Approved: 03/06/25
LD 755 LR 640(01)
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
State Mandates
Unit Affected Local Cost
Municipality Insignificant
statewide
Required Activity
Requires municipalities to approve overdose prevention centers at which clients may
receive health screening, disease prevention and recovery support services and may
self-administer previously obtained controlled substances on the premises.
Municipalities are also required to hold public hearings and notice of the public
hearings must be sufficient to ensure adequate participation by members of the
public.
The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill
does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures
from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund
appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a
Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from
the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local
units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Minor cost increase - General Fund
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
The additional workload associated with the minimal number of new motions filed in the court system does not
require additional funding at this time.
132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
An Act to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths by Allowing Municipalities to Approve the Establishment
of Overdose Prevention Centers
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett of Oxford
Committee: Health and Human Services
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
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