121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1856
		An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners
		LR 2717(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Rep. Grose of Woolwich
		Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Current Costs - Legislative Study
Legislative Study
	The projected legislative costs to extend the life of the Commission To Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management and Incarceration of Prisoners and add two additional members are $1,260 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $3,780 in fiscal year 2004-05.  Other expenses attributable to the extension may be paid from the remaining balance of the original appropriation to the Department of Corrections for the Commission.  If the legislative costs are also to be paid from those funds the bill should be amended to add language allowing transfers to the Legislature for the per diem and expenses of legislative members of the Commission.  Without such language, an appropriation to the Legislature is required for each fiscal year.  The Legislature has budgeted  $20,000 in fiscal year 2004-05 for legislative studies.  Whether the amount is sufficient to fund all studies, including the fiscal year 2004-05 legislative costs of this bill, will depend on the number of studies authorized by the Legislative Council and the Legislature.