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| Sheriffs and lawmakers worry about veto of county jail fix |
| By bangordailynews.com- Daniel Hartill |
| Published: 04/03/2014 |
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AUGUSTA, Maine — The creators of a bill meant to restructure Maine’s system of county jails — which is days from a vote in the Maine Legislature — say they’re worried the bill might fail on the governor’s desk. “I do worry about a veto,” Rep. Mark Dion, D-Portland, co-chairman of the Legislature’s Criminal Justice Committee, said. Too much work has gone into crafting a 19-page bill that has earned bipartisan support for strengthening the jail system’s governance. It also has created new protections meant to keep budgets from inflating and it includes $1.2 million in gap funding to help the state’s 15 jails get through the current fiscal year, said Dion, who co-sponsored the bill. Read More. |
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