An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1745
Committee Amendment CA_A_S461 (Senate)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §701

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 668, L.D. 1745, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Governing County Jail Budgeting for York County" 
II 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this Act needs to take effect by July 1,2010 so that it coincides with the 
county's fiscal year; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §701, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2009, c. I, Pt. Q, § I, is 
further amended to read: 
2-A. Tax assessment for conectional services. The counties shall annually collect 
no more and no less than $62,452,804 $62,172,371 from municipalities for the provision 
of correctional services, excluding debt service, in accordance with this subsection. 
The assessment to municipalities within each county may not be greater or less than the 
fiscal year 2007-08 county assessment for correctional-related expenditures, which is: 
A. A sum of $4,287,340 in Androscoggin County; 
B. A slim of $2,316,666 in Aroostook COllnty; 
C. A sum of $11,575,602 in Cumberland County; 
D. A slim of$I,621,201 in Franklin County; 
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E. A sum of $1,670,136 in Hancock County; 
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F. A sum of $5,588,343 in Kennebec County; 
G;~:.:A:':sUrh of $3,188,:700 in~Knox~County;::.:.-~-
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H. A sum of$3,018,361 in Lincoln County; 
I. A sum of$I,228,757 in Oxford County; 
1. A sum of$5,919,118 in Penobscot County; 
K. A sum of$878,940 in Piscataquis County; 
L. A sum of$2,295,849 in Sagadahoc County; 
M. A sum of $5,363,665 in Somerset County; 
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O. A sum of $2,000,525 in Washington County; and 
P. A sum of$8,667,248 $8,386,815 in York County. 
Notwithstanding this subsection, the county assessment for correctional services-related 
expenditures in Somerset County must be set at the fiscal year 2009-10 level when the 
IS 
new Somerset County Jail is open and operating at a level sufficient to sustain the 
average daily number of inmates from Somerset County. 
For the purposes of this subsection, "correctional services" includes the management 
services, 
personal 
services, contractual 
services, 
commodity 
purchases, 
capital 
expenditures and all other costs, or portions thereof, necessary to maintain and operate 
correctional services. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect July I, 20 10.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It amends the tax assessment that can be collected 
annually by counties for the provision of correctional services, excluding debt service, so 
that York County's cap is reduced by $280,433. The changes take effect on July 1,2010 
to coincide with the fiscal year. The amendment adds an emergency preamble and 
emergency clause. 
FISCAL ;\OTE REQUIRED 
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124tll_MAINELEGISLATVRE 
LD 1745 
LR2338(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing County Jail Budgeting for York County 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Future biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The reduction in the York county assessment for cOlTectional-related expenditures will not have a financial impact on 
the State Board of COlTections until fiscal year 2013-14. The CUlTent cOlTectional-related assessment for York county 
is $8,667,248 and includes the cost of the county jail's annual debt service obligation for it's heating, ventilating and 
air conditioning system, $280,433. The last scheduled payment for that system is due March 1,2013 so beginning in 
fiscal year 2013-14, based on the current assessment, York county would continue to assess $280,433 for debt service 
costs they are no longer obligated to pay. That surplus would then become available for the State Board of 
Corrections to reinvest in other correctional-related costs. This bi1110wers the assessment by $280,433 thereby 
eliminating the future benefit to the State Board of Corrections. 
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