Approved: 03/19/24
LD 2204 LR 2862(01)
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
Projections
FY 2025-26
Projections
FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $153,108 $188,230 $194,693
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 $153,108 $188,230 $194,693
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
An Act to Combat Racketeering in Scheduled Drugs by Certain Organizations
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews of Paris
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Current biennium cost increase - Maine State Housing Authority
The bill creates the Class A crime of racketeering. It is unclear how many additional individuals will be convicted of
a Class A crime who otherwise would not have been. The current average cost of incarcerating one individual for a
single year is $55,203. No funding has been included in the bill at this time for the costs of incarceration..
The additional workload associated with the minimal number of new felony cases filed in the court system does not
require additional funding at this time. The collection of additional fines will increase General Fund or other
dedicated revenue by minor amounts.
Requiring any real property ordered forfeited and suitable for residential use be transferred to the Maine State
Housing Authority (MSHA) for resale will result in increased costs to the authority. The amount cannot be determined
at this time and will depend on the number of houses involved, the condition of the houses and the cost of putting the
houses on the market. This bill does provide for a portion of the proceeds received from the sale or other disposition
of forfeited personal property to be transferred to MSHA to be used to pay taxes, fees and liens associated with the
real property transferred to the authority as well as for rehabilitation costs associated with making the real property
into livable residential property for resale. Whether these funds will be sufficient to cover the costs to MSHA without
General Fund support can not be determined at this time.
The Office of the Attorney General will require ongoing General Fund appropriations of $153,108 in fiscal year 2024-
25 for one Assistant Attorney General position effective September 1, 2024. This Assistant Attorney General will
operate statewide to advise law enforcement investigators, develop evidence and prosecute crimes of racketeering.
LR2862(01) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 2 Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety from receiving the list of certain service installations, upgrades
and malfunctioning transformers at residential properties from a consumer-owned and investor-owned transmission
and distribution utility is expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.
LR2862(01) - Fiscal Note - Page 2 of 2