An Act to Increase
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2232
Committee Amendment CA_A_H924 (House)
Amends: 34-A MRSA §1210-E

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " f\ " to H,P, 1507, L.D. 2232, "An Act to Increase
County Jail Funding"
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 and inserting the following:
'See. 1. 34-A MR8A §1210-E, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2021,c.732, Pt. A, §3
and affected by §5, is amended to read:
2. County Jail Operations Fund. The County Jail Operations Fund is established to
provide fundmg for county jails and the regional jail. State funding must be appropriated
annually for the fund in the amount of $20,3 42,104 for fiscal years beeinnine before July
1. 2026 and in the amount of $30.000.000 for fiscal years beeumine on or after July 1.
2026^ plus any additional amount the Legislature may appropriate. The amount required
to be appropriated under this subsection must be adjusted annually by any percentage
change in the Consumer Price Index from January 1st to December 31st of the DreYious
year. The department shall administer the fund and shall distribute funds to the jails in
accordance with this section for the puiposes set forth in subsections 3 and 4 and in
accordance with the distribution formula set forth in subsection 9. Statejunds appropriated
for the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year to which the funds are
approoriated do not lapse but must carry forward mto subsequent fiscal years to be
expended for the purposes of this section JFor the purposes of this subsection. "Consumer
Price Index" has the same meaning as in Title 5. section 17001. subsection?.
Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §1210-E, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 732, Pt, A, §3
and affected by §5, is amended to read:
3. Community corrections; pretrial release program. At least 35% 20% 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
requu-ed by section 1208-B, subsection 4, paragraph D. Jail programs and services must
include a program, directly or through a contract with an organization, to supervise
5 defendants subject to pretrial release conditions imposed pursuant to Title 15, section 1026,
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "S\" to H.P. 1507, L.D, 2232
subsection 3, paragraph A, subparagraph (1) and such requirements as may be established
by rule or order of the Supreme Judicial Court.'
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following:
'See. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF
County Jail Operations Fund Z227
Initiative: Provides funding to the County Jail Operations Fund for distribution to counties
for jail operations costs.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
AllOther $0 $9,657,896
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $9,657,896
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively,
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, mcreases the amount
in the bill that is required to be annually appropriated to the County Jail Operations Fund
from $28,342,104 to $30,000,000. It removes a provision requiring that this amount is
increased annually by 4% and replaces it with a provision that requires that the amount be
adjusted annually by any percentage change in the Consumer Price Index from July 1st to
June 30th. It removes a provision of the bill requiring an appropriation of an additional
$5,000,000 for community corrections and pretrial release programs. It amends current law
to reduce the amount county jails must spend on community corrections and pretrial release
programs from 25% of funds appropriated by the State to 20%. It also adds an
appropriations and allocations section,
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved: 03/23/26 i-Kt-
LD 2232 LR 3072(02)
An Act to Increase County Jail Funding
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
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Fiscal Note
Projections Projections
FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $9,657,896 $9,880,028 $9,880,028
ippropriationsA'VIIocations
General Fund $0 $9,657,896 $9,880,028 $9,880,028
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill includes a General Fund appropriation to the Department of Corrections of $9,657,896 in fiscal year 2026-27
for distribution to counties for jail operations costs,
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