LD 2687
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Page 26 of 27 An Act to Implement a Maine Meat and Poultry Inspection Program LD 2687 Title Page
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LR 4026
Item 1

 
for the meat and poultry inspection program. These
reimbursements of approximately $101,366 in fiscal year 2001-02
and $122,720 in fiscal year 2002-03 will be deposited as
undedicated revenue into the General Fund.

 
The authorization of certain license fees pertaining to meat
and poultry processing will result in insignificant increases of
General Fund revenue collected by the Department of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Resources.

 
This bill may increase prosecutions for Class D and Class E
crimes. If a jail sentence is imposed, the additional costs to
the counties are estimated to be $83.36 per day per prisoner.
The number of prosecutions that may result in a jail sentence and
the resulting costs to the county jail system are expected to be
insignificant.

 
This bill may also increase the number of civil and criminal
violations filed in the court system. The additional workload,
administrative costs and indigent defense costs associated with
the minimal number of new cases filed in the court system can be
absorbed within the budgeted resources of the Judicial
Department. The collection of additional fines may also increase
General Fund revenue by minor amounts.

 
SUMMARY

 
The purpose of this bill is to implement a state meat
inspection program.


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