An Act To Stabilize State Funding for County Corrections
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1654
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: WARREN, MORALES, PICKETT, PLUECKER, RECKITT, CYRWAY
Amends: 5 MRSA §12004-G, 34-A MRSA §1210-F, 34-A MRSA §1210-D, 34-A MRSA §1210-E, 30-A MRSA §701, 34-A MRSA §1208-B, 17-A MRSA §1757, 30-A MRSA §1557-B, 34-A MRSA §1402, 34-A MRSA §3063-C

Legislative Document
No. 1654
H.P. 1225
House of Representatives, May 5, 2021
An Act To Stabilize State Funding for County Corrections
(EMERGENCY)
Received by the Clerk of the House on May 3, 2021.  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 WARREN of Hallowell.
Cosponsored by Representatives: MORALES of South Portland, PICKETT of Dixfield, 
PLUECKER of Warren, RECKITT of South Portland, Senator: CYRWAY of Kennebec.
Emergency preamble.  Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, current laws regarding county jail funding standards and tax assessments 
for correctional services do not address the needs of the counties for stable and predictable 
funding with which to operate the county jails in a professional and fiscally responsible 
manner; and
Whereas, immediate amendment to the laws on county jail funding standards and tax 
assessments is needed to support jail operations and promote the public interest, health and 
safety; 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:
PART A
Sec. A-1.  5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§6-D is enacted to read:
6-D.  
Corrections
County Corrections Professional 
Standards Council
Expenses Only
34-A MRSA 
§1210-F
Sec. A-2.  34-A MRSA §1210-D, as amended by PL 2015, c. 436, §§11 and 12, is 
repealed.
Sec. A-3.  34-A MRSA §1210-E is enacted to read:
§1210-E.  County Jail Operations Fund
1.  Definitions.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the 
following terms have the following meanings.
A.  "Community corrections" means the delivery of correctional services for adults in 
the least restrictive manner that ensures the public safety by the county or for the county 
under contract with a public or private entity. "Community corrections" includes, but 
is not limited to, preventive or diversionary correctional programs, pretrial release or 
conditional release programs, alternative sentencing or housing programs, electronic 
monitoring, residential treatment and halfway house programs, community 
correctional centers, temporary release programs from a facility for the detention or 
confinement of persons convicted of crimes and programs and services as required by 
section 1208-B, subsection 3.  
B.  "County Corrections Professional Standards Council" or "council" means the 
council established pursuant to section 1210-F.  
C. "Fund" means the County Jail Operations Fund established pursuant to subsection 
2.
D.  "State-sanctioned prisoner" means a person committed to the custody of the sheriff 
and held in a county jail or regional jail because the person:
(1)  Is being held as a result of an arrest, indictment or conviction of murder or a 
Class A, B or C crime;
(2)  Is being held for the purposes of a mental examination or treatment pursuant 
to Title 15, section 101-D with regard to:
(a) Competency to proceed pursuant to Title 15, section 101-D, subsection 1 
and has been held beyond the date and time set by that subsection or the court 
for the mental health examination and treatment;
(b) Insanity or abnormal condition of the mind pursuant to Title 15, section 
101-D, subsection 2 and has been held beyond the date and time set by that 
subsection or the court for the mental health examination and treatment;
(c) Mental condition relevant to other issues pursuant to Title 15, section 
101-D, subsection 3 and has been held beyond the date and time set by that 
subsection or the court for the mental health examination and treatment;
(d) Commitment for observation pursuant to Title 15, section 101-D, 
subsection 4 and has been held beyond the date and time set by that subsection 
or the court for the mental health examination and treatment; or
(e)  Court-ordered bail if the person was found incompetent to stand trial 
pursuant to Title 15, section 101-D, subsection 5, paragraph B;
(3)  Is being held pursuant to probation revocation proceedings or hearings under 
Title 17-A, section 1809, 1810, 1811 or 1812 with regard to a preceding conviction 
as a result of which the person was committed to the custody of the Department of 
Corrections;
(4)  Is being held pursuant to an order of the court finding the person in contempt 
of court pursuant to Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 66 or Maine Rules of 
Unified Criminal Procedure, Rule 42; or 
(5)  Is being held in execution of consecutive sentences that together exceed 9 
months in duration. 
2.  County Jail Operations Fund.  The County Jail Operations Fund is established to 
provide funding for county jails and the regional jail.  State funding must be appropriated 
annually for the fund in an amount that equals 20% of total jail operating costs for the prior 
fiscal year or $50 per day per state-sanctioned prisoner during the prior fiscal year, 
whichever is greater.  The department shall administer the fund and shall distribute funds 
to the jails in accordance with this section for the purposes set forth in subsections 3 and 4 
and in accordance with the distribution formula set forth in subsection 9.
3.  Community corrections; pretrial release program.  At least 25% of all funding 
provided under this section must be used by the county jails and regional jail for 
establishing, providing and maintaining community corrections and programs and services 
required by section 1208-B, subsection 3.  Jail programs and services must include a 
program, directly or through contract with an organization, to supervise defendants subject 
to pretrial release conditions imposed pursuant to Title 15, section 1026, subsection 3, 
paragraph A, subparagraph (1) and such requirements as may be established by rule or 
order of the Supreme Judicial Court.
4.  Prisoner support.  The fund must be used to provide a portion of the counties' costs 
of the support of prisoners detained or sentenced to county jails. 
5.  Annual payments to counties.  The department shall distribute funding payable to 
the counties for operation of the jails annually if the jails have reported on a timely basis 
the revenues, expenses and populations information as required by subsection 6.  Failure 
to report revenues, expenses and populations information as required by rule adopted 
pursuant to subsection 7 may result in delayed payment of funds required to be paid by this 
section.  
6.  Required reporting.  The county jails and the regional jail shall report revenues, 
expenses and populations of persons committed to the custody of the sheriff on the required 
schedule and in the required format to the department as provided in this subsection.  
Failure of a jail to report as required by the department may result in delayed annual 
payments to the counties as provided in subsection 5 as set forth by rule.  
A.  Each jail shall report its revenues and budgeted expenses.  
B.  Each jail shall report its population of persons committed to the custody of the 
sheriff.  The rules must require population reporting on a daily basis and must provide 
data to the department on actual daily population of persons who are incarcerated and 
persons on all forms of community release. Population data must be reported in the 
format required and must record data specific to the definition of "state-sanctioned 
prisoner."
C.  Each jail shall report any use of the percentage of funds for programs and services 
as required by section 1208-B, subsection 3 to the department on a quarterly basis. 
7.  Rulemaking.  The council shall adopt rules to implement this section.  Rules 
adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 
375, subchapter 2-A.
8.  Surcharge.  In addition to the 14% surcharge collected pursuant to Title 4, section 
1057, an additional 1% surcharge must be added to every fine, forfeiture or penalty imposed 
by any court in this State, which, for the purposes of collection and collection procedures, 
is considered a part of the fine, forfeiture or penalty. All funds collected pursuant to this 
subsection are nonlapsing and must be deposited monthly in the fund.
9.  Formula; distribution.  The council shall establish by rule a formula for the 
distribution of funds from the fund to the counties for jail operations.  The department shall 
distribute annually to each county from the fund the amount due to that county calculated 
pursuant to subsection 2 at a rate of either $50 per day per state-sanctioned prisoner or 20% 
of the county's total operating costs for the prior fiscal year as determined according to the 
following formula.  The formula must be based on the most recent fiscal year for which 
data is available for the county and must:
A.  Take into consideration total statewide county jail prisoner days for all jails;
B.  Take into consideration and assign to a jail the number of county jail prisoner days 
attributable to each prisoner who was charged with committing a crime in that county 
or who was committed to the custody of or detained by the sheriff of that county; and
C.  Determine the proportion of statewide county jail prisoner days attributable to each 
county.
10.  Annual reporting to legislative committee.  By October 1st annually, a statewide 
association of county commissioners and a statewide association of sheriffs shall report to 
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and 
public safety matters regarding the following issues: county jail and regional jail funding 
through the General Fund, Title 30-A, section 701 and any other revenue sources; funding 
and operation of community corrections and programs and services required by this 
section; distribution of funding to the county jails and regional jail; jail reporting of 
revenues, expenses and populations as required by this section; the experiences of the jails 
and the Department of Corrections in adopting reporting and fund distribution systems that 
incorporate the concept of state-sanctioned prisoners; the experiences of the counties in 
setting their tax assessments for correctional services under Title 30-A, section 701; and 
the adoption and implementation of new rules specifying mandatory best practices and 
mandatory standards, policies and procedures under section 1208-B.
Sec. A-4.  34-A MRSA §1210-F is enacted to read:
§1210-F.  County Corrections Professional Standards Council
The County Corrections Professional Standards Council, established in Title 5, section 
12004-G, subsection 6-D and referred to in this section as "the council," is established to 
determine the makeup of programs and services required pursuant to section 1208-B, 
subsection 3, to develop rules for these requirements; to develop rules for reporting to the 
department the information required in section 1210-E, subsection 6; and to consider the 
need for legislation regarding required programs, services and reporting and to recommend 
such legislation to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
criminal justice matters.  
1.  Membership.  The council consists of 7 members appointed as follows: 2 members 
appointed by a statewide association of county commissioners; 2 members appointed by a 
statewide association of sheriffs; 2 members appointed by the commissioner, one of whom 
must represent the Department of Administrative and Financial Services; and one member 
appointed by a statewide association representing municipalities.  
2.  Terms.  Council members serve for 2-year terms and until their successors have 
been appointed.  Vacancies must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
3.  Chair.  The chair, who must represent county commissioners or sheriffs, must be 
selected by a majority vote of the council to serve a 2-year term.  
4.  Standards regarding failure to report.  The council shall adopt rules specifying 
standards regarding failure to report data as required beginning July 1, 2022 by section 
1210-E, subsection 6, and shall adopt rules specifying standards for failure to report data 
as required and for delaying payments to jails based on failure to report.  Rules adopted 
pursuant to this subsection may not take effect before July 1, 2022.
5.  Rulemaking.  The council shall adopt rules in accordance with section 1210-E, 
subsection 7 and section 1208-B, subsection 3.  Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection 
are routine technical rules as defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.  Rules 
adopted pursuant to this subsection may not take effect before July 1, 2022.
Sec. A-5.  Effective date. Those sections of this Part that repeal the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 34-A, section 1210-D and that enact Title 34-A, section 1210-E take effect 
July 1, 2022.
PART B
Sec. B-1.  30-A MRSA §701, sub-§2-C, as repealed and replaced by PL 2017, c. 
475, Pt. A, §50, is amended to read:
2-C.  Tax assessment for correctional services beginning July 1, 2015.  Beginning 
July 1, 2015 2021, the counties shall annually collect no less than $62,172,371 the base 
assessment limit of $74,267,107 from municipalities for the provision of correctional 
services in accordance with this subsection.  The In subsequent years, the counties may 
collect an amount that is more or less than the base assessment limit established in this 
subsection, except that if the amount is increased the additional amount each year may not 
exceed the original base assessment limit as adjusted by 4% or the growth limitation factor, 
as established in section 706-A, subsection 3, including any adjustments for extraordinary 
circumstances allowed under section 706-A, subsection 5 or 4%, whichever is less.  If a 
county collects in a year an amount that is more or less than the base assessment limit 
established for that county pursuant to this subsection, the base assessment limit in the 
succeeding year is the amount collected in the prior year, excluding any adjustments for 
extraordinary circumstances allowed under section 706-A, subsection 5.  For the purposes 
of this subsection, "correctional services" includes management services, personal services, 
contractual services, commodity purchases, capital expenditures and all other costs, or 
portions thereof, necessary to maintain and operate correctional services.  "Correctional 
services" does not include county jail debt unless there is a surplus in the account that pays 
for correctional services at the end of the state fiscal year.
The assessment to municipalities within each county may not be less than exceed the base 
assessment limit, which is:
A.  A sum of $4,287,340 $4,975,110 in Androscoggin County;
B.  A sum of $2,316,666 $3,312,333 in Aroostook County;
C.  A sum of $11,575,602 $14,197,182 in Cumberland County;
D.  A sum of $1,621,201 $2,400,000 in Franklin County;
E.  A sum of $1,670,136 $1,965,610 in Hancock County;
F.  A sum of $5,588,343 $6,478,421 in Kennebec County;
G.  A sum of $3,188,700 $4,646,484 in Knox County;
H.  A sum of $2,657,105 $3,046,145 in Lincoln County;
I.  A sum of $1,228,757 $2,400,000 in Oxford County;
J.  A sum of $5,919,118 $7,375,000 in Penobscot County;
K.  A sum of $878,940 $1,170,158 in Piscataquis County;
L.  A sum of $2,657,105 $2,922,605 in Sagadahoc County;
M.  A sum of $5,363,665 in Somerset County;
N.  A sum of $2,832,353 $3,212,779 in Waldo County;
O.  A sum of $2,000,525 $2,080,546 in Washington County; and
P.  A sum of $8,386,815 $8,721,069 in York County.
Sec. B-2.  30-A MRSA §701, sub-§2-D is enacted to read:
2-D.  Requirement of legislative approval to adjust base assessment for 
correctional services.  A county may adjust its base assessment limit for correctional 
services as established in subsection 2-C only with the approval of the Legislature.  
Beginning July 1, 2025, once every 4 years a county may submit for approval by the 
Legislature a request to adjust the base assessment limit for that county.  To begin the 
process for legislative approval the county shall submit to the joint standing committee of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters the 
information required by this subsection.  The joint standing committee may introduce a bill 
to grant approval of the adjustment of the base assessment limit for the county and to amend 
the base assessment limit set in subsection 2-C.  The information that must be submitted 
includes the following:
A.  The tax assessments for the current and each of the 2 prior years;
B.  The amount of the requested increase;
C.  Justification for the requested increase, including, but not limited to, all cost drivers, 
alternative cost reductions considered by the county, cost factors that limit savings, 
such as employment contracts, medical and insurance costs, capital expenditures and 
changes to incarceration standards;
D.  Copies of independently audited financial results for the current and each of the 2 
prior years;
E.  A record of the vote of the county budget committee on the request for approval of 
the increase in the base assessment limit, including, if the vote was not unanimous, a 
record of why a member of the budget committee voted against making the request; 
F.  A record of the vote of the county commissioners on the request for approval of the 
increase in the base assessment limit, including, if the vote was not unanimous, a record 
of why a county commissioner voted against making the request; and
G.  Certification of approval of the request by the county commissioners.
Sec. B-3.  Appropriation for state fiscal year 2021-22.  For the state fiscal year 
2021-22 the Legislature shall appropriate at least $18,412,104 in General Fund funding to 
the County Jail Operations Fund established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, 
section 1210-D, subsection 1.
PART C
Sec. C-1.  34-A MRSA §1208-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §22, is 
amended to read:
2.  Rulemaking.  Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as 
defined by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.  Rules adopted pursuant to this section 
must take effect January 1, 2016.
Sec. C-2.  34-A MRSA §1208-B, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
3.  Requirements.  Beginning July 1, 2021, the jails shall operate in accordance with 
best practices applicable to facilities of their type and size including the mandatory 
standards, policies and procedures established by rules adopted by the commissioner under 
subsection 1 and, beginning July 1, 2022, with the following requirements as set forth in 
rules adopted by the County Corrections Professional Standards Council as established in 
section 1210-F:
A.  Each jail shall participate in coordination of inmate transportation;
B.  Each jail shall provide substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, 
including at a minimum providing a licensed clinician or licensed professional 
organization available to assist inmates;
C.  Each jail shall provide medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder to 
the extent that funding is provided by the General Fund;
D.  Each jail shall provide mental health treatment, including at a minimum providing 
a licensed clinician or licensed professional organization available to assist inmates; 
and
E.  Each jail shall provide community programs and services, through July 1, 2022 
pursuant to section 1210-D, subsections 2 and 2-A, and, beginning July 1, 2022, 
pursuant to section 1210-E, subsection 3, including at a minimum pretrial or 
conditional release, alternative sentencing or housing programs and electronic 
monitoring.
PART D
Sec. D-1.  17-A MRSA §1757, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, 
§2, is amended to read:
C.  The surcharge for the County Jail Operations Fund authorized under Title 34‑A, 
section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 5 8.
Sec. D-2.  30-A MRSA §1557-B, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §16, is 
amended to read:
3.  Reimbursement.  Reimbursement for the support of a prisoner who is transferred 
by a sending jail to a receiving jail or the Department of Corrections is subject to the 
provisions of this subsection.
A.  During a state fiscal year in which at least $12,202,104 the funding required by 
Title 34-A, section 1210-E, subsection 2 has been appropriated to the County Jail 
Operations Fund and disbursements have been made equal to that amount to the 
counties as required by Title 34‑A, section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 5, the receiving 
jail or the department may not charge the sending jail a per diem rate for the transferred 
prisoner.
B.  During a state fiscal year in which less than $12,202,104 the funding required by 
Title 34-A, section 1210-E, subsection 2 has been appropriated to the County Jail 
Operations Fund or disbursements have not been made equal to that amount to the 
counties as required by Title 34‑A, section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 5, the following 
provisions apply:
(1)  The receiving jail may charge the sending jail a per diem rate for the transferred 
prisoner;
(2)  The rate charged by the receiving jail must equal the per diem per prisoner 
amount calculated by the department in making the disbursement to the counties 
under Title 34‑A, section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 4 9; and
(3)  The department may charge the sending jail an amount that has been negotiated 
between the department and the jail that does not exceed $108 per diem per 
prisoner.
C.  The sending jail shall reimburse the receiving jail or the department for any costs 
incurred in the provision of extraordinary medical or surgical treatment for conditions 
of the prisoner that existed prior to transfer.
D.  Payment amounts provided for in this subsection may be adjusted or dispensed with 
upon terms mutually agreeable to the sheriff of the sending jail and the sheriff of the 
receiving jail or the department.
Sec. D-3.  34-A MRSA §1208-B, sub-§1, ¶B, as corrected by RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. 
A, §32, is amended to read:
B.  In administering and distributing funding to the jails pursuant to section 1210‑D 
1210-E, subsection 4 5, the commissioner shall:
(1)  Require reporting of data that indicates average daily population of prisoners, 
that excludes federal prisoners, that indicates sending and receiving jails for 
transferred prisoners and that is useful in calculating the distributions to the 
counties pursuant to section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 4 9; and
(2)  Consider the performance of each jail in meeting the standards established 
pursuant to this section.  The commissioner shall work with the jails to assist them 
in achieving compliance with the standards.  The commissioner shall enforce the 
standards by imposition of monetary penalties upon a county for noncompliance 
by the county jail or regional jail.  A monetary penalty imposed under this 
subsection may not in any fiscal year exceed the County Jail Operations Fund 
distribution payable to a county for a fiscal year pursuant to section 1210-D 
1210-E, subsection 4 5.
Sec. D-4.  34-A MRSA §1402, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §24, is 
amended to read:
12.  County and regional jails.  The commissioner shall receive, administer and 
distribute to the county and regional jails funding provided through the General Fund, 
Other Special Revenue Funds and any federal and grant funds in accordance with section 
1210‑D 1210-E and Title 30‑A, section 1659‑A.  The department shall make distributions 
as required by section 1210‑D 1210‑E, subsection 5 to each jail on a quarterly an annual 
basis and as may be adjusted pursuant to section 1208‑B, subsection 1, paragraph B.
Sec. D-5.  34-A MRSA §1402, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §24, is 
amended to read:
13.  Report on jails.  Beginning January 15, 2016 July 1, 2022 and annually thereafter, 
the department, in collaboration with a statewide association of sheriffs and a statewide 
association of county commissioners, shall submit a report to the joint standing committee 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters on the 
mandatory standards, policies and procedures for jails adopted pursuant to section 1208‑B 
and the status of funding for the jails from the County Jail Operations Fund established in 
section 1210‑D 1210‑E, subsection 2, county taxes and other sources. The department and 
representatives of the associations shall conduct a review of the funding provided to county 
jails pursuant to subsection 12 and section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 5 and the 
distribution formula established by the department pursuant to section 1210‑D 1210-E, 
subsection 4 9.  If the department and the associations find that changes are needed to the 
distribution method or procedures or the level of General Fund support, the department 
shall report that finding to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters and shall recommend changes 
in the formula determined pursuant to section 1210‑D 1210-E, subsection 4 9 and the level 
of General Fund support. After reviewing the report, the joint standing committee is 
authorized to submit legislation to address issues raised by the report and to improve the 
funding and operation of the jails.
Sec. D-6.  34-A MRSA §3063-C, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 335, §28, is 
amended to read:
3.  Reimbursement.  By agreement between the commissioner and the sheriff of the 
receiving jail pursuant to this section, the department shall pay directly to the jail 
reimbursement in accordance with this subsection.
A.  During a state fiscal year in which at least $12,202,104 the funding required by 
Title 34-A, section 1210-E, subsection 2 has been appropriated to the County Jail 
Operations Fund and disbursements have been made equal to the amount appropriated 
due to the counties as required by section 1210‑D 1210-E, the receiving jail may charge 
the department for the transferred prisoner a rate to be negotiated between the sheriff 
of the jail and the department that is no higher than $25 per diem per prisoner.
B.  During a state fiscal year in which less than $12,202,104 the funding required by 
Title 34-A, section 1210-E, subsection 2 has been appropriated to the County Jail 
Operations Fund or disbursements have not been made equal to that the amount due to 
the counties as required by section 1210‑D 1210-E, the receiving jail may charge the 
department for the transferred prisoner a rate to be negotiated between the sheriff of 
the county jail and the department that is no higher than $108 per diem per prisoner.
C.  The department shall reimburse the receiving jail for any costs incurred in the 
provision of extraordinary medical or surgical treatment for conditions of the prisoner 
that existed prior to transfer.
D.  Payment amounts provided for in this section may be adjusted or dispensed with 
upon terms mutually agreeable to the commissioner and the sheriff of the receiving jail.
Sec. D-7.  Effective date. This Part takes effect July 1, 2022.
Emergency clause.  In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation 
takes effect when approved, except as otherwise indicated.
SUMMARY
This bill stabilizes the state funding of county jails by establishing funding levels 
calculated with reference to either the total jail operating costs or $50 per day per state-
sanctioned prisoner, whichever is greater.  The bill requires that at least 25% of state 
funding be used for community corrections. The bill requires standardized reporting by the 
jails regarding jail revenues, expenses and populations.  The bill establishes the County 
Corrections Professional Standards Council to adopt rules to determine the makeup of 
required programs and services, for required reporting and for standards and penalties for 
failure to report as required by rule. 
The bill provides a mechanism for adjusting the base tax assessment for correctional 
services for each county.  The bill provides rule-making requirements for the coordination 
of inmate transportation, substance use disorder treatment, medication-assisted treatment 
and recovery services, mental health treatment and community programs and services, 
including but not limited to pretrial or conditional release, alternative sentencing or housing 
programs and electronic monitoring.  
The bill requires annual reporting to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters by the Maine County 
Commissioners' Association and the Maine Sheriffs' Association regarding the operation 
of the county jails.
The bill in Part D corrects cross-references in the statutes that refer to provisions being 
repealed.