121st Maine Legislature
Office of Fiscal and Program Review
LD 891
An Act to Require the Videotaping of Police Interrogations
LR 0575(05)
Fiscal Note for House Amendment " " to Committee Amendment " "
Sponsor: Rep. Mills of Farmington
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
   
             
Fiscal Note
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
Requiring local law enforcement agencies to adopt certain written policies is an unfunded state mandate.  While the exact costs can not be determined at this time, the costs of developing written policies is not expected to be significant. Municipality Insignificant
 County
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This amendment removes the $1,000 appropriation that was in the committee amendment.  The mandate for the purchase of surplus recording equipment by law enforcement agencies is eliminated but is replaced by the above described mandate for written policies.