations of the Committee To Study Appropriate Funding of the State 
Police 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Original Bill 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: No 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Governor associated with this legislation can 
be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
LR3487(01) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I