121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 891
		An Act to Require the Videotaping of Police Interrogations
		LR 0575(12)
						Fiscal Note for House Amendment " " to Committee Amendment " "
		Sponsor: Rep. Mills
		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 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.  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	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.