121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 891
		An Act to Require the Videotaping of Police Interrogations
		LR 0575(10)
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment " "
		Sponsor: Sen. Strimling
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Exempt 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
	Requiring local law enforcement agencies to adopt certain written policies regarding the interrogation of certain suspects and requiring the use of electronic recordings are state mandates.  Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the State from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional local costs.				Municipality	Significant
					County
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This amendment removes the $1,000 appropriation that was in the committee amendment, resulting in General Fund savings.  It also removes the requirement that the Bureau of General Services provide surplus electronic equipment at reduced cost to local law enforcement agencies.  A requirement for written policies is added to the requirement for electronic recording of certain interrogations.  The Mandate Preamble has been added.