An Act To Improve Public Safety through Expanded Department of Corrections Treatment, Education and Vocational Programs
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1706
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: TALBOT ROSS, VOLK, GROHMAN

Legislative Document
No. 1706
H.P. 1186
House of Representatives, December 22, 2017
An Act To Improve Public Safety through Expanded Department of 
Corrections Treatment, Education and Vocational Programs
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203.
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 19, 2017.  Referred to the Committee on 
Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to 
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative TALBOT ROSS of Portland.
Cosponsored by Senator VOLK of Cumberland and
Representative: GROHMAN of Biddeford.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  Departmental review.  The Department of Corrections shall conduct a 
review of department expenditures regardless of funding source for the purpose of 
identifying total General Fund savings in the All Other line category equal to $75,000 in 
fiscal year 2018-19.
Sec. 2.  Distribution of funding for rehabilitation programs.  No later than 
August 1, 2018, the Department of Corrections shall identify by program the amounts to 
be transferred from the appropriation to the Departmentwide - Corrections program in 
section 4 to the State Budget Officer.
Sec. 3.  Calculation.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no 
later than August 3, 2018, the State Budget Officer shall calculate the amount of savings 
identified by the Department of Corrections pursuant to section 1 and the distribution of 
the appropriation to the Departmentwide - Corrections program in section 4 as identified 
by the Department of Corrections pursuant to section 2 and adjust appropriations by 
financial order upon approval of the Governor.  
These transfers are considered 
adjustments to appropriations and allocations.
Sec. 4.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
Departmentwide - Corrections Z096
Initiative: Deappropriates funds to provide funding for prisoner rehabilitation programs.
Departmentwide - Corrections Z096
Initiative: Provides funds to support the Department of Corrections' strategic plan, 
including $40,000 to contract for services to address a waiting list for rehabilitation 
programs and $35,000 for technology costs.
GENERAL FUND
2017-18
2018-19
All Other
$0
($75,000)
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
($75,000)
GENERAL FUND
2017-18
2018-19
All Other
$0
$75,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$75,000
SUMMARY
This bill provides offsetting General Fund appropriations and deappropriations to 
provide funding to support the Department of Corrections' strategic plan to improve 
access to and delivery of rehabilitation programs.  It also requires that the funds be 
transferred by financial order by the State Budget Officer upon approval of the Governor 
and specifies that the transfers are considered adjustments to appropriations and 
allocations. 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS
2017-18
2018-19
GENERAL FUND
$0
$0
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS
$0
$0