An Act To Provide Funding to the Judicial Branch to Facilitate Reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT

Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063

Initiative: Provides funding for the Judicial Department to enable it to transmit to the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification information concerning court orders for involuntary commitment in order for that information to be transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 1541, subsection 3, paragraph C and Title 34-B, section 3864, subsection 12.

GENERAL FUND	2013-14	2014-15
All Other	$200,000	$10,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$200,000	$10,000

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF

State Police 0291

Initiative: Provides funding for the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification to enable it to transmit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System information concerning court orders for involuntary commitment.

GENERAL FUND	2013-14	2014-15
All Other	$25,000	$7,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$25,000	$7,000

summary

Public Law 2007, chapter 670 directs a court to transmit to the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification information on any order for involuntary commitment issued by the court and requires the commanding officer of the State Bureau of Identification to transmit that information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System for firearms background check purposes. However, the court and the State Bureau of Identification are not required to transmit such information until sufficient funding is available to cover the costs associated with the reporting requirements. Public Law 2007, chapter 670 provided one-time funding to the Judicial Department and the State Bureau of Identification for such purposes but funding has not been available in subsequent years.

This bill provides a General Fund appropriation to the Judicial Department of $200,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $10,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 and to the Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Identification of $25,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $7,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 to fund costs associated with the transmission of information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System on court orders for involuntary commitment.