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An Act To Fund Enhanced Data Sharing between the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police and the Maine Judicial Branch
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF
 
State Police 0291
 
Initiative: Provides funding to reprogram the Maine telecommunications and routing operations system, or METRO, data switch.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$97,500	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$97,500	

HIGHWAY FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$52,500	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	$52,500	

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$97,500	
HIGHWAY FUND	$0	$52,500	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$150,000	

SUMMARY
This bill provides funding to reprogram the Maine telecommunications and routing operations system, or METRO, data switch within the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police in order to support the enhancement of data sharing with the Maine Judicial Branch for data relating to warrants, bail conditions, protection from abuse or harassment orders and criminal history record information and similar public safety-related data exchanges.