An Act Regarding the Operation of County Jails and the State Board of Corrections
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1224
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S282 (Senate)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §701

SENATE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 844, 
L.D. 1224, Bill, "An Act Regarding the Operation of County Jails and the State Board of 
Corrections" 
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2~ 30-A MRSA §701, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 1, Pt. Q, § 1, is 
amended to read: 
2-A. Tax assessment for correctional services. The counties shall annually collect 
no more and no less than $62,452,804 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 0($4,287,340 in Androscoggin County; 
B. A sum of $2,316,666 in Aroostook County; 
C. A sum of$1 1,575,602 in Cumberland County; 
. D. A sum of$I,621,201 in Franklin County; 
E. A sum of $1 ,670, 136 in Hancock County; 
F. A sum of$5,588,343 in Kennebec County; 
G. A sum of$3,188,700 in Knox County; 
H. A sum of$3,018,361 in Lincoln County; 
I. A sum of$I,228,757 in Oxford County; 
J. 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; 
N. A sum of$2,832,353 in Waldo County; 
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O. A sum of $2,000,525 in Washington County; and 
P. A sum of$8,667,248 in York County. 
Notwithstanding this subsection, the county assessmellt for correctional services-related 
expenditures in Somerset County must be set at the fiscal year 2009 10 level 'i'lhen the 
new Somerset County Jail is open and operating at a level sufficient to sustain the 
average daily number of inmates from Somerset County $4,400,000. 
For the purposes of this subsection, "correctiol1lil 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 
cOlTectional services.' 
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 19 the following: 
'Sec. 20. AppropJriations and! allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
CORRECTIONS - STATE BOARD OF 
State Board! of Corrections Innvestmennt Fumd! Z087 
Initiative: Provides funds for the operation of the Somerset County Jail. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2009-10 
$963,665 
$963,665 
2010-11 
$963,665 
$963,665 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
Current law requires that the county tax assessment for correctional services-related 
expenditures in Somerset County be set at the fiscal year 2009-10 level. This amendment 
lowers that assessment to $4,4a
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The amendment also adds an appropriations and 
allocations section. 
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Approved: 06/01/09 MaC"-
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LR 201(03) 
An Act Regarding the Operation of COIlllllllty Jails and the State Board of Corrections 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment ,A" to Committee Amendment "A" 
SpOllllsor: Sen. Mills of Somerset 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2009-10 
2010-11 
Projections 
2011-12 
Projections 
2012-13 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$963,665 
$963,665 
$963,665 
$963,665 
$963,665 
$963,665 
$963,665 
$963,665 
The State Board of Corrections will require a General Fund appropriation of $963,665 annually as a result of lowering 
the property tax assessment for correctional services for Somerset County. 
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