121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 891
		An Act to Require the Videotaping of Police Interrogations
		LR 0575(02)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		Committee: Criminal Justice
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Current Cost - State Mandate
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$1,000	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$1,000	$0	$0
State Mandate
	New or Expanded Activity				Unit Affected	Costs
	The requirement that local law enforcement agencies must record certain police interrogations constitutes an unfunded state mandate.  The costs may be mitigated by any surplus state equipment available at a reduced cost.  The final costs are estimated to be not more than $1,000; a General Fund appropriation for that purpose has been included.				Municipality	Insignificant
					County
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Assuming the purchase of surplus recording equipment by law enforcement agencies will be minor, the additional administrative and handling costs can be absorbed by the Bureau of General Services utilizing existing budgeted resources.  However, if this activity were to become excessive, future General Fund appropriations could be required for the Bureau of General Services in addition to the one provided for the Department of Public Safety.