121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 610
		An Act To Establish a Schedule for Mandatory Sentencing for a Motor Vehicle Operator Found Guilty of Negligence that Caused the Death of a Motorcycle Rider
		LR 0877(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Sen. Savage of Knox
		Committee: Criminal Justice
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
	Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
	Establishes a mandatory sentence for manslaughter; increases correctional costs
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	A conviction under the proposed concept draft would be a mandatory sentence for manslaughter which is a Class A offense.  Class A sentences are served within our state correctional facilites with an average length of stay of seven years.  The estimated cost to the State of Maine for each sentence would be $220,420.