HP1242
LD 1734		 Session - 126th Maine Legislature
S "A" to C "A", Filing Number S-535, Sponsored by Hill
 LR 2719
Item 6
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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the following:

‘Sec. 3. Federal funding; cold case homicide unit. The Commissioner of Public Safety and the Attorney General shall pursue any federal funding available in order to establish a cold case homicide unit within the Department of the Attorney General as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 200-J.

Sec. 4. Contingent effective date. Those sections of this Act that enact the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 200-J and repeal Title 25, section 1505-A do not take effect unless sufficient federal funding becomes available to support the costs of the cold case homicide unit. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall notify the Secretary of State and the Revisor of Statutes when sufficient federal funding is available.’

SUMMARY

This amendment removes the appropriations and allocations section. It directs the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Attorney General to pursue federal funding for the cost of the cold case homicide unit. The amendment provides that the statutory changes do not take effect unless sufficient funding is available.

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