125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1201		LR 970(03)
	An Act To Increase the Amount of Funds Available to Counties for Witness Fees and Prosecution Costs
	Fiscal Note for House Amendment "   "
	Sponsor: Rep. Willette of Mapleton
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Reduction of the potential loss of unbudgeted revenue - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Eliminating the bill's doubling from $20,000 to $40,000 of the amount each prosecutorial district is allowed to hold in the Extradition and Prosecution Expenses Account will reduce the amount of the potential loss of unbudgeted revenue created by the bill.  The expansion of expenditures allowed by the bill to include witness fees and expenses incurred by district attorneys in criminal prosecutions still means that the amount in excess of the $20,000 limit available to be transferred to the General Fund will be less than without the bill.  No estimate is made of the amount not transferred to the General Fund because of the uncertainties of which districts will have forfeited bail money to replenish their accounts and what levels of spending will occur in each.