An Act Regarding
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0340
Committee Amendment CA_A_H678 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A' to H.P. 240, L.D. 340, "An Act Regarding 
Speedy Trials" 
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Amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the following: 
1Sec. 5. 
Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
District Attorneys Salaries 0409 
' 
Initiative: Provides Personal Services funding for 12 additional Assistant District Attomey 
positions within the counties. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
State Police 0291 
2025-26 
$0 
$0 
2025-26 
$0 
$0 
2026-27 
$2,285,904 
$2,285,904 
2026-27 
$2,285,904 
$2,285,904 
Initiative: Provides funding for 2 Forensic Scientist positions, 2 Forensic Chemist I 
positions, 4 DNA Forensic Analyst positions and related All Other costs to process and 
examine evidence in time for trial dates. 
GENERAL FUND 
2025-26 
2026-27 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ~ 
to H.P. 240, L.D. 340 
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POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
8.000 
8,000 
Personal Services 
$572,210 
$592,027 
All Other 
$41,408 
$41,808 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$613,618 
$633,835 
IITGHW AY FUND 
2025-26 
2026-27 
Personal Services 
$308,113 
$318,784 
All Other 
$22,296 
$22,296 
IDGHW AY FUND TOTAL 
$330,409 
$341,080 
State Police 0291 
Initiative: Provides one-time funding for architectural services for a possible crime lab 
expansion. 
GENERAL FUND 
2025-26 
2026-27 
All Other 
$130,000 
$0 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$130,000 
$0 
IITGHW AY FUND 
2025-26 
2026-27 
All Other 
$70,000 
$0 
IDGHWA Y FUND TOTAL 
$70,000 
$0 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2025-26 
2026-27 
GENERAL FUND 
$743,618 
$633,835 
IITGHW AY FUND 
$400,409 
$341,080 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$1,144,027 
$974,915 
SECTION TOTALS 
2025-26 
2026-27 
GENERAL FUND 
$743,618 
$2,919,739 
IITGHW AY FUND 
$400,409 
$341,080 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$1,144,027 
$3,260,819 
Amend the bill by relettel'ing or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A' to H.P. 240, L.D. 340 
SUMMARY 
This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section, 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
• Approved: 06/06/25 LRL 
LD340 
LR 8(02) 
An Act Regarding Speedy Trials 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Ame~ded by c_o~mittee Amendment~ (H-f.o 7g \ 
Committee: Judiciary 
) 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Highway Fund • 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2025-26 
$743,618 
$400,409 
$743,618 
$400,409 
FY 2026-27 
$2,919,739 
$341,080 
$2,919,739 
$341,080 
Projections 
FY 2027-28 
$3,035,823 
$352,556 
$3,035,823 
$352,556 
Projections 
FY 2028-29 
$3,347,056 
$36 
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$3,347,056 
$364,445 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations of $743,618. in fiscal year 2025-26 and $633,835,in fiscal year 2026-27 
and Highway Fund allocations of $400,409 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $341,080 in fiscal year 2026-27 to the 
Department of Public Safety for 2 Forensic Scientist positions, 4 DNA Forensic Analyst positions, 2 Forensic Chemist 
I positions, one-time architectural costs to study a possible crime lab expansion and related All Other costs to process 
and examine evidence in time for trial dates. 
The bill also includes General Fund appropriations of $2,285,904 in fiscal year 2026-27 to the Office of the Attorney 
General for Personal Services funding for 12 additional Assistant District Attorney positions within the counties'. 
LR0008(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1